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No Name Creek

After parking at the bridge and fighting deer flies...

The Wild Bunch

The water is low, but the river may still hold a few...

Doubleheader

For the third time in as many minutes the trout rose under...

Headwaters

The pool is barely wider than my 9-foot fly rod. Riffles...

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The Hog Farm

In bluff country one stumbles on isolated taverns sitting there for no good reason. These are typically at the...

May Days

It’s hard not to smile as I tramp through a meadow sprinkled with dandelions and buttercups. Upon my approach, a pair...

The Driftless

One day I up and moved to the Midwest’s Driftless Region, which is blue ribbon trout country. I’m not bragging. And...

First Days

Having planted my peas in soil still moist from a late-season snowstorm, I walk our property, stopping to clean out a...

Surviving the Storm

I went fishing last spring with no intention of catching fish. I just wanted to see Gilbert Creek. Immense spring...

A Matter of Time

I suppose it’s a matter of time. Time for Trish to pack away the winter decorations, time for her to clean the...

Home Creek

I have friends planning a two-week fly fishing trip to Alaska. This is a dream destination, of course. A sort of...

An Angler's Lament

I admit it. For me, it’s been about the fish, in particular, brook trout, the native char of western Maine’s...