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My Anadromous Addiction

Since the dawn of humankind, the sea has been a source of...

Rest the Water: Remembering John Gierach

At least once a year I visit an ancient cedar grove on the...

Meet the New MidCurrent Editor-in-Chief

Although I joined MidCurrent on December 1, I’ve spent...

Small Streams

Over the last few years, I've found myself gravitating...

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Desert Bobber Fishing: Rediscovering A Love for Nymphing on Pyramid Lake

I hate nymphing with strike indicators. It's not that I don't believe in the technique or have some sort of "dry or...

Barnwood Slam

Editor's note: For backstory to enrich your reading of "Barnwood Slam", please read "Barnwood" published here on...

Craving Chrome: A Steelheader's Guide to Glorious Suffering

Just hearing the word "steelhead" stirs something deep in many fly anglers' souls. These fish haunt the edges of our...

Fathers and Sons

A few years after we moved into our home, Trish and I finished off the basement, creating two rooms, one for her art...

Barnwood

My neighbor retired last month. This is his fourth or fifth retirement. Then he goes back to the office. Such things...

Roosterfish Dreams

I heard a key scratch in the lock. The door swung open to reveal a maid, the hotel manager, and a Mexican...

Más Roosterfish

I had tried for roosterfish on my own, and caught one. “You were lucky,” my pal, Greg Flores said. I was unfazed...

Roosterfish, Sí!

“Just bring a tee shirt and fly rod.” Greg Flores had called from his suite at the Las Palmas Hotel. “These...