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"Tiny Terrors," by William G. Tapply
Or: How I Learned to Stop Trolling and Love the Midge Back when we were just starting out as trout fishermen and...
Strip, Strip, BOOM: How I Became a Streamer Junkie
I’ve always been a bit of an aggressive guy. Not to the level where I go around knocking off cowboy’s hats or...
"You Never Forget Your First Love," by Phil Monahan
The first brook trout I ever saw was about three inches long, little bigger than a baitfish really. But the memory of...
A Sixty-Year-Old Dry Fly
I started tying flies when I was about twelve, long before the internet captured all the information in the world and...
"Change-of-Season Trout," by Bob Romano
The air this morning is still, the temperature warmer than might be expected for October. While sipping tea from a...
“Porcupine Brook,” by William G. Tapply
Tiny trout and worms are the first step to a life of fly fishing. And more. I happened upon Porcupine Brook while...
"Sleeping with the Fishes"
Most anglers consider themselves above the petty squabbles that so often erupt in the fly-fishing community, content...
"Little Fish Tales," by Jim Mize
Fish tales often turn on the dramatic action of a huge fish. These stories can involve the ones that got away or the...