Fly Fishing

Navigating the North Island

New Zealand’s north island shudders with cold, clear, fresh water. Anglers like myself who have…

Net Gains

Gambling on the Miramichi with Shady Ladies, Green Machines, and wizards. [by Robert Sohrweide]

Fishermen Hate People

The figure stands solitary, centered in a boat or thigh-deep in pushing water. Mist and…

Eat or Be Eaten

HAVING VISITED A FAIR NUMBER OF FISHING DESTINATIONS during my 50-odd years on this watery…

The Guiding Principles

I’m just here to catch people fish. [by Lisa Teberg-Johnson]

The Way It Should Have Been

The story of one great fish, and a thousand adequate casts. [article by John Gierach…

She Only Tried to Kill Me Twice

I’ve loved many rivers, tried to translate their rumblings and silences into language I understand.…

Bluegills & Rednecks

And déjà vu all over again. by John Gierach

South Fork Gamble

FISHING IDAHO'S SOUTH FORK OF THE SNAKE RIVER in the fall is almost cliché. Riotous…

Out of Bristol Bay

ON A BLUFF OVERLOOKING A TIDAL ESTUARY, three guides sit on patched plastic chairs playing…

Shogatsu

Fireworks and fresh fish: the Hawaiian recipe for prosperity and happiness.

Liar’s Code

BEING FISHERMEN, my friends and I were all great liars. We fibbed about the monster…