Destination

River-Cast

The Deschutes River drainage is immense. It begins as water seeping from volcanic rock that forms the backbone of the…»

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Pennsylvania’s fertile Cumberland Valley is known for its cold, crystalline spring creeks and their wary and selective trout. The valley’s…»

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In Search of Danica “The Mayfly fortnight used to be said, especially by the older school of authors, to be…»

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Some of the finest times I’ve had on the water have been carefully scripted, if not entirely familiar. I can…»

Rapids-Cast

By: Harry Murray By parking at trailheads on Skyline Drive and hiking down to the upper reaches of the streams,…»

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What makes the most desirable fly fishing river? Crystal clear, icy water situated in a string of challenging pools? Or…»

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Rainbow trout are rapacious, predatory hunters. They are not by way of genetics reclusive, wary of inanimate objects floating overhead,…»

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Androscoggin Reborn On May 6, 2006, the Fraser paper mill on the bank of New Hampshire’s Androscoggin River belched rancid…»

Silver-Hold

When my final day comes and I’ve caught my last fish, made my last cast, and it’s my turn to…»

Jim Vincent with Searun Brown Trout

Giant brown trout are just one of the reasons to visit Tierra del Fuego, the island Magellan called the “Land…»

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 Blackstone Lake–At first sight, this small lake, nestled on the west bank of the Yakima River, looks more like a…»

Dark-Hold

Bar ZX Ranch On a bright June afternoon, Bret Gardner and I fished our way around six small trout ponds…»

Net-Fish

The part of Motherwell Ranch you see from County Road 53 is like any other Colorado cattle operation. Past the…»

Fish

“Eureka!” The word was supposedly first exclaimed by the Greek mathematician Archimedes when he discovered a way to determine the…»

Hooked-Fish

They came in waves. They ran the gauntlet through the pounding surf where the dark seal heads bobbed. The surf…»

Color-Fish

Thousands of fly fishers will travel to Idaho every year to fish the fabled waters of the Henry’s Fork, Silver…»

Wave

The same sight-fishing excitement that has captivated bonefish and tarpon anglers for decades is now mesmerizing striper anglers from Long…»

Water-Hold

Except in a few waters across the country, smallmouth bass have had little protection from overharvest. Even in the fish’s…»

Fish

Fishing Montana’s Bitterroot River during the spring Skwala (Skwala parallela) hatch is one of the West’s greatest fly-fishing events. Yes,…»

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At first glance, the eddies of Oregon’s Deschutes River can look lifeless and empty in early spring. But often, if…»

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At about the same time each year that basketball junkies freak out on March Madness, a similar affliction consumes another…»

Hooked-Fish

The Arkansas River on Colorado’s Front Range is unlike many Western rivers because it flows freely for more than 150…»

River-Fish

My wife Lisa pulls gently on the oars of the raft and we glide over several dozen Truckee River rainbows…»

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Almost anyone with an interest in fly fishing for trout is at least familiar with Idaho’s Henry’s Fork. Those who…»