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teton dam failure and flood - june 5, 1976
50 years after the flood: Could the Teton Dam be rebuilt?
Detractors argue a rebuilt Teton Dam would harm native trout and fail to make economic sense
high water temperatures drought warning sign river access
The trout angler's guide to fishing through drought
How to navigate the coming low water summer both on the river and off
umpqua swiftlink magnetic pack system
New fly fishing gear: May 2026
What's new on and off the water this month

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50 years after the flood: Could the Teton Dam be rebuilt?
Detractors argue a rebuilt Teton Dam would harm native trout and fail to make economic sense
New fly fishing gear: May 2026
What's new on and off the water this month
Billionaires, Trump officials, and the quiet reshaping of America's public lands
A secretive billionaire’s club is gobbling up vast swaths of Montana
R.L. Winston Rod Co. under new ownership
New leadership pledges to keep all current Winston employees in place

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Tips & Technique

high water temperatures drought warning sign river access
The trout angler's guide to fishing through drought
How to navigate the coming low water summer both on the river and off
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Fishing the Hair Spider fly
Dance, spider!
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Essential spring creek skills
The unique challenges of spring creek fishing and how fly anglers can meet them

Latest Conservation

50 years after the flood: Could the Teton Dam be rebuilt?
Detractors argue a rebuilt Teton Dam would harm native trout and fail to make economic sense
The trout angler's guide to fishing through drought
How to navigate the coming low water summer both on the river and off
Billionaires, Trump officials, and the quiet reshaping of America's public lands
A secretive billionaire’s club is gobbling up vast swaths of Montana
Trump admin attempts to contain blowback from Forest Service 'reorganization'
The White House lobbed slurs while USDA leadership offered weak refutations of both reporting, statements from Forest Service veterans, and other critics of planned actions

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Travel

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Trout under the towers
Fly fishing in the shadow of Torres del Paine
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Where the Pascagoula meets the Gulf
Fly fishing Horn Island
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The siren song of the Texas redfish
Topwater eats, endless flats, and the redfish barstool

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The bedazzled angler
Fly fishing stickers: yay or nay?
This is water we are talking about
Every conversation about roads is a conversation about water
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right to fish
The case for Canada
There's an almost endless bounty of Canadian fly fishing still untouched by U.S. anglers

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Photography

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A year at The School of Trout
A collection of images from the world's finest fly fishing school
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The Fish of a Lifetime
A sneak peek into Matt Harris' 656-page fly fishing opus
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Trout school
Fly fishing immersion on the banks of the famed Henry's Fork

Latest Gear

New fly fishing gear: May 2026
What's new on and off the water this month
R.L. Winston Rod Co. under new ownership
New leadership pledges to keep all current Winston employees in place
Zero Startup Inertia
The pitfalls of technological advancement
Patagonia's new River Salt II wading boots aim to do it all for anglers
The new boots are designed from the ground up for both freshwater and saltwater angling
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    They sit in a forgotten drawer in my tying desk, intermingling with odd-sized hooks, old fly boxes, and other ephemera that have eddied into this backwater over time. Some...

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    Words: Todd Tanner.   Images: Tim Romano and Jeremy Roberts.

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    Fly Fishing Puget Sound: Part I
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    Trout under the towers

    My friend Vikki tells me that my musical tastes are deeply offensive to her. I just smile and nod — she’s a few years older than me, but, despite her advancing age, she’s...

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    Where the Pascagoula meets the Gulf
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    The siren song of the Texas redfish

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    A pike trip to brook trout lake
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    teton dam failure and flood - june 5, 1976
    50 years after the flood: Could the Teton Dam be rebuilt?

    The morning of June 5, 1976, bulldozer operators at the newly minted Teton Dam site on the border of Madison and Fremont counties in eastern Idaho worked feverishly to...

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    The trout angler's guide to fishing through drought
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    Billionaires, Trump officials, and the quiet reshaping of America's public lands

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    Review: Orvis Recon fly rod (3rd generation — 2026)

    As I unzipped the top of the Cordura-coated rod tube in the front yard of a little Chilean farmhouse not too far from the cozy confines of...

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    high water temperatures drought warning sign river access
    The trout angler's guide to fishing through drought

    On Colorado’s Front Range, essentially a high desert, longtime trout anglers tend to be more tuned into the realities of drought, low water, and rising temperatures — all...

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    Fishing the Hair Spider fly
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    Essential spring creek skills

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    teton dam failure and flood - june 5, 1976
    50 years after the flood: Could the Teton Dam be rebuilt?

    The morning of June 5, 1976, bulldozer operators at the newly minted Teton Dam site on the border of Madison and Fremont counties in eastern Idaho worked feverishly to...

    view article

    More News

    umpqua swiftlink magnetic pack system
    New fly fishing gear: May 2026
    the yellowstone club aerial view
    Billionaires, Trump officials, and the quiet reshaping of America's public lands

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