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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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If I was starting over

Fly fishing advice for my younger self

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$100 million for Canada's Atlantic salmon: What does it mean for recovery?

Canada's PM Carney directs millions to Atlantic salmon

Latest News

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

$100 million for Canada's Atlantic salmon: What does it mean for recovery?

Canada's PM Carney directs millions to Atlantic salmon

Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

The West's alarmingly low snowpack—and what it could mean for summer trout fishing

Low and quickly melting snowpack across the Rockies likely to result in cascading problems across the West

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Tips & Technique

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If I was starting over

Fly fishing advice for my younger self

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My good friend, Slack

Think slack is evil? Think again.

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Are you qualified to judge a fly rod?

Take the School of Trout's new test to find out

Latest Conservation

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

$100 million for Canada's Atlantic salmon: What does it mean for recovery?

Canada's PM Carney directs millions to Atlantic salmon

Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

Restoration update: In the wake of Klamath dam removal

Conservation crews have helped plant and seed thousands of native trees and other vegetation. Salmon have responded in kind.

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Travel

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The siren song of the Texas redfish

Topwater eats, endless flats, and the redfish barstool

Fall on Argentina's Rio Traful

Fall fly fishing in Patagonia

Now, I love fall. And I especially love fall in Patagonia.

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The top 10 stories of 2025

Reader favorites from the past year — our 15th

Latest Blog

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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Fly fishing immersion on the banks of the famed Henry's Fork

Latest Gear

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

On the water with Orvis' third incarnation of it's workhorse Recon series

New fly fishing gear: March 2026

What's new on the water as we head into a new season

Gear we love right now: February 2026

What's working on and off the water, right now

Review: St. Croix Legend Elite SALT fly rod

On the water with St. Croix's new-again saltwater sticks