by Kris Millgate - Wednesday, Aug 24th, 2016
The message comes in via text: “Millgate, get up here. We gotta fish. The Yellowstone is like it used to be.”
by Tom Davis - Monday, Aug 22nd, 2016
Last September, having concluded that hunting grouse in the jungles typical of opening weekend isn’t sport so much as self-abuse, I decided to open the Wisconsin grouse season by going trout fishing.
by Matthew Reilly - Wednesday, Aug 17th, 2016
There’s not much more peaceful than a simple breakfast amid the chirpings of an awakening northern forest. Humans, with their God-like reign over fuel, need do little more than boil water and add it to oats and coffee grounds to enjoy a meal as comfortable as one prepared in the modern home. After doing just that, on a brisk morning on a remote pond in the Maine woods, I recorded those thoughts, and reveled in the opportunity to be where I was.
by Todd Tanner - Tuesday, Aug 16th, 2016
Most fly fishermen would like to become better casters. Very few of us throw the perfect loops that we all aspire to, and even fewer anglers boast a full repertoire of casts, starting with basics like the single haul and roll casts, and moving on to double hauls, reach casts, curve casts, bow and arrow casts, puddle casts, etc. I won’t list them all right now, but there are a dozen or more casts that can make your life a little easier when you’re out on the water. If you’re serious about your fly fishing, it makes sense to have at least a few of them in your arsenal.
by Kris Millgate - Monday, Aug 15th, 2016
I’m rafting Idaho’s undamed and untamed Middle Fork of the Salmon River. My plan is to fish all 100 miles of it with a small, telescoping tenkara rod. At the first alarming yell of ‘bump’ on day one, I know casting is not in the cards. We’re braving a late-season 6-day run. Ideal water level is three feet. We have well under two.
“This is the lowest I’ve ever ran it,” says Gary McDannel, Middle Fork rafter for 30 years. “It is nasty, but this trip is still top of the list.”
The bright, 14-inch rainbow trout launched into the air, silhouetting itself against the June sky, mirrored in the shining surface of the stream as it fell back to the...
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I teach basic fly-fishing skills at Penn State University. Most of my students have little experience fishing for wild or native trout but have spent plenty of time...
Yesterday, the Biden administration rejected the “speculative” Amber Road Project that would have constructed an industrial-grade road some 210 miles into the Alaskan...
