TOPICS Warm Water

swamp florida
My heart's in the swamp
Is home where you hang your hat, or your heart?
musky madness wisconsin | fly fishing
Musky maxims
In the world of musky fishing, there are certain well-held truths
fan boat great lakes
No tide
Life inside a drum cartel
alligator
The old one
One poor decision can change your role from predator to prey
smallmouth bass fly fishing
Bugging summer smallmouth
Contrary to conventional wisdom, late summer can offer explosive topwater smallmouth action
fly fishing Big Thicket National Preserve
What lies beneath
Fly fishing the Big Thicket National Preserve
fly fishing smallmouth bass
Hidden bounty on a late summer riverbank
Paying attention to what's on—not just near—the river's edge can pay dividends
fly fishing the sam
Book Review: Fly Fishing the Sam
A guidebook to fly fishing the Sam Houston National Forest
sabine river
The shooting
From around the tree, a rangy arm protruded, and in the man’s hand was what looked to us like a small cannon
menominee river wisconsin
An attitude of extreme displeasure
Experience, knowledge, skill, and all the other usual variables matter—but only to a point
oscar fish
And the oscar goes to ... Florida
Southern Florida's aquatic invasive species are likely here to stay
smallmouth bass underwater
The wild unknown
Locked within delicious moments of uncertainty are the reasons we fish
pond frog
Growing up on a pond
Things are different when you grow up on a pond
fly and conventional bass lures
The color of March
Spring's first hues are its most brilliant
tigerfish | africa | fly fishing
Tigerfish 101
An introduction to chasing tigerfish, one of nature's fiercest predators, on the fly
boundary waters canoe area wilderness
No worse place for a mine
North America’s biggest wilderness and best inland fishery is endangered by the continent’s most toxic industry
mirror carp release
Built by godly men
Carp are beautiful and mirror carp, bred by Trappist monks, may be the most beautiful of all
fly fishing
Some days, fishing is work
It can be fruitless, or it can be rewarding, but work is involved
carp
Carp! What are they good for?
Plentiful, big and adaptable, carp are an important food and game fish
midnight pond scene
Obliteration
Are all memories just ghosts?