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Photographer and Guide Jeff Forsee Reckons With Flyfishing Obsession
Anniversary
The Flyfish Journal Turns 10
Though the idea had been lodged earlier, it was one particular moment 10 years ago that led to our steep launch on the Upper Rubicon. At one of the first Fly Fishing Film Tours, bumping elbows with a couple hundred...
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Christmas Queens
The lodge transport fetches us from the airport—a once-weekly commercial stop—and places crowns made of intricately woven flowers and palm fronds on our heads. We are unapologetically excited and can’t help but laugh because nearby a truck full of male...
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Love & Water
Supported by Patagonia, 10 Barrel Brewing and Yakima. Win a Patagonia Stormfront Pack - $149 Value - Enter Below To celebrate the release of "Love and Water," Patagonia has teamed up with The FlyFish Journal to give away Stormfront Roll...
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Shutterbuggin' with Austin Coit
Shutterbuggin’ is a regular web feature where we chat with photo contributors, talking about photography, fly fishing and whatever else happens to come up. In our latest installment we caught up with photographer Austin Coit. The Flyfish Journal: Hi Austin,...
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Concentric Circles
Grandpa sent me out into the yard in search of a stick, “about yay big,” as he held his index fingers four inches apart. He carved off the bark, smoothed the surface, and pushed a sewing pin into the tip...
Photo Essay
Oman is Open
A pronouncement that you’re going flyfishing in Oman usually elicits a “that sounds rad,” followed by a lengthy pause and finally a quizzical, confused expression. “Wait—where is Oman again?” And that, for the geographically challenged (which, let’s be honest, is...
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Fishing by Thumb
After two weeks of fishing across the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Montana and Wyoming, I was desperate for a taste of civilization. The food I brought for the journey had dwindled and I’d been living on a diet of couscous and...
Confluence
The Important Things
For the second time in two weeks of my life I am flying over the Gulf of Mexico and wondering what it is I caught off the beach of Celestine Yucatan. Seatrout are out... Near shore lizard fish are in...
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Where It All Started with Karlie Roland
Karlie Roland has been fishing the Henry's Fork all her life. Her family has kept a cabin in Island Park, ID for as long as she can remember and she's returned every year for fishing and family reunions. In about...
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Five Laws of Fish
First Law of Fish Fish in the river shall remain in the river unless acted upon by an outside force. Force of nature. Failure of dam. Flood. Famine. Kingfishers. Fortune favors the bold, but bold fish find hooks driven home....
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Goners, For Sure
above Southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Area isn’t famous for the size of its trout, but for its great amount of fishable water, access and stream health. However, when you find yourself on the stream on a sunny day in early spring,...