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I Will Die Here, My Friend
Sea-run Brown Trout on the Fly in Tierra del Fuego
Cutbank
CROUCHING TIGERFISH, HIDDEN HIPPO
First published in Volume 15, Issue 3 of The Flyfish Journal Venture into the deep bush of southwest Tanzania to catch a fish, and you are officially taking your angling into a realm where humans’ position at the top of...
Gallery
Chloe Nostrant "To James"
First published in Volume 15, Issue 3 of The Flyfish Journal I was 19 when I met James Warren. He was best friends with my stepfather, Jamie, and as long as I have known Jamie I have known of James...
Contest
Smolt of the Month
*The Smolt of the Month contest is currently closed. For now. Stay tuned as we'll likely reboot things soon, and we'll be announcing the Smolt of the Year soon. Back by micro-demand, The Flyfish Journal is rebooting our beloved Smolt...
Conservation
The Good Dam
First published in Volume 15, Issue 2 of The Flyfish Journal It is nearly impossible to predict what random piece of media will catch the public’s attention and end up going viral. A few years ago, a short film from...
Cutbank
On Not Catching Fish In a New Place
Last summer we moved to St. Louis, MO—not too far from what I understand are exceptional streams full of trout and smallmouth bass, 90 miles or so southwest of the city. But not being able to get away from my...
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Whatcom's Resilience: The 1999 Pipeline Explosion and Creek Recovery
Step back in time to the fateful June day in 1999 when Whatcom Creek's course was forever changed by a devastating explosion. Against the backdrop of urban waterways and lush green spaces, witness a powerful narrative of resilience emerging from...
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Sando Chunk
We need stories about the mundane things, like sandwiches. Films based on something small, and even poorly defined, but nonetheless enough to spur creativity. In fact, the stickiest memories may actually come from the small things found in the margins...
Profile
Jay Johnson
First published in Volume 15, Issue 2 of The Flyfish Journal Small planes flew low over the parking lot at first light and woke us up. It was a late-March cool morning in northeast Florida. Jay Johnson had generously given...
Open Water
ALWAYS CHANGING, ALWAYS THE SAME
First published in Volume 15, Issue 2 of The Flyfish Journal In 1969, an obsessed uncle led me—then 12 years old—to my first encounter with a wild winter steelhead, drift fishing an Okie Drifter on an Olympic Peninsula river in...
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Carpstroke
What is Carpstroke? It’s wondering why you came down here; long sagebrush bushwhacks; adrenaline spikes and blood sugar crashes, a swing from failure to elation mirrored only by that of the mercury in the thermometer. Carpstroke leaves you questioning the...
Cutbank
THERE’S HOPE IN HOPE VALLEY
First published in Volume 15, Issue 1 of The Flyfish Journal I sent Mandy an equipment list, which included a spinning rod. I wasn’t going to leave Rhode Island without her catching a fish. At Hope Valley Bait & Tackle...
Interview
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The Uncapturable
To attempt to capture the uncapturable is like solving a murder without any clues, suspects or witnesses. Most of the ocean’s wide breadth of life escapes our eyes. Think about that. Most of what the ocean produces we miss: it...