Video
I Will Die Here, My Friend
Sea-run Brown Trout on the Fly in Tierra del Fuego
Water Reportage
What Happened So Far?
Species: Trout, Steelhead Date: Late October Location: Wild and Scenic Grande Ronde River, OR No. of days without cell service: 6.5 Miles floated: 39 Days/nights on the river: 7/6 High temperature: 70-something Low temperature: 30-something No. of days it rained:...
Interview
Conflict and Resolution
Oliver Sutro wears many hats: he’s a filmmaker, photographer, artist and storyteller. He’s also a flyfisherman, and that’s what makes all the rest of it worthwhile. Growing up in Los Angeles, he didn’t have the opportunity to learn to fish...
Conservation
ON BREACHING THE SNAKE RIVER DAMS
First published in Volume 15, Issue 1 of The Flyfish Journal The Nez Perce call the river yáwwinma, meaning place of cold water. Non-Indigenous people refer to it as Rapid River. It’s the only stream Congress ever designated a Wild...
Video Exclusive
Cache of Gold
Supported by Sage Follow Seth Blackamore as he takes a few new friends high into the Eastern Sierra in search of Golden Trout. Blackamore has been exploring these mountains and lakes for almost a decade and this adventure proved to...
Locale
HANDS IN THE WATER
First published in Volume 14, Issue 3 of The Flyfish Journal As a child, I was convinced the dock at our family’s lake house was the epicenter of all fish activity. My evidence was an arching mulberry tree that overhung...
Interview
The King of Diamonds Holds a Tarpon: An Interview with Rob Benigno
Rob Benigno's held either a pencil or a fishing rod in his hand as far back as he can remember. His mom used to give him stacks of computer paper, the kind with perforated edges, and let him go to...
Water Reportage
Maybe, Almost Legendary
Species: Steelhead Date: April 2023Location: Skagit/Sauk River, WA It’s the day after the opening of a legendary steelhead river. Social media says fish are everywhere; so do my friends who fished yesterday. There is a blanket mayfly hatch, March Browns...
Interview
Free the Flow, Save the Salmon
A cartoon salmon hundreds of feet tall is projected in laser light on the face of the Grand Coulee Dam, one of the largest dams in the United States. It’s part of a 28-minute light show that takes place nightly...
Culture
I Tried to Teach ChatGPT to Flyfish. It was a Disaster
As an English professor, I have always welcomed new communications technologies and writing tools in my classes. When blogs became a thing, I replaced papers in my class with blog posts, and the students did all their writing in that...
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Room on the River
Supported by Yakima Racks The state of Minnesota offers a plethora of rich flyfishing opportunities. From the crystal clear streams of the north to the bustling rivers of the Twin Cities, the state is a haven for anglers of all...