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Hooked
Photographer and Guide Jeff Forsee Reckons With Flyfishing Obsession
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...
Interview
Michi Meko
First published in Volume 14, Issue 2 of The Flyfish Journal In 2017, Michi Meko received a text message from a friend encouraging him to apply to an artist residency called Cabin Time. That year, the residency—which brought together creatives...
Mystery
Down the Path Podcast
On August 5, 1995, Bahamian flyfishing lodge owner Stanley Bain, his brother William, Hubert Mackey and two other unidentified crew members left Andros Island in a 36-foot cabin cruiser with two additional skiffs. From all accounts, their mission was to...
Cutbank
Goose Creek
First published in Volume 14, Issue 2 of The Flyfish Journal Random stunted stalks of wheat, interlopers amid the native grasses, rose defiantly alongside the dirt path. In the adjoining rock-strewn field, the crop was sparse, indicative of the land’s...
Conservation
CALIFORNIA DREAMING
First published in Volume 14, Issue 1 of The Flyfish Journal Wandering through the parched hills and canyons of Southern California, it’s hard to imagine that southern steelhead once thrived in this ecosystem. With a range of roughly 450 coastline...