Video
I Will Die Here, My Friend
Sea-run Brown Trout on the Fly in Tierra del Fuego
Cutbank
A Good Dose of Pantomime
Despite the fact that North Korea had recently launched two missiles over the island and a typhoon was barreling our way, the daily tempo of life on Hokkaido appeared peaceful, almost bucolic. Our fall trip to Japan’s northernmost island avoided...
Gallery
Rachel Finn
Rachel Finn seems slightly out of her element. In spite of her stated misgivings that such a thing as “women’s flyfishing” exists, she’s agreed to be a presenter for the Women’s Flyfishing Showcase at the 2016 Fly Fishing Show in...
Memoriam
A Tribute to Captain Joseph “Josie” Sands
There are thousands of stories and memories of Joseph Sands out there, who tragically died in a boating accident on October 5, 2020, in the Bahamas. This is due in part to the fact that Josie spent decades guiding anglers...
Open Water
When the Fishing's Slow
I hunt your grounds now, just how you taught me. But I don’t know if you’ve ever been back. I don’t know if that football of a cutthroat you caught that day was your last, or if you’ve filled a...
Conservation
Empty Ladders
The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, locally called the Ballard Locks in reference to the adjacent harbor and neighborhood, are one of Seattle’s most popular tourist destinations. They were built over 100 years ago and are now listed on the National...
Essay
The End of the Season
Despite its storied history in such places as merry England and other parts of continental Europe, fishing for carp on the desert flats of the western United States has the feel of a uniquely American endeavor. Thus, photo editor Copi...
Profile
Salmon, Science and Storytelling
Charles Post remembers being lifted, as a kid, by his dad over a barbed wire fence so that he could go catch salmon. The creek behind his family’s Marin County, CA, home had been converted to a storm drain by...
Conservation
Risk Analysis
The final environmental analysis for the proposed Pebble mine in the productive Bristol Bay region of Alaska released July 23, 2020 shows more than 191 miles of streams and 4,614 acres of wetlands would be impacted if phase one of...
Interview
Implements and Approaches: The Art of Ryan Keene
If you’ve seen Ryan Keene’s artwork, you probably remember it. It’s energetic and vibrant, full of splashes of color and splatters of ink. Based in Pittsburgh, and with roots in Massachusetts and Maine, Keene paints complex and layered images of...
Cutbank
Tigers All the Way
There’s a lake high in Utah’s Uinta mountains where, I’ve heard, the trout will take just about anything you throw at them at ice-off. The lake is one of my summertime go-tos, not too far from my home in Salt...
Mystery
Down The Path Podcast
Down the Path Season 2 is sponsored by The Flyfish Journal On June 23, 2019 San Pedro, Belize, police were called to a crime scene on the waters of Ambergris Caye. After a short search, they found the body of...