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A Steelhead Lesson

If at first you don't succeed, move or mend or change flies and cast again.

Simon Gawesworth

Lefty Kreh's "Storm at Sea"

This excerpt from 101 Fish: A Fly Fisher's Life List tells a harrowing ghost story (not of the

Lefty Kreh

Disappearing into the Backcountry

Fly fishing as a cure-all to the world's problems.

Derek Grzelewski

Ernest Schwiebert's "A River for Christmas"

This throwback article details how the fishing changed in Chile after the unrest following

Ernest Schwiebert

The Things that Matter

On the importance of getting back to nature, and bringing our kids along.

Steve Ramirez

Fly Fishing Fashion

Brotherhood, fly fishing, death, and loss are part of his family's saga, like a shared taste

David Wylie

Reading the Water at the National Gallery of Art

Daydreaming about where the fish might be.

Robert O'Harrow

A Fly Fisher's String Theory

How to consistently attach a string between your 5-weight rod and a trout.

George Franklin

River of Death

Kayak fly fishing in the Blue Ridge Mountains is as tough as Quantico Marine officers' boot

John Randolph

Move over Dame Juliana: The Very First Words Ever Written about Fly Fishing

Steve Raymond's hilarious tale of a Roman scribe's depiction of fooling fish with flies, circa

Steve Raymond

Norman Maclean's "The Edges of Swirls"

A short story about the lives and deaths of fish and fisherman, excerpted from the afterword

Norman Maclean

John Gierach's You Can't Eat the Scenery

Exploring the disconnect between young fly-fishing guides and old fly-fishing clients.

John Gierach

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