"I had to get out of the cities, away from the madness—up to the mountains. I have found that no matter where I am in the world, I am always drawn to the mountains."
A special program helps to recruit and retain anglers, while also imparting the stewardship of our lakes, streams and seas—"because our lifestyle runs downstream."
FR&R expands to 100 pages, printed on top-quality paper with a perfect-binding "spine" for keep-ability—–hallmarks in magazine value.
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- By: Friends of the Forest Lodge
- and Fly Rod and Reel
Maine-based Friends of Forest Lodge and Project Healing Waters helps veterans take to the Rapid River and experience healing through fly-fishing.
The deadline is set: May 15, 2010. Send your original work of fly-fishing fiction or non-fiction to compete for the most important writing award in all of fly-fishing. Our judges are looking for "A distinguished original work of short fiction or non-fiction that embodies an implicit love of fly-fishing, respect for the sport and the natural world in which it takes place, and high literary values.”
Angling chances for pelagics like small bluefin tuna are few and far between for saltwater fly rodders. There’s a reason—longlining, a method of commercial fishing that destroys marine ecosystems along with target species.
Special Rusty Gates Honorable Mention Recognition for a 2009 Robert Traver Fly-Fishing Writing Award Finalist of particular merit.... "I am standing in the dark doorway at two in the morning looking down the silvered, rain-washed lawn, hearing from across the river the haunting whoop of a whippoorwill and on this side listening to the rollicking fly-fishing trinity sitting around the picnic table—a rendezvous with John Voelker, Mary Orvis Marbury and Dame Juliana Berners."
"The approach to the Strawberry is one of the prettiest I have seen: The thin path to the river leads into a stand of cottonwoods that are probably older than me and Metcalf combined."
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