Editor's Note: West Virginia contains just a handful of fly-fishing-only streams. Among these are Second Creek and Milligan Creek, a pair of spring-fed streams in Greenbrier County. Our Birmingham, Alabama-based angling writer wrote this report for us after spending a day on the two creeks: Second Creek,
No water is too remote, too rugged or too wild for a kayak
If there were fairy tales about spring creeks, one would be set in a narrow filigree of water winding through a grassy field in the shadows of Montana's granite-capped Ruby Mountains, and the main character would be a sharp little shiny-jacketed fellow named Copper John. One October morning, using a
Rugged, cheap and quick to tie-and, boy, is it a killer!
Visiting a fragile saltwater paradise in the Bahamas
A long descent, possibly with some fish at the other end...
Sometimes a large fish will be so completely cooperative that catching it almost seems like some sort of shameful accident. My first big Rocky Ford rainbow was like that. Without moving anything but its jaw, the four- or five-pounder sitting a mere rod's length upstream of me took my size 14 nymph into
From what I had read. His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, humbly concedes that suffering is a part of life. So simple, so matter of fact-just like his clothes, his haircut and his black, thick-framed glasses. No Sunday circus acts with mascara-stained tears of revelation and gaudy blonde wigs. Just honesty,
In our June Letters column, Bruce Halliday, of Centerville, Ohio, suggested that the magazine launch some sort of "Reader's Choice Angler of the Year Award." Bruce pointed out that ever since we first began recognizing our Anglers of the Year in 1985, most of the people who received the award have been
Steelhead fishing at a laid-back Oregon lodge
Greg Ponte and I had 12 kids practicing roll casts on a May afternoon in Maine. When my three toughest students threw in the towel, I knew they wouldn't get off that easily. I glanced across the pond and watched Greg Ponte work his magic on them. He studied the trio, now sitting against the brick wall
Fish don't have to be just another coal-industry waste product
An angler's biology book; Female fly-fishers in the last frontier; Flyline history; and more
A highly effective pattern that's a snap to tie
Special Agent Randy Leben retired last September after 25 years with the FBI. He was a counter-intelligence officer for most of his career; then, after 9/11, he began working in counter-terrorism. After taking up fly-fishing in the early 1990's, he began to see intriguing parallels between his new favorite
Caring for reels, waders & fly lines
- By: Buzz Bryson
- and Paul Guernsey
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