- Subscribe, Renew or Give a Gift Subscription
- Buy Editors' Picks Books
- Log in as a member and…
- Upload fly-fishing pictures
- Enter Contests
- Post Comments
- Log in
- Quality and Value
- Reader Letters
- Trout at the End of the World
- Northwest of Normal
- Next Steps in Island Park, ID
- Subtle Barbs
- Into the Off Season
- Greatest of All Time
- Digital Cameras
- Time Away from Time
- Fly-Casting Therapy
- Last Call
- Wither Maine Char?
- Peacocks in the Agua Boa
- Sand Flats Shrimp
- Cool Doodads
- Dries When the Snow Flies
Travel Insurance and fly-fishing updates
When you consider that a week-long trip to Montana might have a total value of $2,500, after factoring in transportation and lodging costs, and deposits with guides, a $100 to $200 insurance policy is cheap protection for your vacation in case things go awry. And things do go awry, just ask the experts.
British Columbia Update
- By: Ehor Boyanowsky
The Thompson, on of the great rivers of British Columbia, is closed to steelhead fishing. What this means for anglers and what you can do about ite...
Innovation / Achievement Kudos
- By: Greg Thomas
IT WAS SPRING ON MONTANA’S Big Hole River and my bushy Improved Sofa Pillow sank like a stone. I was about to snap a Sage rod over a knee when my father said, “Tie on a fresh fly and try some of this.” In midair that tiny item looked like another airline bottle, which my father was prone to offer at any time, morning or night, on our fishing trips. When that plastic bottle landed in my hand I said, “What the heck.” About five minutes later, with a fresh fly dressed with Gehrke’s Gink, I was fast to a solid brown and my dry-fly life changed forever.
Back to the Past
- By: Ted Williams
NEAR MY FISHING CAMP IN NEW Hampshire’s Rockingham County, there’s this archeological site said to have been constructed by ancient druids or their precursors. Several large, flat stones have grooves—blood grooves, we are told. Now that the site has been physically restored, a volunteer 501c3 citizens’ organization is attempting to restore historical function as well, including the sacrifice of virgins (though only on summer weekends for tour groups).
