Expanding as far north as the Canadian province Newfoundland and as far south as north Alabama, the Appalachian Mountain range is filled with endless blue lines and mountains full of wisdom. While the range is vast and mighty, the focus of this article will be on the southern range and all its beauty. In sections…
I got call a couple of weeks ago, while I was in Jackson Hole, from my good friend Mark, an Environmental Lawyer from Montana who knows every inch of the Montana Stream Access Laws and he says, “I’ve got a spring creek I’d love to show you but there’s a hitch, we have to stay…
In early March I flew into Chile from my summer in New Zealand. I had to check out a new lodge, “Where Wise Men Fish.” It was built by a fellow named Adam Henderson, who I taught to tie flies when he was about 10 years old. His parents were good friends of mine here…
This will not be an anthropological essay on the Sami or the Nenets. Nor will I describe animistic beliefs or shamanic practices, although - in retrospect - I dare say that there was a lot of magic in our Lappland adventure. There was no lack of souls in non-human bodies along the way. The following…
Everyone knows Swedish Lapland is famous for its Baltic salmon and pike fishing, but were you aware that it also offers outstanding grayling and trout fishing? With the entire area being covered with lakes, streams, rivers, and marshes, it only makes sense that there are lots of other fishing opportunities at your fingertips.
By: Laurel…
Roderick Haig-Brown wrote in Fisherman's Spring “There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home”. I’m in a stage of fishing now where I’m just enjoying being on the water. As a kid growing up in…
Our negativity bias is hardwired since the Old Stone Age.
Paleolithic man knew there were beings out there, out to get him. His bias the early warning system for woolly mammoths, giant bison, all the maneaters stalking nearby. It detected other hunter-gatherers too. Passively or aggressively, they were his competition for the local bounty.
He…
Few people have inspired and meant so much to so many as the American flyfishing legend, industry insider, outdoors writer and fly tyer extraordinaire, René Harrop. A bottomless well of wisdom, René resides in Montana where he spends his time catching finicky and selective, wild rainbow trout on flies that he has conceptualized and perfected…
For the last year I have been building a home in SE Idaho. I didn’t want to do it. It would take too much of my time away from fishing. It would be too much work—work that I had been doing for a living for decades and that I was trying to get away from.…
With a passion for crafting intricately designed flies and a deep appreciation for the artistry and science behind fly fishing, Kim Mäki has become a respected figure in the fly fishing community. In this interview, we delve into Kim's journey into the world of fly tying, exploring the motivations, inspirations, and creative processes that drive…
Rising trout can create a real rollercoaster of emotions. They offer the promise of easy-to-locate fishing that are obviously feeding, but the myriad of technicalities around hatches, presentations, and capabilities as an angler can combine to make it seem like hooking one of these fish is an impossible task. And nowhere is this more evident…
“F**%^$CK YES!!!!” had no sooner left my mouth in a scream at the same time as I sank to my knees with my arms outstretched above my head in a remote creek of Montana. The cutthroat trout of a lifetime had just been scooped in the net. It took a number of minutes to actually land this monster…
