A Fish Ate My Homework
Rick Robinson and Wade DeHate have put together an eloquent and lighthearted guide on why to take up fly fishing and the basics it …
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Headwaters: The Adventures, Obsession, and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman
Don’t miss this one, coming in April 22 From Patagonia: About Headwaters: Christmas Island. The Russian Arctic. Argentine Patagonia. Japan. Cuba. British Columbia. Dylan Tomine takes us to …
Half-Sweet Release
One of our favorite writers and internet friends, Matt Labash, has launched a new Substack, and it’s well worth subscribing. Called Slack Tide, each week …
Death of a fly-fishing hero
After you have finished your true stories sometime, why don’t you make up a story and the people to go with it? Only then will …
A Worthy Companion To His Father’s Classic
John Maclean, the son of Norman Maclean, has written a new book “Home Waters,” a worthy non-fiction companion to his father’s classic, “A River Runs …
Reel Genius: ‘The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life’
Matt Labash reviews David Coggins’s new book ‘The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life.’ The Optimist isn’t some dreary how-to, or about character …
Into the Labyrinth
A solid story by Capt. Chris D. Dollar about pursuing tarpon on Virginia’s eastern shore. From Chincoteague Bay down through Magothy Bay, the labyrinth of …
How many of you have looked at your streamer in the water and said, damn that’s sexy?
Part two of Matt Stansberry’s treatise on the “Game Changer as a reflection of the psyche.” Fishing with large streamers is a strange thing. It …
How the Game Changer is Hacking my Life
Our old friend Matt Stansberry wrote his first Caddis Fly blog post 13 years ago. Since then he’s been on quite the journey but articulated …
Book Of The Week Wednesday: Chatham’s The Angler’s Coast
Dylan circles back to the angling genre and Russell Chatham in this week’s edition of Book of The Week Wednesday. The Angler’s Coast by Russell …