Two dozen ways to fish better this summer
Chasing giant mayflies on the Rogue and Muskegon rivers
Our equipment editor puts the pedal to the metal in a field test of automobile rod racks
Brook trout and angling art in Labrador
Plus, A convenient strike indicator and a beefed-up saltwater line
- By: Paul Guernsey
- and Buzz Bryson
The 2007 Traver Writing Award
Tony Lyons, former president of The Lyons Press (and son of angling and book legend Nick Lyons) has once again entered the fly-fishing publishing fray. Lyons' new company, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., will publish titles on a variety of subjects including military history, conservation, nature and, of
Here's your chance to own a piece of history
The Bush administration has allocated $10 million to the Penobscot River Restoration Project to remove dams on Maine's Penobscot River that prevent Atlantic salmon migration. Specifically, the funds will be used to remove the Veazie and Great Works dams, and install a fish passage at the Howland dam,
As a part of a multimillion-dollar class-action lawsuit against the manufacturers of neoprene materials, California Trout will receive a portion of the $3 million settlement. The lawsuit, filed in California state court, contended that the neoprene manufacturers conspired to fix the price of neoprene,
FR&R contributing editor James Prosek has teamed up with the folks at Twin Bridges, Montana, and will work with Winston to further protect and conserve indigenous trout species around the world through the World Trout program. James also appears in a short film about the program filmed by Feltsoul
Once you get hooked on this hatch, you can't leave it alone. It's one of the most absorbing hatches we fish, and it can be the most rewarding or the most exasperating. Dick Pobst on the Hex hatch May/June 1985
In a victory for public access advocates, a Pennsylvania judge has ruled that the Little Juniata River is a navigable waterway and open to the public for fishing and boating. The ruling puts to rest a long-simmering dispute between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the owners of the Spring Ridge Club,
A smallmouth mecca in Maine
You're losing more than money when you have to pay to fish public water
Oregon's Deschutes River comes alive with the giant stoneflies of late spring
There's nothing like a hatch of huge insects to bring out the kid in a fly fisherman. For one thing, most of the larger bugs trout feed upon are around only in late spring and summer, the seasons we all associate with carefree playtime. But there's more to it than that. For instance, whenever you see
We all fall short - but some fall shorter than others…
And a couple of "one-of-a-kind" books
A classic streamer that still catches fish
When I go fishing I'd just as soon find the kind of quiet river where you're alone and then spend a lot of time reflecting and listening to the river.
Palming reels & setting drags; plus, what does it mean when a lake "turns over?"
- By: Buzz Bryson
- and Paul Guernsey
