My well-worn Tacoma has seen better days, but we’ve been on many road trips like this before—Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, the Louisiana and Texas coasts, and Arkansas—and she’s been a stellar fishing road-trip companion. Between my old truck, a . . .
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Staying Connected at Wyoming’s Brush Creek Ranch
There were only a couple of hours of daylight left on the last day of a weeklong angling trip to Brush Creek Ranch in Wyoming. The nearby storm was threatening, with its darkening skies, a series of loud, thunderous bellows, and light rain. To add to . . .
Read MoreThe Trip, Day 89: Japan
Today I experienced something that I had been looking forward to for some time. There was something appealing about the idea of fly fishing in Japan. Perhaps it was because I had not heard of many anglers who had fly-fished on the island; perhaps . . .
Read MoreThe Trip, Day 72: Australia (including Tasmania)
We have always tried to balance our days between the cities and the countryside. Although every city is unique in what it offers to the visitor, to experience the true character of a region, we’ve found that we need to explore its natural environment. It is as . . .
Read MoreInto the North Maine Woods, and Into the Past
We were about four hours into an all-day hike, fishing our way upstream on a gorgeous brook-trout and landlocked-salmon river in a remote corner of Maine’s Baxter State Park, when guide Jeff LaBree stopped next to a seemingly uninteresting stretch . . .
Read MoreThe Trip, Day 18: Exploring Chile
The heavy rains and winds today made dry-fly fishing a bit unrealistic, but it provided an opportunity to organize photos, artwork, videos, and time to consider how fortunate we are to be on this adventure. We still have a long way to go on . . .
Read MoreClassic Story: Reading Between the Lines
A few years ago, Eric Rickstad and I made plans to go to Montana in late April for the Orvis Western Guide Rendezvous. As soon as our travel plans were finalized, Eric started talking . . .
Read MoreBook Excerpt: Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!
There are fish I have caught that I remember more fully than whole years of my life—moments peaceful as the rhythm of a trout sipping pale morning duns in a meadow stream, or as pulse-pounding as double-hauling into an acre of stripers in wind . . .
Read MoreFly-Fishing for Trout in the Spanish Pyrenees: Discovering the Old World Anew
The diesel Volkswagen van chugged indefatigably upward through the switchbacks, as we climbed into the low-hanging clouds. Soon we couldn’t even see the rain-soaked green valley below, and our world became focused on the steep, rutted farm path . . .
Read MoreEssay: Sleeping with the Fishes
Most anglers consider themselves above the petty squabbles that so often erupt in the fly-fishing community, content to let other anglers define the boundaries of the sport for. . .
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