Back in 2012, some friends approached me with the opportunity to be a “test client” for a fly-fishing operation they were trying to establish deep in the Bolivian Amazon. Thrilled by the photos of big golden dorado they showed off, and tempted by the . . .
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Story & Photos: Bull Trout, Conservation, and the Value of Discretion
During the course of our #WesternTroutChallenge series, I’ve spent a lot of time in great fly shops across the West. While I do my best to make it a genuine give-and-take, I have to admit I generally walk away with a lot more than I can offer (generally only . . .
Read MoreTom Rosenbauer on His 45-Year Relationship with Leigh Perkins
There will be many fine tributes to Leigh H. Perkins written in the near future, as he had a larger-than-life influence on the worlds of fly fishing and habitat conservation. But I’d like to share more what he was like . . .
Read MoreStory & Photos: The Value of “One and Done”
In 2019, I interviewed a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officer regarding the impact of social media on Leave No Trace practices in the Owyhee canyonlands in eastern Oregon. It took more than an hour of . . .
Read MoreMatching The Alaskan Hatch
Alaska is one of those rare places where there are enough native and wild fish to not only challenge you, but also encourage you to experiment. I began thinking about this while fishing for sea-run Dolly . . .
Read MoreFly Fishing, Addiction, and One Man’s Road to Recovery
There is something about fly fishing that has caught my attention ever since I was a boy. I am obsessed with the hunt for that one elusive trout, the friendships that are made with other people, being able to learn . . .
Read MoreTaylor McCall: Guitars, Trout, and the Debut of “The Hounds”
Music wasn’t then and isn’t now his whole world. A second powerful thread from his childhood would weave through his life: fly fishing. McCall grew up not far from South Carolina’s Chattooga River, famously featured in . . .
Read MorePhotos and Story: Holidays on the River
As rafting and fly-fishing guides, my wife, Kait, and I have built our lives around water, and we make our home—with our two-year-old daughter, Juniper Rogue—in Grants Pass, Oregon, on the banks of the Rogue River. Because . . .
Read MorePhotos and Story: 3 Days on the Flats of Belize
Last week, I returned from my third visit to El Pescador Lodge in northern Belize. Obviously this trip was under different circumstances than my previous ones, so I had to take additional precautions to get there: I was . . .
Read MorePhoto and Story: Sticking to the Game Plan for Permit on Grand Bahama
Wind is a normal occurrence and something that we expect when we’re poling and searching the flats. It’s loud, annoying, and distracting, and it most definitely makes communication between guide and angler more . . .
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