A Catch of a Lifetime Story and Photos by Mark Mestaz In mid-morning, when the sun peeked over the mountaintops and began to warm the shimmering Clearwater River, I finally felt it: a quick, firm bump at the
Fly Fishing Kelly Creek Story and Photos by Ray Brooks The cutthroats in Kelly Creek were sipping nearly invisible winged ants off the water’s surface. It was a little breezy, which contributed to some of the most challenging
For Steelhead in Homewaters By Breland Draper Photos Courtesy of Breland Draper My son Charlie caught a fish on his first fly-fishing cast. To be honest, it may have been his second or third, but as he believes,
Too Much Fishing By Rachel Moore Thoughts of 2020 bring up the pandemic, masks, and the world in chaos but for our family, that year also provided something quite different. My partner Michael and I followed the rules
Bass Fishing in Idaho By Gary Oberbillig Grandfather Simpson always told me, “Fish where the fast water meets the slow,” which is a pretty good description of a current seam in a river that funnels all manner of
A Tale of Two Papas By Jeff Beyl When I was a kid my father insisted that I read certain writers. He said that doing so would contribute to my proper upbringing and help make a man outa
In the Depths of the Shallows By Kendra Nemeth Army crawl: incrementally moving forward by shuffling your elbows and knees while lying flat on your stomach and supporting your upper body with your elbows. When we think of
Brook Trout in Alpine Lakes By Mike Blackbird Photos courtesy of Mitch Alexander and Marty Gibson From late June until the end of October each year, Mitch Alexander and Marty Gibson trundle off on Thrashing Thursday to fish
Talking the Talk By Marcia McGreevy Lewis Fly fishing? I didn’t think so. Then I met my beau, Chapin Henry, who coached me, and angling became our mutual obsession. In September we headed for Henrys Fork, also called
Never to Return Story and Photos by Les Tanner I really goofed up, I’m afraid—and it happened, of all times, while I was fishing. My mistake was to fly-fish eight hours a day for three days straight, which
