Writing
Remembering Jimmy Carter, our greatest fly-fishing president
Many presidents have fished, but few had the soul of an angler.
Newsletter
Read on the river, 2024
Sometimes, literally. The five favorite (mostly) fly-fishing books I read this year
Newsletter
Remembering John Gierach
Recalling the shaper of a Platonic fly-fishing reality, in his own words
Newsletter
High-torque and low-torque activities
Digging in on the progression from Aspen Extreme to Trout Bum (RIP John Gierach), Grant Petersen CFS GOAT, SalmonSuperHwy lauded by the White House, and more
Newsletter
What we give up fly fishing
On Adam Phillips, and finding, and re-finding our identities as anglers
Newsletter
Fly fishing and problem solving
Moving beyond the engineering mindset, and trying to embrace frustration as a key function of learning
Writing
The best fly-fishing books ever written
A definitive, once-and-for-all, not at all biased list of all the fly-fishing books that matter, from books for the fly-fishing curious beginner to technical methods and romantic lore
Writing
Icons: William James Lunn, River Keeper of the Test
Lunn's extensive restoration and reclamation work on the Test is a must-read for anyone interested in the practice of taking care of a river.