A Week in Brook Trout Country
After two brookie-less seasons, I was back home and rumor had it the nights were getting chillier up North. It was time to hit the road.
New York City on the Fly
New York City may not be a fishing town, but I’ve found that one of the most overlooked opportunities of our sport is the chance to make the most of it wherever we live.
Brookie Thoughts
I like to think of each start on the river as a question. They’re not always complicated, but they kick start my mind into working on an answer and finding a few fish.
A Beginner’s Guide to Scheduling a Spring Bass Bite
8:30 pm: Gone was the still, 60 degree night we had enjoyed when Jack took me to the inlet just two days ago. Air temps now hovered just above 40, and a stiff North wind added a bit of extra flavor to the chill. We slosh through the marsh at high tide, kicking through a …
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The New Zealand Experience
My career on the water is young enough that I can remember my childhood fascination around exotic fisheries. These were places or species that I felt were so unlikely to end up in front of me anytime soon that they continued to become elevated to a more godlike status every season as I was exposed …
Into the Past: Desert Lahontans Stand the Tests of Time
These fish had been through it. It was hard to believe anything out here hadn’t been, even without human intervention. The Great Basin is a land of extremes, experiencing massive temperature swings and challenging seasons throughout the year for its wild residents. Throw in the desertification of their home lake and the anthropomorphic uppercuts of …
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A Muskie Story
I had first learned of the fish of ten thousand casts when I still had a spinning rod in my hands. The ancient fishing book I had growing up described the muskie’s ferocity and reclusiveness in captivating detail, and had a few tantalizing black and white photos of giant fish taken from deep in northern …
Brook Trout in the Garden State
Brook trout are easy to love. They’re beautiful, live in cool places, and in certain situations will smash your fly like it’s the first meal they’ve seen in months. They became my favorite fish to target on the fly when I first moved to Vermont, and over the next several years I greatly enjoyed fishing …