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Lifestyle and function meet as Simms launches Grateful Dead collaboration
Simms kicks off new 'Dead on the Water' collection
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Hear me out: Half-size tippet matters
Why half-size tippet isn't just a marketing gimmick
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Can fish see directly behind them?
No, fish don't have 'eyes in the back of their heads.' Or do they?

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Lifestyle and function meet as Simms launches Grateful Dead collaboration
Simms kicks off new 'Dead on the Water' collection
The Trinity River: Lessons in restoration
Science has helped improve management and restoration, but there still isn’t enough water to go around
Small Craft Sales launches online boat and watercraft marketplace
Anglers and boat geeks rejoice
'Hoot owl' restrictions in Montana, Yellowstone National Park start before the first day of summer
Pre-summer closures have become part of the West's new normal

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Tips & Technique

half-size 4.5x tippet
Hear me out: Half-size tippet matters
Why half-size tippet isn't just a marketing gimmick
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Can fish see directly behind them?
No, fish don't have 'eyes in the back of their heads.' Or do they?
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Essential trout skills
Taking your fly fishing to the next level

Latest Conservation

The Trinity River: Lessons in restoration
Science has helped improve management and restoration, but there still isn’t enough water to go around
'Hoot owl' restrictions in Montana, Yellowstone National Park start before the first day of summer
Pre-summer closures have become part of the West's new normal
Salmon, tribal sovereignty and energy collide as Trump admin abandons Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement
The move threatens treaty rights and salmon recovery as energy demands from AI and crypto surge
Remember
Resistance comes in many forms

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Travel

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Searching for a rainbow
Dry fly fishing often makes you feel like Charlie Brown
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The case for Canada
There's an almost endless bounty of Canadian fly fishing still untouched by U.S. anglers
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The shore lunch that almost wasn't
Anglers from far-flung places congregate around spruce-wood fire and await delectable morsels of perfectly fried, fresh-from-the-lake fish

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The case for Canada
There's an almost endless bounty of Canadian fly fishing still untouched by U.S. anglers
The Missouri River Gale of 2024
Damn that wind. Damn it all to hell.
Should I cast or should I go?
Practicing "slow fishing" on the Upper Delaware River
Public lands caucus: gift or grift?
Republican lawmakers with pitiful conservation records are singing a different tune on public lands

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Photography

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A year at The School of Trout
A collection of images from the world's finest fly fishing school
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The Fish of a Lifetime
A sneak peek into Matt Harris' 656-page fly fishing opus
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Trout school
Fly fishing immersion on the banks of the famed Henry's Fork

Latest Gear

Lifestyle and function meet as Simms launches Grateful Dead collaboration
Simms kicks off new 'Dead on the Water' collection
Hear me out: Half-size tippet matters
Why half-size tippet isn't just a marketing gimmick
Review: Patagonia Guidewater Waterproof Backpack
Our review of Patagonia's 25L waterproof offering
Review: Simms Dry Creek Z Backpack
The first in a series of waterproof fly fishing pack reviews
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    The best that can be said about the United States’ relationship with its closest allies and its neighbors to the north, with whom America shares the world’s largest...

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    Red in tooth and claw
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    Words: Todd Tanner.   Images: Tim Romano and Jeremy Roberts.

    There are days when I’m not convinced our society can tell the difference between a blessing...

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    Searching for a rainbow

    It takes a long time to become young.—Pablo Picasso

    Confucius is said to have once said, “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as...

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    The case for Canada
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    The shore lunch that almost wasn't

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    The Trinity River: Lessons in restoration

    On a Saturday afternoon in late May, Dania Rose Colegrove stood in the shade of an oak tree, waiting for a small group of young runners to crest the hill on a dusty dirt...

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    Salmon, tribal sovereignty and energy collide as Trump admin abandons Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement

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    Review: Toadfish Waterproof Backpack and Sling

    Editor’s note: As we ask today’s gear to do more, last longer, and come in at a price that makes sense for a quality gear investment, it...

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    Review: Patagonia Guidewater Waterproof Backpack
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    Review: Simms Dry Creek Z Backpack

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    Review: Orvis Chest Pack
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    Review: Sage IGNITER fly rod
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    Hear me out: Half-size tippet matters

    If you grew up reading Patrick F. McManus in Field & Stream and Outdoor Life, you probably learned to fly fish with spools of 3X, 4X, 5X, and maybe...

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    4 tips for becoming a better fly caster
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    Lifestyle and function meet as Simms launches Grateful Dead collaboration

    Even the most casual Deadhead angler can manufacture an emotional connection between America’s most influential counter-culture musical movement and the fluid and often-...

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    Montana enacts dramatic fishing closures due to dwindling streamflows, excessive heat
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