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Resistance comes in many forms
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What is the Roadless Rule?
And why it matters to anglers and hunters
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Searching for a rainbow
Dry fly fishing often makes you feel like Charlie Brown

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What is the Roadless Rule?
And why it matters to anglers and hunters
Land purchase halts controversial mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
The Conservation Fund purchase eliminates the largest threat to the refuge in decades
The new fly shop
Same as the old fly shop?
Jaws turns 50: Has the iconic film played a role in the dramatic decline in shark populations?
Sharks have experienced the worst declines in their 450-million-year history, what's driving it?

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Tips & Technique

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Essential trout skills
Taking your fly fishing to the next level
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What makes a pike fly great?
Tips on buying and tying pike flies that work
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Unwritten rules when fishing from a boat
Tips to help you avoid errors with your drift boat, raft, or other watercraft

Latest Conservation

Remember
Resistance comes in many forms
What is the Roadless Rule?
And why it matters to anglers and hunters
Land purchase halts controversial mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
The Conservation Fund purchase eliminates the largest threat to the refuge in decades
Jaws turns 50: Has the iconic film played a role in the dramatic decline in shark populations?
Sharks have experienced the worst declines in their 450-million-year history, what's driving it?

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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

Latest Blog

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

Simms introduces ultralight Flyweight Packable Waders
Weighing in at less than 2.5 pounds, Simms latest is its lightest ever
New fly fishing gear: Spring 2025 roundup
A massive roundup of new rods, reels, lines, apparel, accessories and more
Skwala debuts RS and Carbon wading boots
With two new models, the Bozeman-based company enters the wading boot market for the first time
Simms launches ReCast resale platform for pre-owned gear
The new platform will reduce costs for anglers and waste from discarded gear
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    The case for Canada

    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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    The Missouri River Gale of 2024
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    Should I cast or should I go?

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    Can anglers continue to ignore climate change?
    Back to Largemouth Heaven
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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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    Where the Wild Things Are
    GRAND PRIZE WINNER - Natural Beauty - by Hayden Clark
    Maui Jim Photo Contest - The Winners
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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 booze cruise
    School of Trout students
    The Tao of Trout
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    “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to savor the world. This makes it hard to plan the...

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    Land purchase halts controversial mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

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    Utah Cutthroat Slam Program
    Slam dunk
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    Groups Urging Citizens to Take Action to Prevent Passage of 'Dirty Water Bill'
  • REVIEWS

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    Book Review: Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers

    Norman Maclean wrote A River Runs Through It, the book which inspired the Robert Redford film of the same...

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    The Silent Spotter: Fly fishing films are good again
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    Book Review: Calling After Water

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    Review: Sage BOLT fly rod
    Patagonia Nano Puff Jacket
    Review: Patagonia Nano Puff Jacket (Full Zip)
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    Essential trout skills

    You need two things to be an accomplished fly fisher. The first, of course, is knowledge. If you don’t know where the trout live, or what they eat, or which fly...

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    What makes a pike fly great?
    backing flycraft down boat ramp
    Unwritten rules when fishing from a boat

    From the Archives

    Firehole River Fly Fishing
    A different reason to improve
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    What to look for in a musky rod
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    What is the Roadless Rule?

    President Trump continued his assault on America’s wild, public lands this week, directing Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to...

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    Land purchase halts controversial mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
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    The new fly shop

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    50 years of research overwhelmingly shows hatcheries are harmful to trout, salmon, char and more
    Rainbow Trout Eats Shrews
    This is why you sling mice for trout
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