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Fly Fishing In Outlaw Country

The West is full of stories. Perhaps more than its fair share, given its relatively short role in American history. Few stories match the...

Fly Fishing Guide to Oddball Trout Species

Are you getting tired of just catching rainbows and browns? Don’t get us wrong, they’re classics for a reason. But if you’ve been on...

How the South East Created Monster Trout Fisheries

When most anglers think of monster wild trout, they immediately think of going west. What if I told you there are equally big trout...

Behind the Cause: How Trout Unlimited and Costa 5 Rivers Inspires the Next Generation

5 Rivers is a nationwide network of college fly fishing clubs, inspiring the next generation of conservation-minded fly fishermen and women. With support from...

Trout Fishing in Appalachia: A Year After Hurricane Helene

Take a moment to imagine your favorite fishing river normally flowing around 150 CFS, now moving at over 30,000 Cubic Feet per Second. For...

Hellbenders: The Giant Salamander Trout Fisherman Nearly Made Extinct

The Eastern hellbender is a mysterious creature that most trout anglers don’t even realize might be living in the same streams they fish. This...

How Far South Can You Catch a Native Trout?

Native trout are a fly fisherman's kryptonite. We go to extreme measures to catch these fish and exhaust every option to protect them for...

The Fly Fishing Book: An Artful Guide to Angling (Cover Reveal)

Fly fishing literature is often deeply reflective, metaphoric, and riddled with fishing stories from anglers searching for deeper meaning. While this style of writing...

Why Western Anglers Should Fish Out East

My family has been in the Rocky Mountains since 1847, so you could say I have a built-in preference for wide-open spaces, high plains,...

Salters: The Last of the Sea-Run Brook Trout

When settlers first arrived in what would later become America, they likely came across coastal streams filled with brook trout, specifically sea-run brookies. Known...