THE JET OUTBOARD gurgled to a halt as I stepped out onto a vast gravelly shoal. The river that greeted me was daunting—featuring a yards-wide channel, variable flows, and trout that often seemed just out of range. It’s a scenario faced by big-river anglers across the country, and many a …
DUSK FALLS PURPLE as the electric whirring of golf carts begins to fade, each note individually consumed as the carts disappear into a distant barn. The barn itself is aglow with fluorescents as steam hisses into the descending darkness, product of the course staff’s efforts to scour away the day’s …
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This article originally ran in the November/December 2007 edition of American Angler and is reproduced here with permission. EVERY SPRING, you walk …
This article originally ran in the Fall 2007 edition of American Angler and is reproduced here with permission. THE COWS WERE CAUSING …
This article originally ran in the Spring 2007 edition of American Angler and is reproduced here with permission. ON A TRIP THROUGH …
“PIRANHA” THE GUIDE SPAT, indicating that I should cast elsewhere. I had no regard for such misgivings: if the piranha were the …
This article originally ran in the November/December 2006 edition of American Angler and is reproduced here with permission. W RITERS AND ENTHUSIASTS …
I F YOU’VE LOOKED AT THE STACK of fly-fishing catalogs on your bedstand lately, you’ve probably noticed a lot of recent growth. …
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This article originally ran in the March 2006 edition of American Angler and is reproduced here with permission. AS THE NAME IMPLIES, …
This article originally ran in the January/February 2006 edition of American Angler and is reproduced here with permission. YOU’VE PROBABLY BEEN THERE. …
The Great Falls of the Yellowstone and a Madison River brown. IT ISN’T OFTEN IN LIFE one finds oneself unencumbered enough to …
THE TRUTH IS, anybody can take excellent fishing photos. With modern point and shoot technology, such arcane concepts as “reciprocity of exposure” …
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS raised by visitors to the southern tailwaters is “How do I know when to get out …
Trout speys can handle large fish on light tippet. Spey Fishing for Trout By Zach Matthews First Published January 29, 2005 You …
Did you know a Crazy Charlie will catch a carp? Screwball Looks, Lonely Places by Zach Matthews First Published September 18, 2004 …
Flowers line Arkansas’ Little Red River’s banks in spring. Siblings of the White by Zach Matthews First Published October 20, 2003 | …
Stripping Baskets on a Trout Stream? by Zach Matthews First Published October 1, 2003 | General Fly Fishing “How’s the streamer fishing?” …
