The Arkansas elk herd, courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Elk Federation. The Buffalo National River in the north Arkansas Ozarks is one of the rarest of gems in modern rivers – a free flowing system with no dams and few human impacts from its source to its mouth. While the …

Nance’s Ferry on the Holston River in East Tennessee is an erstwhile trout fishery, but it truly excels in summertime, when the “poor man’s bonefish” go nosing up the shoals in droves. Bring an eight weight rod and a handful of bonefish flies and expect to feel some pullin’! From …

The Upper White River above Beaver Lake lacks the cold water necessary to support the White’s famous trout, but it makes up for that dearth every spring, when the white bass, hybrids, and stripers make their spawning run. Conventional wisdom says to “go when the dogwoods bloom,” but the run …