Red clay is amazingly sticky. Mix three inches of rain with a Georgia dirt road made out of the stuff, and you can lose a car in it. On the upside, I’ve found that most red-dirt roads in the South lead to out-of-theway rivers, many with good fishing. Maybe that …
My article on fall fishing on the White River in Arkansas, “Brown Butter,” for the current issue of Arkansas Life magazine, is now online. You can read it for free on the Arkansas Life website on page 58, but you may need to wait a minute for the full magazine …
“Woooooo! Pig! Sooooiiiieeee!” The tinny crackle of the radio broadcast sounded weakly from under the drift boat seat. One hundred miles away, 78,000 red-clad Arkansas Razorbacks fans “called the Hogs” right before kickoff, as I watched a cruising brown trout lazily wave its tail in the current. The trout, I …
Note: This article is now out of date. It’s still worth reading, but when you’re done, check out our new review of …
We’re all familiar with one-man pontoon boats; those inflatable single person watercraft which range from small, pond-appropriate single-bladder floats on up to …
IF THERE’S ONE THING FLY FISHERMEN GET worked up about, it’s fly rods. Golf addicts may expound for hours about a club …
This is a pattern I came up with at a show one day when I was playing with the Silly Putty Spoon …
This is a follow up video to the earlier lesson, “How to Set Up a Fly Reel.” It’s meant for beginners and …
YOU’RE FINALLY THERE. After years of saving coffee money and a thousand hours poring over catalogs, you’ve made the decision to buy …
This video will take you through the steps to tie John Wilson’s “Trout Crack,” a deadly scud pattern from Arkansas. I often …
How to Tie the Instant Dropper Knot from Zach Matthews on Vimeo.
This video will demonstrate how to completely set up a fly reel from the arbor all the way to the leader. You’ll …
How to Tie the Davy Knot from Zach Matthews on Vimeo.
SOME MONTHS AGO A FRIEND RECRUITED ME to teach her how to fly fish, and the first time I put a fly …
“THIS BLOWS,” and other bitter thoughts run through your mind as you’re faced with a familiar scene: There’s not one open parking …
A FLY LINE seems like a pretty simple product—little more than some plastic material gooped around a thin piece of string. The …
THE JET OUTBOARD gurgled to a halt as I stepped out onto a vast gravelly shoal. The river that greeted me was …
DUSK FALLS PURPLE as the electric whirring of golf carts begins to fade, each note individually consumed as the carts disappear into …
Don’t miss my article, new this week on Photography Bay, Eric Reagan’s top-notch photography news site. Learn why this shot will sell …
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 …
The Arkansas elk herd, courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Elk Federation. The Buffalo National River in the north Arkansas Ozarks is one …
Nance’s Ferry on the Holston River in East Tennessee is an erstwhile trout fishery, but it truly excels in summertime, when the …
The Upper White River above Beaver Lake lacks the cold water necessary to support the White’s famous trout, but it makes up …
