Features Overview
A selection of narrative non-fiction, travel writing, interview, sponsored content, and good old fashioned journalism.
How To Waste Your time steelheading
The flight from Vancouver to Terrace, British Columbia is one of the best in the world. It’s 1 hour and 45 minutes of pure glacial and mountain porn, interrupted only briefly by a winding logging road or a mysterious cabin. The number of river systems you pass over in this short flight will make you squirm.
Combat Fishing on the Salmon River
There is a bridge over the Salmon River in the center of Pulaski. The river bends on the North side of this bridge, and on the inside bank of that bend we got our first idea of what we were up against. 15 fishermen stood shoulder to shoulder, some swinging big streamers, others beads. Some guys had spinning rods and as far as I could tell...
Why Tarpon Fishing is a Joke
“So did you hear about the clown that humiliated a little boy?” says Paul from the poling platform.
Fly Fishing for Sustainability: Indifly
The Indifly model allows indigenous communities to preserve their local heritage without extracting their finite resources. The 501(c)(3) charity helps the community to understand the value of the natural resources at hand, and how they can rely on those resources in the long term.
Thomas & Thomas: The Article We Would Eventually Write
“By the time you’ve bought everyone else’s rod, you’ll say, ‘I really want a Thomas & Thomas’,” says owner Neville Orsmond. Once you take a look into the history of this prestigious company, you’ll want one too.
New York City Kayak Fishing
I met Elias Vaisberg just as the sun was coming up in Staten Island. We had planned to meet at 6, but when I arrived at 5:45 both kayaks were ready and we were in the water in no time.“Watch your latte”, he laughed as I rolled over my Starbucks cup and into the kayak. Fishing guides are like that.
An American Fly-Fisherman in Cuba
Pioneer or idiot? I had no idea when I first arrived in Havana on what would ultimately be a fool’s errand to catch sportfish on the fly.
Salmon Fishing Below the Equator: The Patagonia Experiment
When you think of Chinook Salmon, you probably think of the Pacific Northwest and some of the more famous rivers like the Skeena or the declining population on the Columbia River. What you probably don’t think of is South America, and more specifically the Patagonia region. I know I certainly didn’t.
Why Did the Government Kill Every Fish in a River?
A couple months ago, we published an article about a proposed poisoning of Soda Butte Creek outside of Cooke City, Montana. The proposal, supported and enacted by various government agencies and non-profits including Trout Unlimited, was aimed at removing invasive brook trout from a stream that used to be dominated by the Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
How to Fish in Cuba (If You Have no Money)
It’s been a hell of a year for Cuba. Pope Francis, President Obama – even me – have visited the island nation, marking a turning of the tables for the way that modern world perceives and accepts Cuba’s socialist system.
WTF is Tenkara?
We hear about it more and more as tenkara videos and photos show up in our favorite magazines and blogs. We stumble upon the inevitable booth at a trade show, or a dedicated section in even the most traditional of fly shops. Satirical videos have popped up making fun of it, and some of rod & reel’s most respected anglers openly shunned it as “cane pole fishing”. Simply not fly-fishing, they said. But no press is bad press I guess, and even though tenkara looked like a fad a few years ago, I think we can safely say that it is here to stay.