This might seem an odd title since most of us would prefer not knowing how to break a fly rod. Said differently, we would rather not actually have any experience breaking a fly rod. But since it happens, you might be better off knowing how it can happen. That way, maybe you can avoid it. …...

I met Kent Edmonds around 8:00 AM a few hours outside of Atlanta. I pulled into an old service station where we had agreed to meet. There sat Kent in his 25-year-old Jeep Cherokee. The forest green Jeep was the epitome of a River Guide’s fishing wagon. It was adorned with a golden yellow 15-foot …...

The place had changed past recognition in the years since I first saw it. Back then it had been a cattle ranch, with the Upper Truckee running through the broad valley at the south end of Lake Tahoe. Now it was an airport. But when my dad took me fly fishing for the first time …...

Drifting flies, reading water, and mending line wasn’t on my radar as a young man growing up in the central piedmont of South Carolina. My father taught me the ways of corks, crankbaits, and crappie jigs in pursuit of the area’s coveted panfish. So, when I left home for Clemson seeking a BS in Wildlife …...

Her body gently undulated in the thin, mirrored light of the Aurora as we rested there. IT’S A FAIRLY YOUNG RIVER as fair rivers go, born in the mountains of far western Alaska before making its raucous way down from the heights and out across the tundra on its broad braided ramble to the sea. …...

To many, the wading staff is a non-essential piece of equipment. It is perceived as an unnecessary addition to a lengthy list of essentials. Depending on the terrain, water depth, stream bottom make-up and current swiftness, it makes good sense to learn the advantages of having a good wading staff. One of the advantages of …...