“You like to tell true stories?” he asked and I answered, “Yes, I like to tell stories that are true.” Then he asked, “After you have finished your true stories sometime, why don’t you make up a story and the people to go with it? Only then will you understand what happened and why.” -Norman …...

The day on Dry Creek began with a wish and a lie, and at the time I didn’t know the difference. I wished, again, for the big one I had seen earlier, and I lied to myself, again, that this time would be different. I would land that 18-inch rainbow trout that seemed to glide …...

I’ve been fishing and pondering waters, especially trout streams, for decades. Retired from a long and rewarding career in continuing education, I’m composing my next act at the intersection of fly fishing and lifelong learning, teaching the lessons of fly fishing and its contemplative literature for renewal, enlightenment, and...

It’s been thirty years since Robert Redford brought to the big screen A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean’s treasured novella, and fly fishing continues to grow in popularity and purpose as a source of recreation, respite, and service. More than just sport, fly fishing and its portfolio of novels, essays, memoirs, and videos...

Anglers talk about the comfort of their “home waters.” These are the rivers, streams, and lakes that we know best, where the catch, and something more profound, is bountiful. Discovering and navigating our home waters leads to deeper self-discovery, more thoughtful consideration of others, and rethinking the seemingly insurmountable...

Fly fishing gives us pause to reflect and ask questions about our lives, especially during unsettling times and transitions. After all, “… it is not fly fishing if you’re not looking for answers to questions” wrote Norman Maclean in A River Runs Through It, the treasured story about love and loss, the joys and frailties …...