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VOLUME 43, ISSUE 3

Road Trips
Gierach’s Best and Worse


FEATURES

ROAD TRIPS
Travels through Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, with a grand charge to the Oregon Coast.—John Gierach

MICHIGAN TO LABRADOR
The scents and sounds of a cross-borders road trip. —Dave Karczynski

FLY FISHING ADHD
How many Yellowstone waters can an angler successfully fish in a day? —Sean Jansen

THE BLACK HILLS
These iconic mountains and grasslands provide wild trout in spades. Anglers can have much of that water to themselves. —Jeff Erickson

FIFTY-PLUS
You may have to test big lakes and open water to find muskie salvation. —Robert Tomes

DEPARTMENTS

SIGNATURE
Totality. —Greg Thomas

LETTERS

OUT THERE
California’s Owens River Valley is one of the prettiest places in the West. If you hit it during hopper time, you may have a day to remember. —Jason Shields

ANAA ATOLL
Bonefish conservation offers this island’s youth an opportunity to stay. —Geordie Torr

GUIDE FLIES
Pacchiarini’s Wiggle Tail gives pike an incentive to eat, even in the cold water of May and June. —Matt Harris

NEW MEDIA
Gierach is back at it with Dumb Luck; White’s Fly-Fishing the Arctic Circle. —Ryan Sparks

MOME RATH BLUES
British Columbia’s stillwater rainbows aren’t wild, but when a fish is on the end of the line, it’s tough for this author to complain. —Dana Sturn

PERSONAL HISTORY: GUMMY BROWN
“Chumming” brown trout on the Blackfoot. —Justin Karnopp

PROFILE
If it swims, Rob Smith knows where to find it, and what it’s going to eat. —Zach Matthews

EARLY-SEASON CADDISES
Early-season caddises can tempt or frustrate, depending on weather and water conditions. —Scott Sanchez

FINAL FOURS AND STEELHEAD FRUSTRATION
Gonzaga’s Mark Few on hoops and fishing. —Noah Davis

CONSERVATION
Recreational bluefish landings are to blame for depressed stocks. —Charles Witek

HATCHES
Antics with alderflies. —Dave Hughes

DIY: SMALLMOUTH ALLEY
Everyone knows about Great Lakes steelhead, but smallmouth bass provide some worthwhile, under-the-radar options in Steelhead Alley too. —Andrew Pegman

WATERLINES
Coffee and Creek Chubs. —Jon Osborn


COVER: Watching trout rise, especially when they are trying to catch damselflies, never gets old. Here, a solid rainbow tries to nail a damsel on south-central Idaho’s Silver Creek. Nick Price photo

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