In This Issue

VOLUME 42, ISSUE 4

FEATURES

IF I’D EVER BEEN TO ICELAND
In Wyoming’s Wind Rivers, with Flu Guy and the Iron Gray Lady. —Jeff Day

11,000 FEET & CLIMBING
Twelve days in the Beartooth Mountains brings great fishing and a serious dose of the wild. —Ryan Sparks

INTO THE CIRQUES
Once a year—at least—a father and daughter head deep into wilderness, chasing trout and some of life’s most memorable days. —Chris Morgan

COLD FRONT
Two challenging weeks in the “balmy” Cajun marsh. —Jerry Gibbs

RALLY OF ROOSTERS
Fifty roosters, on an isolated beach, all to oneself? —Scott Sadil

BACKCOUNTRY GEAR
This gear gets you into and out of the backcountry unscathed. —the editors

DEPARTMENTS 

  • SIGNATURE
  • OUT THERE Iceland; Colorado high country; patriotic salmonfly.
  • WADING WITH GREAT WHITES With a burgeoning seal population drawing great white sharks to shore, Cape Cod is no place to wade deep. —Tom Keer
  • KAMLOOPS Searching for the ultimate Pennask rainbow. —Dana Sturn
  • GRAND BAHAMA’S AUGUST CREEK Bonefish, back where they belong. —Nick Roberts
  • PEAK FLIES High-mountain trout aren’t picky, but it pays to carry the classics. —Scott Sanchez
  • MEDIA The Feather Thief and Goodness River. —Zach Matthews; Ryan Sparks
  • THE SPOT Eating oysters is part of Maine’s striped bass experience. —Jerry Gibbs
  • AMUSEMENT PARK TROUT A sliver of wildness between slabs of concrete. —Noah Davis
  • DRIFTLESS Restoring some of the Midwest’s finest streams. —Joshua Bergan
  • HATCHES No game plan may be your best bet for matching any hatch. —Dave Hughes
  • CONSERVATION A proposed mine at the headwaters of Montana’s Smith River threatens an entire fishery and a guide community’s way of life. —E. Donnall Thomas Jr.
  • WATERLINES Call them yellow-damn-jackets if you want to. They probably deserve that name. —Jim Mize

COVER: Anglers need a sense of adventure to fish the best of the West. And there aren’t many better adventures than pushing off from shore for a multi-day float through Montana’s backcountry. Here, brothers Ian and Neil Provo navigate a chute, with eyes set on the next great cutthroat run. —Sean Kerrick Sullivan