Al Barnes: Thin Water, Big Skies

By Fred Polhemus Al Barnes in front of one of his paintings, Fore…


Bamboo in the Closet: Treasure or What?

By Fred Kretchman An 8-foot Gillum bamboo fly rod brought to the…


W.B. Yeats and the Fly

By Gordon M. WickstromPOETRY, IT HAS BEEN SAID, is the most esoteric of the…


The Haslinger Breviary

The Haslinger Breviary Tract by Dr. Richard Hoffman and Peter Kidd The…


Anglers at War

by John Mundt, Jr. The American Fly Fisher 2002, Volume 28, No. 4 ...This…


Trout with a Tale

by Keith HarwoodAlthough it is not regarded as politically correct nowadays,…


H. M. Bateman: Cartoonist Extraordinaire and Fisherman for Life

BY JAMES D. HECKMAN   The Last Trout. From the Tatler, c.…


Winslow Homer: America's Premier Fisherman and Artist

By Robert J. DemarestWinslow Homer (1836-1910) is considered by many to be the…


The Governor Aiken Bucktail: Official Fishing Fly Of The State Of Vermont

by Rhey PlumleyOn 5 May 2014, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed into law…


Medicine For The Soul

BY ED FELKEREvery spring for the past eight years, central Virginia’s…