Traver Award

The 2023 Traver Award Winners

The John D. Voelker Foundation and the American Museum of Fly Fishing (AMFF)…

by Sara Wilcox

The Cerulean Trout

by Jacob Sotak Jerry parked his red Toyota truck up beneath the large,…

by Sara Wilcox

Fixer-Upper

by Tom Walters It is late morning of a mid-autumn day, and as Brian navigates…

by Sara Wilcox

Handwritten pages from John Voelker. They're written in green marker on lined yellow paper, with edits added in red marker.

Recipients of the Traver Award

1994 Pete Fromm, “Home Before Dark” Finalists: Scott Waldie, “Take Two”…

by Sara Wilcox

The 2022 Traver Award Winners

The John D. Voelker Foundation and the American Museum of Fly Fishing (AMFF)…

by Sara Wilcox

A Dog Named Fish

by Frank Sargeant

by Sara Wilcox

Vanity Plates

by Sarah Holly BryantThe name Nole confuses people. Nole Wilson doesn’t like…

by Sara Wilcox

Western Waters, 2022

by Paul KennebeckONE Try to stop the wind. Local lore believed that the Ute…

by Sara Wilcox

Items once belonging to John Voelker, AKA Robert Traver, including books, a notepad, manuscript pages, a green pen, and a tin cup.

The 2021 Traver Award Winners

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Items once belonging to John Voelker, AKA Robert Traver, including books, a notepad, manuscript pages, a green pen, and a tin cup.

The Lower Squall

by Paul KennebeckHe remembered his father telling him this was an act of grace:…

by amff

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