Middle-Seat Meditations

by Matt Powell Photograph by Chris Vaage and artistically interpreted…


The 2023 Traver Award Winners

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


The Cerulean Trout

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


Fixer-Upper

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


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”…


The 2022 Traver Award Winners

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


A Dog Named Fish

by Frank Sargeant Photograph by Justin Gonsalves and artistically…


Vanity Plates

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


Western Waters, 2022

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


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

Robert ChamberlinThe John D. Voelker Foundation and the American…