People
We’re alike, yet we all have distinctive stories to tell. Meet the characters, salts and passionate anglers from the many angling tribes who make our watery world so rich.
Old Man and the Bayou
With a stout cane pole and a constant mutter, Catfish Willie had a way of 'talking' lunker cats onto his hook.
In the Year of "No Work"
Emotions overwhelm when necessity requires fishing for the table but the angler comes up empty.
Drawer Full of Memories
Going through a stepfather’s desk reveals a man’s passion for pursuing big fish and the love he had for his friends and family.
The Fillet Queen
With a knife in her hand, Vella Sorensen is in a league of her own.
Remembering Capt. Chris Sheeder
One of the most prolific billfish captains, he leaves a long list of records and friendships in his wake.
Taking the Plunge
Rather than pursue science, the biologist who loved fish chose the riskier life of an artist
All-Stars
How baseball legend Ted Williams and fly-fishing great Stu Apte became friends is among the anecdotes from Lords of the Fly, a new book about a time when the world’s top fly anglers gathered in Florida to catch world-record tarpon.