Saltwater
The smell of the sea, the taste of salt on your lips, the pull of the tides — it’s time to return to the matrix of creation, with fishing rod in hand and adventure in your soul.
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.
Bucktail Believer
John Skinner is a master at fishing the iconic bucktail.
The Cult of the Tog
This hard-fighting bottom dweller with a face only a hard-core devotee could love draws the faithful offshore in fall and dead of winter.
Midlife Knocking
A headboat trip with no cell service and no news was just what the doctor ordered for the writer's birthday.
Full Circle
The pros and cons of fly-fishing and the primal urge for table fare.
Darwin's Marlin
Our globe-trotting correspondent discovers big striped marlin and plenty more in the Galápagos.
The Offshore Life
From dawn to dusk, deckhands play a pivotal role hunting big fish in the blue water.