Winter 2019
Bury Me with My Fly Rod: The unvarnished truth about fly fishing
Review of short story collection Bury Me with My Fly Rod: The Unvarnished Truth about Fly Fishing, by Dennis Dauble. » More ...
Flyfishing
Fall 2019
Casting an artful brush
Ben Miller, a Washington State University alumnus, paints in a novel way that combines his love of fly fishing with art. » More ...
Summer 2018
Trout
One day in a drift boat along Henry’s Fork in eastern Idaho, Kyle Smith ’07 felt the lure of the trout, fly fishing for a signature fish of the West.
“The Henry’s Fork is just about as legendary as it gets among trout fishermen,” says Smith. “I remember casting Renegades, my favorite dry fly for trout, and catching five or six rainbows in a row.”
Smith’s trip cemented itself in his memory and led him to a career in trout conservation with Trout Unlimited. It’s his unique experience, but it matches the stories of many anglers, stories of steelhead and brook trout, cutthroat and browns, … » More …
Spring 2016
Trout Culture: How Fly Fishing Forever Changed the Rocky Mountain West
Jen Corrinne Brown ’12 PhD
University of Washington Press: 2015
With help from Hollywood and even popular beer labels, the Rocky Mountain region of the American West enjoys an iconic reputation for wild and natural fishing. It’s where rugged individualists reconnect with nature through timeless traditions.
Missing from the customary narrative are the generations of human intervention, environmental manipulation, and social transformation.
Brown, who earned a history doctorate from WSU in 2012, calls … » More …
Winter 2009
Olive the Little Woolly Bugger :: Olive and the Big Stream :: Olive Goes for a Wild Ride
Kirk Werner ’85
Johnson Books, 2007, 2009
Flyfishing— a sport and an art practiced for centuries—fascinates me with its smooth casts and rhythm, but I had never connected flyfishing with kids. At least not until Olive the Woolly Bugger, a cartoon “streamer” fly starring in a series of three books that introduce flyfishing to children.
Playing off goofy fly names—like zonker, yellow sally, and gold-ribbed hare’s ear—author and angler Kirk Werner (’85 Comm.) creates a … » More …