Sunday Reader: Trout Culture: How Fly Fishing Forever Changed the Rocky Mountain West

From beer labels to literary classics like A River Runs Through It, trout fishing is a beloved feature of the iconography of the American West. But as Jen Brown demonstrates in Trout Culture: How Fly Fishing Forever Changed the Rocky Mountain West, the popular conception of Rocky Mountain trout fishing as a quintessential experience of communion with nature belies the sport's long history of environmental manipulation, engineering, and, ultimately, transformation.

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The Wild Life: Fly Fishing in Montana

Photo: John Hafner

A beautiful dispatch from Big Sky Country courtesy of photographer John Hafner.

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Friends don’t let friends fish for albies

I am planning to make an independent film, and I need financial backers. Auditions for lead roles and supporting cast members begin Sunday, the start of the 70th Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. The title of the film is “Dr. Jekyll and Albie Fisherman Mr. Hyde."

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Seeking Purpose (and Smallmouth) at a Secret Vermont Fishing Spot

A GP contributor learns about himself as he learns to fly fish at an undisclosed location in Vermont.

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The PTSD River Cure

Outside Magazine serves up a great profile of Soul River founder Chad Brown.

Chad Brown put down a gun and picked up a fly-fishing rod. The Navy veteran turned gear designer now wants kids and vets to heal each other on the great American waters that saved his life.

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Writers on the Fly #5

Tonight @ 7:00pm

Emerald Water Anglers in Seattle, Washington.

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With beer and goodies provided by Georgetown Brewing Co. and The Flyfish Journal.