Monday, September 27, 2010 at 12:03AM 
September's SOTM winner, Stephan McLeod, brings some strong ink to every stream side battle. Read all about it in this month's edition of TROUT magazine.
Trout Magazine in Art, Media, Writing Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 12:00AM 
John Maclean, author and grandson of the Rev. John Maclean, works at a desk in the family cabin . Between John Maclean and his father, Norman Maclean, five books have taken shape in the cabin, including “A River Runs Through It,” written by hand at the cabin by Norman Maclean.
John is also an author and journalist best known for his 1999 book, Fire on the Mountain, about the deadly South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain (in Garfield County, Colorado), in 1994.
LINK (Via: The Missoulian)
Steve Wagner of ESPN spends some time on the river with John Maclean -- surviving son of legendary author Norman Maclean.
LINK (Via: ESPN)
Monday, September 20, 2010 at 12:00AM 
To some then, he is grandfatherly keeper of fly-fishing lore; to others he is a regional writer gone Oprah in the grave, with a blockbuster movie as a resounding epitaph. Such understandings of the author, however, cast shadows over the deeper currents that inform his approach to literature.
LINK (Via: Front Porch Republic)
fly fishing writing, norman maclean in Writing Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 12:00AM 
Matt Labash of “Fly Fishing With Darth Vader: And Other Adventures with Evangelical Wrestlers, Political Hitmen, and Jewish Cowboys,” fame has posted a little fly rod ditty in The Daily Caller.
As my fishing sensei/life coach, the Cool Refresher says (a name he insists I use in public to keep his true identity secret so he can continue fighting crime), a Pflueger Medalist looks like what your grandfather fished with, something he could strike a match off of to toast up a Lucky Strike after coming home from whipping the Nazis. If you don’t see the beauty of it, then you don’t see the beauty of America.
fly fishing writing, matt labash in Writing Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 12:15AM 
Chris Santella writes a story about fly fishing for rooster's in which an Oregon guide snipes the classic line from Running Down the Man.
“Though they’re very fast and strong fighters, the greatest appeal roosterfish have is their appearance,” said Jad Donaldson, a fly-fishing guide from Oregon who leads trips to Baja. “Roosters are exotic, even sexy — and I don’t often use that word to describe fish. They’re the Liz Hurley of sportfish, as far as I’m concerned.”
LINK (Via:The NY Times)
Fly Fishing, roosterfish, salt water fly fishing in Writing Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 12:00AM 
The greatest fly fisherman I ever knew was a big bear of a man. When he stood up straight he was well over six feet tall. He had powerful, hairy arms and massive, hair-covered legs. His body was also hairy. For some reason he kept his fingernails and toenails long and sharp.
LINK (Originally Appeared in Outdoor Life Magazine)
deep thoughs, fly fishing writing, jack handy in Writing 
