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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Chasing Rumor Book Trailer

A blip of prosperity at the turn of the 20th century brought American trout to Patagonia, then for a half-century they were forgotten to fight wars and build a nation. Rediscovered by fishermen a half-century later, the fish had grown to epic proportions. In Chasing Rumor, Cameron Chambers chronicles his modern-day pilgrimage to the rivers of Patagonia in pursuit of these legendary 20-pound trout. What started as a trip focused on catching fish became a love affair with the Patagonian landscape, environment, and, mostly, the people.

Coastal and Flats Fishing Photography by Andy Anderson

Highlight reel from SALT: Coastal and Flats Fishing showcasing the stunning saltwater fly-fishing photography by Andy Anderson.

What A Middlebury Professor Learned About Life From Fishing

Middlebury College Professor Matthew Dickerson, along with David O’Hara, gets readers out of the classroom and into the great outdoors with the book Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia. The book takes the fishermen to the waters of Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina.

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The compass of my soul has always pointed to the ocean....

...the magnetism nowhere stronger than Madaket Harbor in the spring when the stripers cruised the shallow flats.

Matt Reinemo is running a fly giveaway contest to help spread the good word about his book. Compass of My Soul is a great read so pick up a copy and you could also possibly score some of Matt's signature flies.

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Fly Tying with Common Household Materials

Kindle edition now only $3.99.