March 2008

Features

Knots You Need to Know

Knots You Need to Know

The Latest in Wading Boots

The Latest in Wading Boots

The ongoing changes in fly tackle are sometimes easily explained. A new technology-graphite, or waterproof/breathable fabrics-presents possibilities that are then busily exploited for several...

Fly Tying: The San Juan Worm Ball

Fly Tying: The Pheasant Tail Emerger

The Cold Shame of Winter Steelhead

Hunting Huge Pike

Departments

Editor's Notes: Winter

Letters: More on Fleece

Ask FR&R: Stack Mends Fly Flotant & Cleaning Fish

Short Casts: Win a Winston Rod & Bob White Prints

Books: Trout Eyes and Slack Line Strategies

Trout Eyes are what you need to see in a special way, a feat mostly of training the mind to detect lines, shadows, anomalies.

Conservation: The Mining Law of 1872

The law that time forgot

10-Minute Ties: Roy’s Biot Emergers

Sporting Life: Haunted by the Skagit