July/October 2008

Features

Call of the Wild Cutthroats

Call of the Wild Cutthroats

Fishing for cutthroat trout in the backcountry of Montana’s Glacier National Park takes a little bit of fortitude—which means check your bear-anoia at the park entrance.

WEB BONUS: Be Bear Aware!

WEB BONUS: Be Bear Aware!

The author of "Call of the Wild Cutthroats" offers some tips on staying safe in bear country...

100th Sporting Life: Works of Art

100th Sporting Life: Works of Art

A celebration of the collaboration of John Gierach and Bob White.

The CDC Detached Body Mayfly

The CDC Detached Body Mayfly

From Europe comes an inventive mayfly pattern with an easy-to-make extended body and a floats-like-a-cork CDC wing.

Refusal Analysis

Refusal Analysis

Why trout refuse to eat your fly, and what you can do to change their fishy minds.

500 Grains of Baja Adventure

500 Grains of Baja Adventure

Fast-sinking lines, big flies, ocean-going kayaks and an endless array of species— it must be Baja, Mexico. Travel to the coast of La Paz to learn how it's done, by kayak...

WEB BONUS: Baja Flies

WEB BONUS: Baja Flies

Four fly patterns that Baja guide Gary Bulla uses to put clients on ocean fish.

Departments

Salt Water: Shallow Popping

Editor's Notes

Working with John Gierack

Ask FR&R: Tippet-to-Leader Knots

Short Casts

Books: EDITORS' PICK: Friends on the Water

Friends on the Water: Fly Fishing in Good Company pays homage to fly-fishing bonds in the images of one of our sport’s premier photographers, who’s also chosen essays and excerpts from 33...

Bass & Panfish: O Crappie Days!

Conservation: Herring Hearsay

In what should be America’s most important river-herring refuge, superstition suppresses these imperiled fish.

10-Minute Ties: The Winged Beetle

All About: Staying on Top

All About: WEB BONUS: More on Flotants

July/October 2008 Bonus!

All About: WEB BONUS: Do-It-Yourself Flotant Holder