Freshette
A pee funnel that actually works, tested on porches, cliffs and snowbanks until it could spell her name.
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Nome Buckman
is a fly fishing guide and educator for Reel North LLC based in the UP of Michigan. She has an unhealthy addiction for toothy fish and is Contributing Editor for DUN Magazine.
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Ice Jams
A river choked solid with ice each spring quietly reshapes its banks, and the scars show up on trees for years after.
Road Trip
Nome Buckman and friends chase a corner of South Carolina that somehow looks like it was lifted straight out of Europe.
American Brown Trout
A spotted brown trout, teal nail art, and the tangled, mixed-up genetic history of a fish that's more American mutt than purebred.
Wading Staff
Wading where you shouldn't? A staff can be the difference between a good story and a cold swim.
Rejects
Why the ugliest flies in your box, the ones you can't bring yourself to tie on, might be the ones steelhead actually want.
Returning to Home Waters
Can you have two home waters at once? One angler returns to her old mountain stream and finds her heart already pulled toward another river entirely.
New York, New York
A roomful of women, fly patterns, and coffee cups at a New York fly fishing clinic, plus a few things worth learning.
Mice
Night fishing for trout means casting blind, trusting your ears, and waiting for a cannonball hit you feel before you see.
Outside the Box
A streamside brush with milkweed floss turned into free fly tying material and a new way to see the meadow.