Tag: bella vita

Italia

A hilltop town, sunflower fields, and a secret: Umbria hides some of the best brown trout water we've ever fished.

3/15/2015•Yuriko Hirsch•4 min read

The Ice Shad

One baitfish pattern, a dozen kinds of water. Here's how to tie the Ice Shad, messy fibers and all.

3/15/2015•Dun Team•1 min read

The Hemingway Daquiri

Rum, fresh grapefruit, and a splash of maraschino make this camp-worthy sipper dangerously easy to drink.

3/15/2015•Dun Team•1 min read

The Girl

Before the fly rod, there was a bass boat full of cousins, life jackets, and a bullhead that needed the hook taken out.

3/15/2015•Jackie Van Dyke•7 min read

A Bucket List Must

West Slope Cutthroat, Bull Trout, and sixty miles of river with barely a soul on it. The Sawtooths are closer than you think.

3/15/2015•Mary Ann Dozer•5 min read

Bula on the Fly

Seven-year-old Bula got hooked the moment she watched her first caddis fly land right. Now fly fishing is a family way of life.

3/15/2015•Isabella•2 min read

Outside the Box

A streamside brush with milkweed floss turned into free fly tying material and a new way to see the meadow.

3/15/2015•Nome Buckman•4 min read

On Death and Fly Fishing

Night fishing a secret river became the author's way through grief, three losses deep, searching for clarity in the dark.

3/15/2015•Amanda Monthei•4 min read

The Guide

A Montana guide on getting told she was too fat to work the water, and making it anyway on the Bighorn River.

3/15/2015•Shelly Ehmer•4 min read