
No Fish
A Wisconsin trout stream looks pristine, but underneath the surface a fight over nutrients, algae and oxygen is quietly reshaping who gets to live there.

A Wisconsin trout stream looks pristine, but underneath the surface a fight over nutrients, algae and oxygen is quietly reshaping who gets to live there.

A woman with zero woodworking experience walks into a fly fishing club's garage to build her first steelhead net, bandsaw and all.

One look at a double-hand rod bending through a backlit cast, and she was hooked on swinging flies for steelhead.

A big South Island brown, a wrong fly, a heavier bead, and a cast that finally gets it right.

A copper mug, a fistful of mint, and ginger beer fizzing over ice — the end-of-day drink that started with three friends in Manhattan.

Waders on, mist rising off the water, fly line unspooling toward a fish that might not even be there yet. She explains why the river pulls her back every time.

Musky season opens today in Michigan. Even though our bodies are stuck in the office, our hearts are on Lake St. Clair.