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Article The man with the silver waders Dec 10. 2014 Memories This is about a steelhead - a sea run rainbow trout. We don't have wild rainbow trout here, so all rainbows we catch are escaped hatchery or sea farm fish. And most are butt ugly. But not this one. Read the story here	Article My most recent decent fish Dec 6. 2014 Memories Oddly enough the first fish I thought of when I started writing this series was my most recent decent coastal sea trout, which I'm ashamed to say was caught more than four years ago. Read the story here	Article I remember that fish Nov 13. 2014 Memories In spite of having caught quite a few fish in my life, some stand out. Not the biggest, not the most spectacular, not the most difficult... just some... Read the intro to the series here
Article Trading Tales Oct 9. 2014 UK fishing Author Dominic Garnett went on a fly fishing trip in London with magazine editor Garrett Fallon Read the story here	Article The Best 30 Minutes Jun 27. 2013 “HEY! nice fish Mister“ When I turned to see where the small voice came from, I saw a youngster, half a century different in age and his Dad on the bank just slightly behind me. Read the story here	Article The Conversation Nov 17. 2012 Book sample This story is an excerpt from Tom Alkire's latest book, River Stories: Headwaters to the Sea, a full of stories about rivers and most of them are about fishing as well. Sometimes meditative, other times humorous. Read the excerpt here
Article Only the River Knows The Trout Also Rises Oct 4. 2012 Support Another crowdsourced video is emerging, and we at GFF think it deserves some support, so we call upon the GFF army to chip in and get some nice perks. Read about the project here	Article Interview with a trout Oct 2. 2012 Exclusive Fish speak out for the first time ever! Learn why trout don't think a Royal Wulff is edible, why they jump when hooked and much more in this exclusive interview with the world trout spokesfish. Read the revealing interview here	Article Fishing with friends Jul 11. 2012 Fish On Travis Swartz spends a lot of time on the water alone, but this past weekend he spent a couple days on the Big Wood River in Ketchum, Idaho fishing with his friends Reese, John and Zach. Read his thoughts about friends here
Article The Trout Diaries Aug 8. 2011 Book "Yous fellas fishin'?" a Maori guy asked on the shore of Lake Otomangakau. I said we were having a look. "Plenty a fish here, bro. Big bastards, too. But bloody hard to catch, ay." Read an extract of Derek Grzelewski's book The Trout Diaries here.	Article The Old Line Oct 28. 2010 Short story That Maryland bank clad in stone offered no line of credit. The business, best described, was an angle of line to rock beside which a redbreast sunfish held suspended in shaded water. Read ron P. swegman's story here	Article My First Fly Hatch May 17. 2010 Premiere This was my first serious flyfishing trip on my own. I’d done a fair amount of spin-fishing in my younger days, and had tried flyfishing a few times with a buddy or guide over the years. But now, approaching age 50, I decided to get serious about flyfishing. Read John Schmittroth's story here