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The Oscars: CFS' 2025 Fly Fishing Film Tour Awards

There are four questions a pretty good fly-fishing film has to answer in order to be considered truly great.

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Hibernation reads, 2025

When we can't fish and make stories, we read stories. Sometimes those are fly-fishing stories, and sometimes they're not. Here are three that rolled across the bedside table, from the Grand Canyon to the Mariana Trench to the Carhartteratti of Jackson Hole's Persephone Bakery.

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Remembering Jimmy Carter, our greatest fly-fishing president

Many presidents have fished, but few had the soul of an angler.

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Fly-fishing fashion: Streetwear goes streamside

Are kook fits in? Honestly, the only drip I know is when you're wading deep and you dunk your hat.

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The best fly-fishing books ever written

Books that will improve your fly-fishing. A definitive list of all the best fly-fishing books, from beginner to technical methods, from entomology to romantic lore and conservation. And, of course, great writing.

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Trout fishing and the truth

"For all the aggravation a trout can cause, it cannot think and does not consider you. A trout is very much like truth; it does what it wants, what it has to."

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If These Walls Could Talk: Fly Fishing Guide Wisdom on the Rogue River

Proof that fly fishing guides have gotten no less droll and cynical over the years.

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Stepping inside the Angler's Club of New York

If you get a chance to visit the Angler's Club in New York City, take it. It's the nucleus of the sport's North American origins.

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River time: A manifesto

For me, a river is a sacred place. Any old river will do. It's a nice bonus if trout live there. For when you step into a river, you step away from false time, and surround yourself in what's real.

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Icons: William James Lunn, River Keeper of the Test

Lunn's extensive restoration and reclamation work on the Test is a must-read for anyone interested in the practice of taking care of a river.

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CFS Chat: George Daniel on Dynamic Nymphing

We were lucky enough to get some time with George (in between the Green Drake blitz, even!) and had the chance to ask him a few questions about his approach to the book.

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Lawfully Wadered: How to have a fly fishing wedding

Here's a "Top 10 things to remember when planning or attending a fly-fishing wedding" list. Because, one day, you too might wind up at one.