Hatch Magazine - Fly Fishing, etc.

Though it’s been more than four decades, I still remember the jarring contrast. A broiling sun bore down on my skinny shoulders as creek water that felt as if drained from a glacier caressed my sun-kissed 8-year-old legs. While water and air felt like polar opposites, a visual distinction was imperceptible. The pure little torrent running over ancient stones was so c...

Every year, starting around the end of the first week of August, the folks who live from one end of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to the other begin to count the days. This year is no different. It’s been a long, hot, smoky summer — as most summers have been over the last decade and a half or so, and as most of us who’ve lived here for any length of time predicted after a...

Ninety percent of wildfires start within a half mile of a road. The Trump administration wants to build more of them.

Having complete control over our line, leader and fly makes the process of fly fishing a whole lot of fun. It also contributes significantly to our angling success. If you’re happy with the current state of your casting, read no further. Simply enjoy your time on the water. But if you sense that your casting experience could be more rewarding—in tactile pleasure as well as in...

Somewhere between Shawano and Wittenburg in northeastern Wisconsin I began to get the nagging feeling I’d forgotten something. I was on my way to a stream in Langlade County, an under-the-radar spot I hadn’t fished before but one that was rumored to hold a healthy population of brookies. I’d scouted it earlier in the spring, stopping at multiple road crossings to “look at the...