Tag Archives: Troy Letherman
Bighorn River Water Battle Heats Up
Bad Blood Boiling in Wyoming and Montana—Bighorn River Fishery at stake. A battle has been brewing between Montana and Wyoming, a fight for water that begins in Wyoming but, subsequently, drains into Montana and supports what many people, including myself, … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Bighorn River, Troy Letherman
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Drink of The Week: Chocolate Cake
Letherman’s Chocolate Cake by Troy Letherman “Let them eat cake!” Or so we’re told Marie Antoinette exclaimed, having been informed the French peasantry had no bread. They fired up a revolution instead, cut off a few heads and apparently stuck … Continue reading
Guys Without Dolls
Guys Without Dolls by Troy Letherman Apparently I’ve got a great ass. Even in waders. I know this because Chugach has made at least seventeen increasingly lurid comments to that effect over the past four days. Discomfort is settling in, … Continue reading
Last Man in Camp, Nushagak
Big rainbows, greedy grayling and an outfitter who wants out of camp. Must be fall in Alaska. By the end of Alaska’s sport fishing season outfitters and guides are at the end of their respective ropes and any deviation might … Continue reading
Posted in Absinthe Lounge, Alaska, Northwest
Tagged Fred Thomas, Nushagak River, Troy Letherman
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Troy Letherman fishless in Alaska
First Cast F+G ninjas, absinthe dreams, and our man Letherman stomping around southeast Alaska by Troy Letherman The milk-run from Anchorage, a rental car of marginal utility, the year’s first Rainier in cold packs behind the seat. Wrong turns down … Continue reading
Posted in Absinthe Lounge, Alaska, Northwest
Tagged Juneau, Steelhead, Troy Letherman
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Letherman’s World Cup
A Fly Fisher’s Guide to the World Cup: Part 1 By Troy Letherman Some people, my mother for one, operate under the assumption that the life of a fly-fishing writer mostly entails hoovering up all the free gear a guy … Continue reading
Surviving Alaska’s Nushagak
What’s Up When You’re Last in Camp By the end of Alaska’s sport fishing season outfitters and guides are at the end of their respective ropes and any little striation might set them off. They can smell the end of … Continue reading
Vagaries of Experience
Editor’s Note: Troy Letherman is the best writer you’ve never heard of. His fly-fishing writing, which is limited in abundance, is absolutely kick-ass. Letherman “gets it” as an angler and his interpretation of a day on the water is no … Continue reading
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Tagged Bighorn River, Troy Letherman
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