COVER “Forty-four hours and one-thirteenth of a second. Between crappy airport vending machine salads, too many in-flight movies, some unhappy vertebra and a night in a Seychellois hotel far nicer than I deserved, it took 44 hours to get from my doorstep in Salt Lake City, to one of the most fabled fishing destinations on the planet, Cosmoledo Atoll. Then, in one-thirteenth of a second, with Drew Chicone chasing down whatever made that weird splash 20 feet offshore in low morning light, the trip was worth it.” Photo: Adam Barker RISES 01 In many rivers, trout learn to feed in places that offer some protection, but thanks to a bow-and-arrow cast, Brook Harris is set to make a delivery to this well-guarded hole in Utah’s Uinta Mountains. Sometimes those impossible casts turn the biggest fish in the river. Photo: Ross Downard 02-03 (L) “A southern Georgia bluegill pulled from the sweet-tea-colored waters of the Satilla River not far from the Georgia coast. (R) For years I had friends tell me I need to make the five-hour drive to southern Georgia or northern Florida to pursue redbellies in the fall on top-water poppers, sliders and spiders. I would nod my head and smile and think, I’m not going to drive that far to catch panfish. But they were right. Redbellies evoke a feeling like catching a native brook trout. They’re beautiful and worth the effort.” Photos: David Cannon 04 Kevin and Joan Owens gear up with their grandson Colton for a day chasing rainbow trout along the Gallatin River near Big Sky, MT. Photo: Mike Greener 05 “Just before the world shut down in 2020, Landon Mayer traveled to the Brazilian Amazon to fish with Michael Williams of Nomadic Waters. Landon is one of those guys in the flyfishing industry who is really visible, and after this trip with him I get it; he can intelligently speak to all technical aspects of the sport, but is also one of the most fun people I’ve ever been around. In this photo, Landon had stopped dancing just long enough to cast to submerged timber on the Rio Negro.” Photo: David Cannon 06 Deep in the Costa Rican jungle, with a rod that is no longer as useful as it was at the beginning of the fight, Tim Tousey works his way down to touch the leader so he can make this catch of a migrating tarpon “official.” Photo: Dave McCoy 07 John Kelly Coffman and a midsummer Rio Figueroa brown trout in Chilean Patagonia. “Though they share the same European origins as brown trout in the United States, Chilean browns often have fewer and larger spots, making them (to me at least) absolutely stunning.” Photo: Nick Price 08 “During the production of the film Extended Play: The Ethan Parsons Story, magical moments seemed to manifest easily. Ethan brings joy to all those he encounters, like this young Colville tribal member, Kato, who was at Washington state’s Omak Lake for a day of leisure with his family. The kid became enthralled with Parsons’ ability to consistently put large cutthroat in the net. By the end of the day, we’d lost count of how many he caught.” Photo: Joey Mara THE FLYFISH JOURNAL 015
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