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The modest sportsman is an exploration in outdoor sporting. We write about fishing, Camping and the outdoors. we believe the golden age of the sportsman is behind us. And we're here to bring it back.

You’ve probably met a modest sportsman. Picture them in your mind: maybe it’s the old-timer who still uses forty-year-old gear but never has a bad day outdoors. Maybe it’s the person you met at camp who handed you a free fly. Maybe you are one—there’s plenty of them out there.

Through these stories, we’ll share what we know and what we learn, contemplating things like outdoor skills, conservation, humour, and the human condition, among other topics. In doing so, we hope to make the outdoors better for everyone.

FEATURED Articles

The Ascension of an Angler

“If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.” — Tom Brokaw Like most hobbies, fishing, and particularly fly...

Releasing a cutthroat trout into a river by hand

Fishing a Hypothesis

“Fishing has been styled ‘a contemplative man’s recreation,’ … and science is only a more contemplative man’s recreation.” – H.D....

A LIFE OUTDOORS IS A LIFE WELL LIVED

The modern man has become a machine for making money. Overworking, overstimulation, and overconsumption have taken their toll. Technology numbs and distracts us.

But deep down, man’s desire for adventure remains. More and more, people are beginning to see its necessity. The way back to life lies before us, but each must choose it. For many, the only question left is not if, but, when–and how? So what will become of you?

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