"If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly." - John Gierach
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 guides
How to Bead Fish for Fall Trout
"There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is...
How to Catch Salmon in B.C. Rivers
"The salmon runs are a visible symbol of life, death and regeneration, plain for all to see and share.” - Roderick Haig-Brown
10 Truck Essentials for Sportsmen
“Having a four wheel drive doesn’t mean you can go anywhere. It just means you can get stuck in worse places.” -...
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?
Featured articles
Fishing The Off Season
“The season is ended. There was not enough of it; there never is.” – Nick Lyons
Minimalism and Fly Fishing
“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive...
Fishing a Hypothesis
“Fishing has been styled ‘a contemplative man’s recreation,’ … and science is only a more contemplative man’s recreation.”...
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