Modest Sportsman: Journal

Stories and essays from B.C.’s rivers, lakes, and forests — and the long drives in between.

Topics

Fishing

The head of a winter-caught rainbow trout in a net

Fishing The Off Season

“The season is ended. There was not enough of it; there never is.” – Nick Lyons

Fly hooked on fly rod hook holder

Minimalism and Fly Fishing

“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hinderances to the elevation...

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. Thoreau

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