Brook Trouting Through Armageddon
Matt Labash finds beauty in all the ugliness. At the risk of discoloring your impression of me as a model citizen, a humanitarian, a forceful …
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Haunted By Waters
Dear Matt, What is your take on Norman Maclean’s ending lines: Ask Matt, as in Labash, explores Norman Maclean, beauty, annoying fonts, and too many …
Half-Sweet Release
One of our favorite writers and internet friends, Matt Labash, has launched a new Substack, and it’s well worth subscribing. Called Slack Tide, each week …
Reel Genius: ‘The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life’
Matt Labash reviews David Coggins’s new book ‘The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life.’ The Optimist isn’t some dreary how-to, or about character …
Unemployed Fishing
Having been laid off 9 months ago here’s a piece from Matt Labash that I can certainly relate to. The reaction was ugly. There was …
LABASH: Instagram Is Killing Fish
Sometimes, when I start losing faith in humanity, I cheer myself up by perusing the latest casualty reports that result from people taking selfies at …
Lefty Kreh: 1925-2018
Since his recent passing, there have been a ton of fitting tributes written about the late great Lefty Kreh. If we had to pick a favorite, …
Drone-Assisted Fishing Is Real, and It’s Pathetic
Matt Labash takes on the drone meets fishing phenomenon. Fishing drones are just another way to allow tech-world to do what tech-world does best—to destroy …
My fly rod and I amount to some piscatorial Abu Ghraib
Matt Labash weighs in as only he can on catch and release and whether fish actually feel pain. Non-fishing friends often look askance at you …
Parental Guidance, Curbing Your False Casting, and Giving Thanks for the End of the Campaign
Reader Warning: This is a special Thanksgiving/fly fishing edition of Ask Matt. What does one have to do with the other? Not a thing, really. …