Photo: Copi Vojta

The odds of getting your caddis dry fly noticed by a large trout can seem like winning the lottery...

Maybe it hatched out of the painting...

...I try to stay nearby as she works the water and offer advice gained from decades of modest successes and robust failures – all well intentioned but short lived.

Photo: Ginny Holt

I still catch enough fish to keep myself addicted, but when I'm with someone who knows how to do it, I'll often just put my rod down and watch.

Every year, when the grey rains start, public service announcements warn us to stay away from rivers. And still, like clockwork, a few more of us become lost to the chrome. 

Photo: Tim Romano

A Pacu simply turns and puts the line on his shoulder like a marathon runner...