Long ago, in a fly-fishing life far away, I used to lean quite heavily on the Renegade as my dry fly of choice. I learned to fly fish on streams that lacked the kind of megahatches Montana is known ...

I used my paddle to push the 21-foot Maine Freighter canoe away from the meager dock and motored around the end to begin a ...

If you want to get your name in the fishing record books, you might need to rethink the gear you use — or the species you ...

Glaciers, volcanoes, forested coasts—these distinctive Alaskan landscapes are packed into this rarely visited reserve.

Glaciers, volcanoes, forested coasts—these distinctive Alaskan landscapes are packed into this rarely visited reserve.

Miners, loggers and dam builders all flocked to this Clearwater River town at one time or another, helping to give the community its rugged charm ...

The small towns near Glacier National Park and Flathead Lake in northwestern Montana certainly receive a lot of attention-and ...

Two fishing buddies descend into a canyon to fish Devil's Hole, a virgin trout pool. They end up footsore, starving, and in ...

U.S. road trip ideas in the American West, from Alaska glaciers and Utah's Mighty Five to California's Highway 1 and New Mexico's desert towns.

Valle Novak shares a lifetime of observing forests, streams and backyard wildlife forms the heart of this reflection on ...

While it would be impossible to describe all of Vermont — or any state, for that matter — in just one word or phrase, there ...

The U.S. is home to some seriously spectacular lakes, but the most famous tend to get overcrowded with visitors. Head to one ...