Cabin Fever Sickness
by Willard Greenwood
I went to the woods
with Moo Shu Beef leftovers
in January,
craving… continue reading
Too Close
by Henry Hughes
Fishing for stripers off Long Island
Double hauling
your best ten-weight
downwind
put me… continue reading
Release
by Henry Hughes
The steelhead swallowed
the last flash of day—
head-shake, leap, and a fifty-foot peel
… continue reading
Faith
by Quinn Grover
I have not seen the large rainbow trout
in the green, heart-shaped pool
where two… continue reading
Stretched
by Matt Stansberry
My brother, cousin and I
floated a tiny boat in
the Canadian northwoods
sipping… continue reading
una cancion desesperada or oncorhyncus mykiss
by Aaron Abeyta
in my trout dream
you are twin to the dawn
the pearl of your belly
Intervention
Art by Fujioka
by Dave Motes
The villanelle is often used to deal with… continue reading
In a Dream, My Father Listens to the Pike
by Dave Karczynski
Bend, my brother, closer, and I promise
from this shaft in… continue reading
Standing in the River
by Shawn Pittard
Wiser people fish from shore, wade
no deeper than their knees,
establish rules against venturing
… continue reading
A River Doesn’t Care
by Cameron Scott
Nate McCaine, your Lucky Strikes
and Wild Turkey preceded you—
those Touchet brown trout
… continue reading
Riseforms
by Anthony Naples
Standing on the edge I scan
the seams, the eddies, the riffles,
foam lines, pools… continue reading