To Fish These Big Trout, Bring a Ladder

By BY CHRIS SANTELLA from NYT Sports Landing the highly coveted Lahontan cutthroat trout requires special skill — and equipment.https://nyti.ms/3fRsUz9

Two Utah Men Bring Scandal to a Fishing Contest After Admitting to Cheating

By BY DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR from NYT Sports The men pleaded guilty to tampering to influence a contest, a third-degree felony, almost two years after the state started investigating where they caught their fish.https://nyti.ms/3iXWbZo

The Trout Were Socially Distant, but Not the Family Memories

By BY THOMAS MOONEY from NYT Sports Fishing with his adult son for the first time, the author wonders if the pandemic will be remembered as the time we were distancing and yet simultaneously being drawn closer together.https://nyti.ms/3dNONwO

Nelson Bryant, Supreme Chronicler of Outdoor Life, Dies at 96

By BY ROBERT D. MCFADDEN from NYT Sports For nearly four decades, his lyrical columns for The Times brought readers to the banks of clear-running streams and the hushed glades of majestic forests.https://nyti.ms/2Rqld7d

In Patagonia, a Duel With an Epic Trout

By PETER KAMINSKY from NYT Sports Fly fishing at a wind-buffeted, artifact-laden lake makes for a long but worthwhile journey — even if a beautiful fish met an unfortunate end.https://nyti.ms/2TGAUdn

The Lure of the Steelhead

By CHRIS SANTELLA from NYT Sports Think you are good with a rod? Try catching a fish that supposedly doesn’t even feed in the rivers where it swims in British Columbia.https://nyti.ms/2zJcmo0