Matthew Dickerson
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Matthew Dickerson: The success and/or failure of a father-in-law
I have a confession. Although all three of my sons have gone on fishing trips with me from time to time, none is especially interested in fly fishing.…
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Matthew Dickerson: Alaskan rivers and first fish on flies
Neither Kira nor Tuesday had ever been fly fishing before. But there they were in Alaska taking a three-week environmental writing class taught by my friend David O’Hara…
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Matthew Dickerson: Four days on the Snake River: Part 3
3rd in a series; read the previous installments here.Morning light creeps into Hell’s Canyon, carving the hillsides with light and shadow in just a few minutes as neatly…
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Matthew Dickerson: Four days on the Snake River: Part 2
2nd in a series. Read the first installment here.It’s the third morning of our four-day float trip with ROW Adventures down the Snake River along the Idaho-Oregon border.…
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Matthew Dickerson: Four days rafting Snake River, Part 1
Hell’s Canyon. With 8,000 feet of elevation difference between river level and the highest peaks of the enclosing ridgelines, it’s the deepest river gorge in North America —…
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Many Vermont lake trout are born in a hatchery
SALISBURY — There have been occasional years when, for one reason or another, I didn’t make it down to the fish hatchery off Route 53 in Salisbury. But…
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Matthew Dickerson: Big boat, small lake
It’s the day before my birthday. I stand on the bow of my brother’s new boat. Since he moved from Alaska back to coastal Maine a few years…
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Matthew Dickerson: The dangers of virtual meetings and travel to remote places
It was two years ago this month that the Outdoor Writers Association of America had its most recent in-person conference. We gathered in Little Rock, Ark., in a…
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Matthew Dickerson: With a sense of wonder
My wife and I got out canoeing this week for the first time this year. We made our way onto Bristol Pond (a.k.a. Winona Lake) with our canoe,…
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Matthew Dickerson: The naming of fish and birds
Identifying and naming creatures. It started many years ago for me with species of trout, but it has since spread — to birds, to trees, to flowers, and…
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Matthew Dickerson: Signs of trout abound
I took my dog for a short walk this afternoon. As I circled back through the woods into my yard from the opposite side, a small patch of…
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Matthew Dickerson: Connecting through, and being shaped by, the outdoors
Over the past few months, I’ve had the delight of getting to know a long-lost cousin. The reacquaintance has taken place by Zoom. It’s been virtual not only…
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Matthew Dickerson: Our climate through the lens of one outdoor sportsman
I’d seen signs of it for years. One Christmas morning early this millennium when our kids were young, we arrived at the family cabin in Maine for our…
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Matthew Dickerson: Fishing porn and the year that wasn’t
My good friend David O’Hara introduced me to the term “fish porn.” At the time, we were collaborating on our 2014 book “Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly…
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Matthew Dickerson: Frozen waters and white forests
The parking lot was quiet and nearly empty. The woods were even quieter. More than mere quiet, the woods were still. The stillness was both palpable and restorative.…
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Matthew Dickerson: A tribute to Pete Diminico
It was the first morning of the new year. I was searching through my e-mail folder for something — I don’t even remember what — when I stumbled…