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Photography on this site comes from public-domain and Creative Commons sources. Images are resized for the web but otherwise unmodified. Licenses link from each source page.

Article images

ImageAuthorLicenseSource
Fly-fish casting on the Crooked River (28374634089) BLM Oregon & Washington Public domain source
Fly fisherman fishing queets river casting c bubar march 05 2015 (17370128522) Olympic National Park Public domain source
2000s British Fly Reels BFR DragonFly Large Arbor 70 fly fishing reel R. Henrik Nilsson CC BY 4.0 source
AnglerAboveOjoCalentiBendFireholeRiverOctober2007 Mike Cline Public domain source
Fly Fishing at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (51321722142) USFWS Mountain Prairie Public domain source
FlyTyingProcess3 Mike Cline Public domain source
Trout snob - Flickr - thart2009 Tom Hart from Ashland, OH, USA CC BY 2.0 source
NymphingTheGardnerRiver2005 Mike Cline Public domain source
Madison River (23759002130) Yellowstone National Park from Yellowstone NP, USA Public domain source
Big Run (13083898355) Shenandoah National Park from Virginia Public domain source
Mayfly sitting on a rock WaldemarpaetzTroutster.com CC BY 3.0 source
Caddisfly adults at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (50238021421) USFWS Mountain Prairie Public domain source
Green Drake Mayfly. Ephemera danica - Flickr - gailhampshire gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K CC BY 2.0 source
Hughes River Near Corbin Cabin (26383670133) Shenandoah National Park from Virginia Public domain source
Bluestone National Scenic River Dave Bieri Public domain source

Fly pattern images

ImageAuthorLicenseSource
Black and Brown Beadhead Woolly Bugger Mike Cline (Wikimedia Commons User:Mike Cline) Public domain (PD-self, released by author) source
Flyfishing flies (beadhead flashback Pheasant Tail Nymphs) Tom Koerner / USFWS Mountain-Prairie (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Public Domain Mark (US federal government work) source
Parachute Adams Dry Fly Freyfisher (Frey's Flies) CC BY-SA 2.0 source
Elk Hair Caddis2 Mike Cline (Wikimedia Commons User:Mike Cline) CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Mosca Oreja de Liebre, Ninfa (Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph) Drcooling (Wikimedia Commons User:Drcooling) CC BY-SA 3.0 (multi-licensed GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated / FAL) source
Rubber Legs (Pat's Rubber Legs stonefly nymph) Mike Cline (Wikimedia Commons User:Mike Cline) CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Traditional Chartreuse Clouser Deep Minnow Mike Cline CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Bead Head Prince Nymph G. Moore CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Sparkle Duns Freyfisher CC BY-SA 2.0 source

River images

ImageAuthorLicenseSource
Lower Madison River in Beartrap Canyon Mike Cline Public domain (author release) source
Gallatin River (48638819402) NPS/Diane Renkin (Yellowstone National Park) Public domain (US NPS work) source
Yellowstone River, flowing through Paradise Valley Warrenfish (English Wikipedia) Public domain (author release) source
Holter Dam, 2011 Katie Brady CC BY 2.0 source
Bighorn River north of Yellowtail Dam (Bighorn Canyon NRA) Victoria Stauffenberg / NPS Public domain (US NPS work) source
My Public Lands Roadtrip: South Fork of the Snake River in BLM Idaho Bureau of Land Management Public domain (US BLM work) source
Confluence of the Fryingpan and Roaring Fork rivers (Basalt, CO) Jeffrey Beall CC BY 4.0 source
View of Savage River (Savage River State Forest, MD) Joey.beall (Wikipedia user) CC0 source
Autumn Along the Gunpowder (Big Gunpowder Falls, MD) Andrew Parlette CC BY 2.0 source
View of Shenandoah River (Shenandoah River State Park overlook) Virginia State Parks staff CC BY 2.0 source
Susquehanna River Hills (Highpoint Scenic Vista, York County PA) Nicholas A. Tonelli CC BY 2.0 source
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Pennsylvania NPS (National Park Service) Public Domain (US federal government work) source
View west up the North Branch Potomac River from the Kitzmiller-Blaine Bridge (Maryland State Route 38) between Blaine, Mineral County, West Virginia and Kitzmiller, Grant County, Maryland Famartin CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Rafting the Smith River (14038782420).jpg Forest Service Northern Region from Missoula, MT, USA Public domain source
Arkansas River near Sterling KS.jpg LDtronic01 CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Au Sable River.jpg RomanKahler CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Battenkill in Arlington, Vermont.jpg User:Gplefka Public domain source
BeaverheadBigHoleConfluence.jpg Mike Cline Public domain source
Big Hunting Creek (51598191144).jpg John Brighenti from Rockville, MD, United States CC BY 2.0 source
Chattahoochee River, Campbellton GA.jpg John Phelan CC BY 4.0 source
Cumberland River (just downstream from Cumberland Falls, Kentucky, USA) (19846712698).jpg James St. John CC BY 2.0 source
Davidson River.jpg twbuckner CC BY 2.0 source
CT Route 219 bridge over the East Branch Farmington River, New Hartford CT.jpg John Phelan CC BY 4.0 source
Aroma Park, IL (Kankakee & Iroquois Rivers).jpg Chris Light CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Kenai River.jpg Frank K. from Anchorage, Alaska, USA CC BY 2.0 source
Lake Taneycomo, Branson, MO IMG 1720 (2).JPG Billy Hathorn CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Little Missouri River Marmarth ND.jpg USGS Public domain source
2025-08-31 13 40 46 View southwest up Sinking Creek within Bear Meadows Bog at Bear Meadows Road within Rothrock State Forest in Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.jpg Famartin CC BY-SA 4.0 source
2005XXXX-FS-William B Bankhead National Forest-Sipsey Fork1-TP-001 (25631177647).jpg Forest Service Photography Public domain source
2021-10-08 09 26 18 View east-southeast down the Wailua River from Hawaii State Route 580 (Kuamoo Road) near 'Opaeka'a Falls in Wailuā Homesteads, Kauai, Hawaii.jpg Famartin CC BY-SA 4.0 source
West Branch Penobscot River, Maine.jpg Quintin Soloviev CC BY 4.0 source
Calico Rock Bridge Crossing the White River. Calico Rock, Arkansas.jpg Luhsteesay CC BY 4.0 source
Fly Fisher On The Colorado River At Lee's Ferry, AZ.jpg Ray Redstone CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Henry's Fork Looking West - panoramio.jpg Kurt Minard CC BY-SA 3.0 source
Niobrara River PA130618.JPG Chris Light CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Root River State Trail Bridge in Lanesboro, Minnesota.jpg Lanesboro Arts CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Connecticut River valley - panoramio.jpg Jon Platek CC BY-SA 3.0 source
FKNMS - Salt Flats Fly Fishing (34424671181).jpg National Marine Sanctuaries Public domain source
Cline Falls, Deschutes River, Oregon.jpg Bonnie Moreland CC0 source
Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts.jpg User:Solarapex CC BY 2.5 source

State guide images

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Lees Ferry Arizona Rainbow Trout.jpg Ray Redstone CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Taxodium distichum Lower Mt Fork River Oklahoma 2.jpg Thomas & Dianne Jones from Okmulgee, OK, USA CC BY 2.0 source
Rapid Creek (South Dakota).JPG Jeffrey Beall CC BY 4.0 source
Family Fishing Guadalupe River State Park Texas 2023.jpg Larry D. Moore CC BY 4.0 source
Fall on the Strawberry River in Utah.jpg Steve motzkus CC BY-SA 3.0 source
Upper Yakima River from Highway 10, between Cle Elum and Thorp, Washington.jpg J Brew CC BY-SA 2.0 source
Elk River (Clay County, West Virginia, USA) 1 (30354808001).jpg James St. John CC BY 2.0 source
Angler Fishing on the Chippewa River - Eau Claire - Wisconsin (50991680957).jpg Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States CC BY-SA 2.0 source
Henry's Fork River from Last Chance, Island Park, Idaho.jpg Z3lvs CC0 source
Sugar Creek Turkey Run State Park, Indiana.jpg 5500lbs CC BY-SA 4.0 source
San Juan River near Navajo Dam, New Mexico.jpg Phil Slattery CC BY-SA 4.0 source