In this classic story, the author captured why fall-run trout were such an underrated gamefish in Western waters
Author: Keith McCafferty
Keith McCafferty
Keith McCafferty has been writing for F&S for 42 years, with many hundreds of articles under his byline. He has been the Health and Safety columnist, the Outdoor Skills columnist, and the Survival columnist, yet none-the-less has managed to get lost in the woods in four different states. Highlights Education McCafferty graduated from Steubenville High School in Ohio. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology from Duke University and a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Michigan. Experience McCafferty’s flair for writing has earned him many awards. He is a two-time National Magazine Awards finalist, for stories in Field & Stream, and winner of the 2003 Robert Traver Award for angling literature. McCafferty is the recipient of the Will Rogers Gold Medallion Award and the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Novel. Two of his novels were chosen as Best Reads by Oprah Winfrey’s “O” magazine. McCafferty has been the featured speaker at the Outdoor Writers of America conference and at Bouchercon, the annual World Mystery conference. He is a veteran of podcasts, television interviews, and book events around the country. In 2022, he will speak at the International Hemingway Society Conference in Cooke City, Wyoming. Interesting Fact McCafferty has always gravitated to the most difficult of outdoor sports—fly fishing for steelhead and tracking elk on public lands. He is a wild-bird rescue person and an amateur herpetologist. Among his most interesting finds are rubber boas in his home state and an Indian python in India. Notable Work
The discovery of a small snake beneath a rock outside his childhood home led the author to a lifetime of adventure, romance, and fishing tales
Learning how to decipher these clues in a set of tracks can help lead you to a trophy buck
The author recounts a fishing trip that fulfilled one of his father’s dreams: to a catch a bonefish
The author dreams of a rustic hunting camp, with warm lamplight shining through the windows””while he shares the bed of his truck with a buck
The author spent the best summers of his life on the Au Sable. Recently, he returned to the river to revisit forgotten spots, old ghosts, and one lost love
Turn a deer hide into a family heirloom with this step-by-step guide
This 72-hour plan will buy you enough time to wait for search and rescue to arrive
Take the test and see if you can make the decisions that would save your life.
The kings of the deer family thrive on large ranges of land. Many public areas offer plenty of room for both elk and the hunters who roam for them.
