A monthly fishing story by post
Read the water. Keep the tale.
FishTales sends one transporting fishing story each month, accompanied by a field guide, a keepsake postcard, and the fly featured on the page.
One thoughtfully assembled dispatch. No crowded tackle box.
In every dispatch
Story · guide · postcard · fly
The FishTales promise
Made for unhurried readers and curious anglers.
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A complete experience
The writing and physical pieces belong together; nothing is added merely to fill a box.
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Useful beyond the story
Each field guide offers practical context for the water, species, techniques, and fly in that month’s tale.
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Honest, careful fulfillment
Clear product details and dependable packing—so the story and its keepsakes arrive ready to enjoy.
The main feature
One story opens a whole stretch of water.
Settle into an original fishing narrative, then follow its details off the page. The companion pieces turn atmosphere into knowledge—and leave something tangible for your desk, fly box, or next trip.
The monthly story
A self-contained read shaped by place, weather, pursuit, and the moments anglers remember long after leaving the river.
A focused field guide
Practical notes and natural history that illuminate the story’s setting and quarry.
A keepsake postcard
A small piece of the month’s destination, made to post to a friend or pin above the tying bench.
The fly from the tale
The featured pattern arrives with the story, ready to study, collect, or fish.
Available dispatches
Choose where your next story begins.
Your next good read is downstream
Bring the river to your mailbox.
Discover a new fishing story and the real-world details that bring it to life.