the editor-in-chief of TROUT magazine and the “vice president of angling” for Trout Unlimited. Really. He’s also the editor of Angling Trade and a founding partner of Flylab.fish. A former editor-at-large for Field & Stream, Deeter has written stories on fishing from all fifty states and twenty-eight other countries around the world (and counting).

He is the author of several books, most notably A Fishable Feast, The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing and The Little Black Book of Fly Fishing. Considered an opinion leader in the world of fly fishing and river systems conservation, his media credits include: Good Morning America, the Today Show, ESPN Outdoors, USA Today, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Denver Post, the Times of London, the Financial Times, Forbes, Wired, Garden & Gun and others. He and his wife, Sarah, live in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.