AMFF kicks off the year with a packed new issue of the journal. Leading things off is the 2024 Robert Traver Fly-Fishing Writing Award Winner “Last Salad on the Gairezi,” by George Rogers. As the author notes, “This may be—at its core—just a fishing story, but it’s also a story about …Zimbabwe, and the slow disappearance of brown trout and colonialism from a country long regarded by much of the world as politically incorrigible.” In our feature article, 2021 Austin Hogan Award recipient R. W. Hafer returns with the first part of his examination of how railroad advertising fostered the development of sport fishing in America. Winter is also our annual art issue, so Trustee Fred Polhemus gives us an in-depth look at a recent acquisition, “Land of Rivers Blue and Gold” by Mike Sudal. Curator Jim Schottenham discusses the Whitlock-Vibert egg-hatching box, Scott Biron continues his Tying Traditions series with a look at the Maynards Marvel, and David Van Wie reviews “This Artful Sport: A Guide to Writing about Fly Fishing”. We also look back on the 2024 Izaak Walton Award event honoring Guido Rahr, and look forward to presenting the 2025 Heritage Award to Oliver White.