Fd: How did fly fishing and photography get together for you? MJ: Growing up in Texas, I had a rod in hand as a child fishing for bass in local ponds and lakes. This grew into an obsession and throughout my teenage year...
If you had asked me, when I was my son’s age, what I wanted to be doing when I was 62 years old, I would have laughed at you. First, because I’d never be that old. Then, I would have described to you, more or less, e...
Lake Strobel is located in the plateau of Patagonia, in the middle of the Santa Cruz province in Argentina. Its name comes from the missionary Jesuit priest Matías Strobel, who worked in North Patagonia in the mid XVIII...
I wanted to post this article written by former guide and renowned artist Bob White. Bob was the first American guide to guide for Patagonia Outfitters. He first came down in 1986 and guided in Patagonia many seasons. Hi...
It might be his different way of seeing things, his unique perception of existence, his profuse creativity or spellbinding storytelling that is so appealing. When Mel spoke you listened, became a believer and hoped to be...
Guatemala is known for a number of amazing landscapes, volcanoes and
of course the famous Mayan ruins, which many people travel around the world to
see. However the Pacific coast of Guatemala is world famous for the incr...
When you meet Charlie Leslie, the owner and Head Guide at Tarpon Caye Lodge, you immediately feel contention, he gives you peace of mind. From that moment on, he starts sharing -in a simple way- the enormous knowledge h...
After nine months of hit and miss (mostly miss) fly fishing in the Colorado Rockies, I decided to bite the bullet and hire a guide. A co-worker recommended Freestone Outfitters saying that they were the best in the Denv...
Fd: Who is Kid Ocelos? Kido: Well fellas, Kid Ocelos is a 42 years old guy in love with cartoons, an illustrator above all and a fisherman. Fishing came to my life by chance and Fly Fishing even more so. When I first sa...
Fd: What are your roots in fly fishing? Where did you start? I have always loved to fish. My parents are Canadian, and I grew up spending my summers sitting on a dock, casting endlessly for little bass. I learned to fly...
Fd: How did you get started in the fly fishing & photography world? Kyle: I got started in the fishing and photography world together. I had always enjoyed taking photographs and the same went for fishing. When I we...
My favorite fishing destinations will make me feel slightly uncomfortable. Places that I hide the money I carry with me in two different locations—maybe a third somewhere else—and where there exists a minor threat of...
Former guide and renowned artist Bob White was awarded "1988 Guide Of The Year" by Fly Rod & Reel magazine. At that time he was guiding for Patagonia Outfitters in Argentina and for Tikchik Narrows Lodge in Alaska. H...
When photographer Francisco Bedeschi was about to publish his second fly-fishing book ‘Best Rivers’ (of Patagonia) in 2004 he asked me to write the main introduction and texts on the Collon Cura and Quemquemtreu Rive...
One of the most renamed places at earth is Rio Grande, we all have
heard or fished in its waters for big sea runs. But that is not the only reason
you should travel across the world right to the end. There is more…
20...
Joe Brooks was a pioneer in modern fly fishing. He fished faraway places from the 40s to his death in 1972. He wrote about them through a myriad of articles and 10 books. Through his writing he opened up the world and po...
Decades ago, when I was about 9 or 10 years old, I
remember paging through one of the outdoor magazines and suddenly
finding myself staring at the "coolest" looking trout I had ever seen. I
had caught a fair number o...
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Hello friends,
2015 started off with a bang for
me, as I left California for Chile on January 2nd to start an epic
23 day fly fishing adventure to South America. The trip would have me visiting
and fishing thr...