Fd: How did you get into fly fishing? Thom: I was raised to love the water, particularly the ocean. My father had me in SCUBA gear by the time I was 13. I became PADI certified in 1972. With this background, my wife boug...
Fd: How did the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up? Nick: I began in South America in 2003 when I worked as a cameraman on the ground-breaking film Trout Bum Diaries – Patagonia. That film really exploded wh...
Fd: What would you recommend to the anglers who want to have better pictures of their fishing trips and catches? Nick: Pay attention to the lighting and the background. The background many times can be just as important ...
Fd: How did art merge with fly fishing in your life? TS: As far back as I can remember, I have had a love for both drawing and fishing; however, it wasn’t until the fall in 2009 when it occurred to me that I could or ...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields? NL: Art has always been something I’ve done. As a kid, I’d go to the library and walk out with an ar...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about your beginnings? My passion for fishing was born from an early age, but after changing many techniques, I (Luigi Mautino) devoted myself entirely to fly fishing. Later on, I decided to cre...
Invading
species: DIDYMO
Didymosphenia geminata, commonly known
as didymo or rock
snot, is a species of diatom that grows in warm and shallow water. If it overgrows, it can form large mats on the
bottom of la...
Fd: How has the 2017/18 season been?The season has started very well. Even though we had a lot of rain early on, the fishing has been very good with some large browns, rainbows and brook trout caught. Now we are especi...
After
awakening on June 4, 2011, with the eruption at the Puyehue-Caulle Volcanic
Complex, different organizations immediately started monitoring the area in
order to identify the implications of this phenomenon on th...
Fd: How were your beginnings in fly fishing?Andy: I began learning to cast when I was just five years old. My father taught me in a field near our home, just 30 minutes from the river Dove in Derbyshire, England. I was...
Fd: How did you start in fly fishing? Who got you interested in the sport? Charles: That’s an easy one. My father. He was an avid salmon angler who, even in the 1950’s travelled the world for fishing – mostly salmo...
Bessie Bucholz is Yellow Dog's program director for New Zealand and assistant director for South America. Bessie grew up fishing and rowing down the upper North Platte River in southern Wyoming. After studying at the Uni...
Fd: How was 9p#5 Media born?
We are fishermen since very young, practicing every kind of technique in the beginning. Then, progressively, fly fishing became our only method. It is in this spirit, with a technique ...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about how the idea of setting up a fly-fishing operation came up? Well I'd been guiding in Alaska for a number of years, and when the season would end up there I'd come back home here and our fa...
FD: How was this project born? Where does the name Kuntur come from?Santiago: My name is Santiago Derendinger and I am the creator of Kuntur Fly Fishing. The name Kuntur means Condor (bird of prey) in the Quechua languag...
The Corona crisis is a threat to the Blue Heart of Europe – the unique Balkan rivers. While Europe is in lockdown, investors are increasingly taking advantage of the unusual situation to build controversial hydropower ...
"For those of us who come into Montana in late June and early July from the Northwest, a series of great stops along the way; Rock Creek, the Missouri River, and the Henry’s Fork."For more of David’s work and to get ...
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...
Hydropower plants are one of the main causes for the decline ofnumerous fish species in the Mediterranean region. This is the result of a new study commissioned bynature conservation organisations EuroNatur and Riverwatc...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about the origins of fly fishing in your country? There are lots of interesting and uncommon species for fly fishing in Czech republic besides typical brown trout, rainbow trout, grayling and br...
Fd: How was your fly-fishing operation in Northern Patagonia born?Since my very beginnings I've been guiding for several years for major Fly Fishing Outfitters in this area. Some time after, with the acquired experience,...
Fd: How did the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up? M3: We have been producing hunting and other outdoor short films for the past five years; we carry a camera in the field, all the time. We started with a bull...
1. A Dream TripA trip is probably the best gift you can give to a fly fisherman. No matter what destination you choose, the angler that receives this special present will surely be excited and probably start planning th...
With the first full weekend of summer upon us, Trout Unlimited today launched TroutBlitz, a citizen-science initiative aimed at enlisting everyday anglers to help the organization catalog and map healthy populations of w...
Fd: How did the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up? Troutification: It basically started when Anders bought a DSLR that could shoot video many years ago, we started filming us fishing and ended up with a lot o...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields?AD: I started painting when I was 6... That's my earliest memory. Fly fishing art began in 1997. The gal...
1. Check: Before leaving the river, remove all traces of algae
(look for the hidden ones), vegetation, water and mud from any material,
clothing, equipment, boat and/or vehicle. Leave them at the site.
2. Clean: Soak an...
FD: How many countries have you visited for fly fishing? Hard to count but it seems that not less than 25 countries with many returns to my favorite spots and different areas of gigantic countries like Russia for example...
Cathy y Barry Beck son muy conocidos como pescadores, guías y especialmente como fotógrafos. Pescando, han viajado a destinos como: Nueva Zelanda, Sudáfrica, Argentina, Alaska, Bahamas, México, Belice, Venezuela, M...
Fd: ¿Cómo fueron tus inicios como pescador?Gabo: Mis inicios fueron entre Coyhaique, Rupanco, río Petrohué, Yelcho y la zona central de Chile.La verdad es que fue bien autodidacta la empezada, pero de ahí un amigo ...
Patagonia Nation es una productora de videos de pesca con mosca basada en Chile. La misma está conformada por Gerardo Ortiz, Christian Copaja, Diego Rojas y Hernan Lepeley. La productora ha realizado filmes como Chasing...
Brian O'Keefe es uno de los pescadores y fotógrafos más notables del mundo. Sus fotografías han sido publicadas en los periódicos y revistas más importantes. Junto a Todd Moen fundó el “Catch Magazine”, la mej...
FD: ¿Cómo nace el proyecto? ¿Por qué el nombre Kuntur?Santiago: Mi nombre es Santiago Derendinger y soy el creador de Kuntur Fly Fishing. El nombre Kuntur significa Cóndor en lengua Quechua y me pareció que encajab...
Fd: ¿Cómo empezaste en la pesca con mosca?ALVARO: Mi comienzo en la pesca a mosca fue una evolución natural en mi vida como pescador. Mi tío y mi padre me introdujeron en la pesca cuando tenía 5 o 6 años, era una a...
Sebastián Pometti tiene 42 años y vive desde hace 10 años en San Carlos de Bariloche. Desde chico su padre lo involucro en el remo de paseo y competición a nivel promocional. Tuvo ahí su primer contacto con la const...
Morena es una enamorada de la Patagonia y sus ríos. Su pasión por la pesca con mosca es única, se refleja en cada una de sus palabras. En el azul de sus intensos ojos uno tiene la sensación de ver más allá, trans...
El Gallego es un pescador histórico de una trayectoria y experiencia increíbles. Es muy abierto y disfruta de transmitir todo lo que sabe sin guardarse nada. Alguien frontal y de un corazón enorme. Es guía de pesca c...
Marcelo Morales es un referente absoluto en la pesca con mosca. Ha logrado trascender la frontera Argentina debido a la calidad de sus artículos, moscas y cañas de bambú. Quien haya visto su serie de moscas de Carrie ...
Pertenece a una generación que pescó durante la época de oro, una Patagonia apenas explorada, donde una salida de pesca implicaba al menos un mes y el único contacto con la familia era por vía postal. Dueño de una ...