One of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust's top priorities is to learn enough about the biology of bonefish, tarpon, and permit so that we can focus conservation efforts on the most important aspects of these important gamefish...
Fd: Can you tell us how the idea of setting up a fly-fishing operation in Barbados came up?It all started when I moved to Barbados for a 4 year period. I have always fished, since my childhood back home in Denmark, for s...
Fd: You have been travelling for months in dream destinations. What can you tell us about fly fishing the famed Skeena and Dean rivers? Adam: Even if these venues didn’t provide such prolific catches, I’d still cons...
John Bennett is a freelance photographer, specializing in nature and Outdoor lifestyles photography. He has contributed to Ontario Out of Doors, and has credits in Outdoor Canada, Canadian Geographic, US publications, ca...
A meesage from Bonefish & Tarpon Trust:We need your help to identify juvenile tarpon habitats in your area. BTT has begun mapping juvenile tarpon habitat to 1) determine the habitat characteristics that are best for...
Michael and Joe Brooks—the great-nephews of the late Joe Brooks—developed the original idea for making this film on a river in New Zealand. Both Michael and Joe are avid and accomplished fly fishers. They have known ...
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: Can you tell us how the idea of setting up fly-fishing operations in Russian territories came up? Being in commercial adventure business since early 90-s as an owner of adventure agency in St Petersburg I offered a d...
Fd: What is the London Fly Fishing Fair all about?Fergus: The London Fly Fishing Fair is aimed at bringing together different aspects of the fly fishing world to one central place in London. The idea of the fair is to ...
Fd: So tell us, who is ATA Lodge and where is ATA Lodge located? ATA Lodge is a family owned and operated lodge on the fabled Alagnak Wild River of Bristol Bay, South West Alaska. Wayne (myself) and Jacob (my son) are t...
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 the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up? CF: Confluence is a production company that the two of us (Chris Patterson and Jim Klug) started in 2007. Since that time, we’ve done a number of full-len...
World Fish Migration Day 2014 (WFMD) is a one day global initiative, with local events worldwide, to create awareness on the importance of open rivers and migratory fish. WFMD is held to improve the publics’ understand...
Mark Lance has been around the globe with a fly rod and a camera. His work has been featured in American Angler, Field & Stream, Fly Fisherman, Fly Rod & Reel, Grays Sporting Journal, Outside Magazine, The Drake,...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields?MS: Several years after I graduated from college with a degree in painting (while I was working at variou...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about how the idea of setting up a fly-fishing operation came up? I’ve wanted to be a guide since middle school. However, as I got older, I was convinced by people older than me (adults) that...
Bill Houze is a young guide, his name is not that known but he has enormous prestige among the fishermen who frequent Key West, the Mecca of fly-fishing for permit. He has guided countless days every year acquiring the ...
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...
Dave McCoy’s pictures can be found all over the internet and on fly-fishing publications. Being the founder of Emerald Water Anglers, he has traveled and fished around the world for years. He’s an ambassador for Pata...
John Juracek is a fisherman and photographer from West Yellowstone, Montana. For twenty-some years he was a partner in Blue Ribbon Flies, a local specialty fly fishing shop. After earning a degree in Fisheries Biology ...
Fd: How were your beginnings in fly fishing?
Todd: I was fortunate to have been born in Helena, Montana. My folks met each other and married in Bozeman, Montana, while attending college at Montana State University back...
Chris Patterson is the co-owner and cinematographer for Confluence Films (www.confluencefilms.com), creators of DRIFT, RISE, CONNECT, and the upcoming film WAYPOINTS. Best known for his work in the realm of action sport...
Fd: Can you tell us how the idea of setting up a fly-fishing operation in Darwin came up?Darwin is surrounded by vast areas of shallow clean waterways teeming with dozens of species of tropical fish in hundreds of locati...
Fd: When did you start fly fishing? Could you tell us about your memories from those times?Clare: I started fishing when I was around 5 years old. I have wonderful memories of warm summer evenings spent with my dad pra...
Fd: How did the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up? JL: I have always been addicted to fish porn, ok let’s keep it clean. The first time I saw a fly fishing movie with lots of soul, I was on a boat in the S...
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 ...
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...
Fd: How did the Alphonse experience start for you?Keith: I fished Alphonse and St. François many years ago before there was a hotel on Alphonse. The diversity of the destination and magnificent reputation of how well th...
Gordon Allen is a renowned artist from the USA, his works include oils, watercolors and gouaches, etchings and illustrations. These are his words on his work and life.Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your...
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...
Fd: How did Fly fishing and Photography get together in your life?DL: I started Fly Fishing when I was 12 years old and later, during my last year of college, I took a Photography Class and loved it. It was probably the ...
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...
How were your beginnings in fly fishing?
My father taught me how to wrap and cast fly rods when I was a boy. I think we started fishing together on the small stream that divided our property, when I was around two years...
Klaus Frimor is one of the key figures of these times when it comes to fly casting. His knowledge of both single and double-handed rods, lines and casting techniques have taken him to work in research and development dep...
Fd: How did you get into fly fishing?Bob: A friend took me fishing one day on the Bow River in the late 60’s. I caught with a spoon three great rainbows and soon enough fishing became my new passion. At the time, I w...
Flip Pallot is a fishing legend; he is part of the past, present and future of fly fishing. When he humbly answered our short email inviting him to an interview we couldn’t believe it. We grew up watching Flip’s show...
Fd: What can you tell us about your new book: Wild Trout? Wild Trout is a bilingual (English and Spanish) book that covers the basic aspects of the biology of wild trout in Patagonia. Its 300 pages show unique photos acc...
Fd: How did you first get into fly fishing and tying? Scott: I was introduced to fly fishing after taking a one day seminar at LL Bean in Freeport, Maine. I was looking for something different to try, and had never fly ...
Ally Gowans, from Scotland, is a professional photographer, writer, fishing instructor and guide who also provides top class tuition and instruction including Spey casting, underhand, roll and overhead casting with two-...
Fd: What came first for you, writing or photography?FG: I’ve always written—I filled notebook after notebook as a kid with trip journals, fiction, poetry, you name it. I started dabbling with a small camera at age 16...
Fd: How did you first get into fly fishing and tying? JPN: I discovered fly-fishing at a very early age. The sport is a family heritage passed along through the generations. I stumbled upon it when I found my fathers f...
Fd: What are your first memories related to fly fishing? Jasper: My very first fly fishing related memory is from my grandmother's summer place in southern Sweden when I was maybe 8 or 9. It was the only cabin by a littl...
Christof studied sports science and has worked in conjunction with various companies in the fly fishing business since 1997 and is a full-time professional guide and instructor. He founded Pro-Guides Flyfishing together ...
Jim Klug is the co-owner, producer, and writer for Confluence Films (www.confluencefilms.com), creators of DRIFT, RISE, CONNECT, and the upcoming film WAYPOINTS. He is one of the best photographers of the industry and hi...
Fd: How did the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up? And how did the jazz get involved? J&FF: Well, the story of Jazz & Fly Fishing is a pretty unlikely story. It all started with one man´s frustration...
1) What fishing alternatives does Lago Rosario Lodge offer?Given the location of Lago Rosario Lodge, our area of influence goes fromLos Alerces National Park to the Corcovado River area. Preferably we try not to drive m...
Dave Hughes is one of the big names in fly fishing. He is the author of more than 20 books about fly fishing for trout, has been a contributing editor to Field & Stream, written for Gray's Sporting Journal, and for ...
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...
Kathryn doesn’t fish everyman's water; she thrives on experiencing the thrill of fishing in the most remote and exotic locations around the world. In her pursuit of the top game fish and her need for adventure, she has...
Matt Harris is one of the most renowned fly-fishing photographers in the world. He has been working for the top firms in the industry for long years and travelling to worldwide destinations that include Argentina, Austra...