Now that we can officially call it Winter, it doesn’t mean the Trout stop feeding. The locals here in the Vail valley are very savvy when it comes to knowing what gear to use when hitting the mountain on any given day....
From high alpine creeks where the finesse of a three-weight is all you need to the major river drainages where throwing giant streamers with seven-weights is the name of the game, Colorado is a great place to experience ...
The human condition drives us to be participating with our environment. For some of us, that might be eating a fish we caught or savoring the meat we have hunted and labored for. For others it might be hiking and ...
Last night, members of Congress came up with a bipartisan agreement to include significant land protections within a defense authorization bill that will likely come up for a vote in the House of Representatives this wee...
Conservation in the West — particularly efforts to protect key parcels of public lands — is trapped in the partisan gridlock that grips Washington. But the package of lands bills that passed Congress in mid-December ...
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...
On June 5th and 6th, the Titusville Pennsylvania Rotary Club will be hosting the Oil Creek Classic Fly Fishing Tournament. The event will be given in Oil Creek State Park near Titusville. Over the years Oil Creek has gai...
Vail Valley Anglers is recruiting new fly fishing guides to join our team of professionals in Colorado and we are offering fly fishing guide training schools as well as a state certified rowing certification course. The...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields?JM: I have been making art as long as I can remember. I carried a sketchbook and pencils with me all the ...
There was a damp, early-morning fog at Ed and Helen Nelson's Spring Creek Ranch, a few miles south and across the river from Armstrong Spring Creek, near Livingston, Montana. This was to be the first of three guiding day...
There is a growing multi-sport event that combines running with fly fishing and craft beer. If you are looking for a fun event that raises awarness and promotes conservation efforts, check out the Rocky Mountain Flyathlo...
I concentrated on the large shadow that was too big to be a fish, until it moved. “Oh my God!” was my only response when it finally moved a few inches to the side to pick up an egg. This trout easily outweighed the b...
This is the time of year that California Anglers start thinking about Hot Creek and the Owens River in the High Sierras. When you see all the Brass Plagues on the rocks you can tell just how much these waters have been l...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about how the idea of setting up a fly-fishing operation came up? The Red Rock Ranch has 2 ½ miles of Crystal Creek running through the private property.The ranch owners have improved the strea...
by Chris Hunt I'd lived in Idaho for 15 years, and I'd never fished the Middle Fork of the Boise, despite the accolades my western Idaho friends kept piling atop the river's reputaiton. In Idaho, it's a constant battl...
So my boss is leaving to host a trip to the Bahamas tomorrow morning, while the rest of us fly shop grunts are left with a front moving in, predicted to drop between 5" and 8" of snow on our already old-stricken central ...
1) Que nos pueden contar de El Roble Lodge?Es un típico establecimiento patagónico, así como todas las estancias de nuestra provincia, nuestra casa está construida con madera y chapa, los materiales ideales para sop...
"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 ...
The clear cold waters of Silver Creek can produce some of the best fishing in the country as well as some of the most frustrating days of trying to catch them. The lush aquatic growth promotes incredible hatches with m...
Fd: First, why do you think every fly fisherman should visit Wyoming at least once?Lack of other people. Wyoming is the least populated state in the Union and there seems to be a direct correlation between the quality o...
Over the past three decades, Judy’s pastel visions of the natural world have attracted international attention, from Ambassadors to major corporations such as Patagonia. Self -taught, she has been painting and drawing ...
Last year Hammer Creek Fly Fishing proudly partnered with Project Healing Waters to support the amazing work they do for our service men and women. We had a great response with phenomenal individual and corporate contri...
The first time I visited the North Platte River I was heartbroken. My girlfriend at the time had just kicked me to the curb. It happened really fast and it was painful. I was in the dumps—Johnny Cash style.A good bu...
Just when spring is well along the way to the onset of summer, the retamas line the roadways with their bright yellow flowers bringing with them reminiscences of their European origins. They were brought to Patagonia by ...
You may know Colorado-based fine arts photographer, Tim Romano, from his work at venerable Field & Stream Magazine, or his former gig as photo editor at the Fly Fish Journal. But there’s a good chance you don’t ...
(This is an article I wrote for Taylor Creek Fly shop which I was a professional guide for 18 years.I also submitted to The Drake Magazine, I think it’s pretty good. Let me know your thoughts.)Aspen. The mere whisperin...
not long ago I was fishing a stream at the wolf creek hatchery center for rainbow trout and I had a small box of dry flies and was fishing with no luck but was having the best time of my life anyway I ask this guy what f...
Ten days have passed since I returned from Lake Strobel and I still have dreams about the strikes by the rainbow trout that live there. A cast towards a visible school of fish followed by a very slow stripping of the fly...
Fd: How did it all began for you regarding Art and Fly Fishing? Michael: Fly fishing and Art came together early in my life. My father, Walter A. Simon was an artist who encouraged my efforts from the time I was 5 or 6...
The main lake is still in the mid forties at mid lake (point 24) however; going way up large creek arms the temperatures will rise to fifty to fifty-four depending on the sunlight and wind on that particular day.
White B...
A 20lb steelhead is a special fish and the benchmark for a giant. A 30lb fish is the stuff of legends but three tributaries of the Skeena system in British Columbia can boost the opportunity to tie into one of these mons...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields?RMB: I have been fly fishing since I was ten years old (I am now 66), my dad taught me. I went to the Univ...
One lucky winner will land 3 full days of guided fly fishing for 2 people with Vail Valley Anglers, located in Edwards Colorado. The winner will have the opportunity to fish some of Colorado’s finest trout rivers, alon...
hello I am Thomas Lamphere. I am a Professional fly tier and fisherman out of the Port Orchard, WA, USA. I love targeting coastal cutthroat trout. I have not found a trout that is as violet in a strike nor fight as hard....
Do you have a river of your dreams, a place that comes first to your mind whenever you think “flyfishing?” It may be a memory snapshot of somewhere you’ve already been or a mental compilation of everything that is ...
The film Eastern Rises (2009) introduced the greater flyfishing world to the mouse crushing antics of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula rainbows. It has since become a cult classic and, much like earlier Felt Soul Media pro...
By Mark LanceT&T Creative Pro Mark Lance took the DNA TroutSpey and DNA Switch 5 weights for an extended test drive this summer, and found that both rods have a place in the quiver for an angler fishing big trout wat...
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...
Tycoon
Tackle, Inc. Announces the Addition of a New Pro-Staff Member—Erin Phelan
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
VIRGINIA – Today, Tycoon Tackle, Inc. announced the addition of Erin Phelan to
the company’s Pro-Staff. Erin Phel...
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...
First published in Rod and Reel: 2/15/1985Roadkill StreamersOf the 364 four pound (or larger) trout painted on the walls of DanBailey's Fly Shop in Livingston Montana:7% were taken on small wet flies.12% were t...
36 HOURS
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...
Cathy and Barry Beck are very well known for their guiding, fishing and specially for their photography. They travel to destinations such as New Zealand, Africa, Argentina, Alaska, Bahamas, Mexico, Belize, Venezuela, Mon...
I work in a tiny little town in the easternmost part of Iceland for all of this summer, cooking up breakfast for all the tourists who come to stay at the hotel. When I am done, I try to get to some fish. The first couple...
Tying with hot melt glueis not for everyone. The traditionalists will thumbtheir noses at it and subscribe to the traditionalist belief that a flyis not a fly unless its total consists only of twine, feathers and/or fur....
I heard a yell and looked down at Cooper a 16 year old from Colorado who could fish pretty well. He was persistent in fishing a streamer or mouse all day because he was hoping for a big rainbow to grab his fly. His jaw w...
Detour Day – An Idaho SteelheadThis past weekend my girlfriend Lacey and I had to travel
from Boise to her parents place in northern Idaho to grab some of her things as
we are moving to Colorado at the end of the week....
I live in Western Montana. I don't have much opportunity for warm water fishing. I wish I did. These would be well suited to fly rod smallmouth bass fishing I think.They're also remarkably effective for trout. I cast t...
Matt Schliske is a well-known photographer and bamboo rod maker. His pictures have been seen in the pages of Fly Fisherman, Fly Rod and Reel, and American Angler magazines and his love for fly-fishing made him want to go...
Fly Tyer, Spring 1988Fast Sinking Streamers"Aren't there any good sculpin patterns that don't have the deer hair head," I asked? "You bet," said George Kelly. "I've got one I call the Foxy Lady and I really believe in i...