1) How was Domos de la Estancia Lodge born?Domos de la Estancia Lodge was born with the idea of bringing to life the dream of sharing with fishing enthusiasts from both Argentina and the rest of the world, the fishing o...
Your clients cancel at the midnight hour, the weather forecast is dismal, the river is rising and turning to mud and you find yourself with a day off, so what do you do? Well if you’re Paul Jacobs and Adam Hope you put...
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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...
Due to its great underwater movement, the leech-like flies are unbeatable when we go for big fish. If well designed, these are not heavy to cast and don’t tangle, something key when we are casting at our maximum ski...
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...
“There are many ghosts at the Boca.” - Jorge TruccoMy first season in Argentina passed as quickly as a waking dream. As the golden days of March fell away, subtle hints of summer’s end became increasingly clear. T...
Chilean Patagonia is truly an amazing fishery. There
are more rivers and lakes that you could probably fish in a lifetime. If I can
tell you what is the most amazing thing for me about Patagonia is that most of
the seas...
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...
As a seasoned Montana fly fishing guide, I am frequently asked questions about fly tackle, fly rod reviews, reels and rod and line combinations. A client called me recently and said he wanted to buy a new fly rod for hi...
Jim Levison has been photographing the outdoors for the past twenty years. For the last eleven years Jim has been guiding saltwater fly anglers off the fabled waters of Montauk Point, New York, in search of striped bass,...
Simon's father taught him to fish at the age of 6. Now 48, he's been teaching fly casting professionally since he was 16. He has both cast and fished for England in British, European and World Championships and was elect...
Patagonia, Argentina Fished with Lucas and Mark owners of Traful River Outfitters out of San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina. This was my second trip and booked for 2016 as well! Cannot recommend this outfit enough! Onl...
RIO Products, industry-leading manufacturer of fly lines, leaders and tippet material, is proud to announce the launch of the new InTouch RIO Gold trout line – blending RIO’s best-selling line taper with award-winnin...
RIO Products, industry-leading manufacturer of fly lines, leaders, and tippet material, continues to advance its popular trout series with the new Indicator II fly line.Designed to cast heavy indicator rigs with ease, th...
ruta 40, Santa Cruz, Argentina impressive colors of rainbow trout monster, these beautiful and colorful fish are really great ortes only in KOOI NOOM it is possible, fulfill the dream of the trout of your life really a t...
RIO Products makes the connection to fish easier for anglers through its lines, leaders and tippet. Adding another line using ConnectCore technology, RIO introduces an advanced new line for nymphing - the InTouch Xtreme ...
RIO Products, industry-leading manufacturer of fly lines, leaders and tippet material, introduces saltwater anglers to a full range of floating, intermediate and sinking shooting heads in its cold, saltwater fly line ser...
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...
Fd: How did the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up?FFA: Further to the passion for fly fishing and for filmmaking, we decided to start this adventure because we wanted to introduce our river Tronto. Then the re...
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...
Internationally known as Willy, there is no need to say his surname to know who we are talking about. He has been a guide for 30 years in Bariloche, Esquel, Rio Grande and in several countries, for instance, in Venezuela...
Puerto Aysen, Región de Aysen, Chile The Rio Blanco Base Camp - Remote and Untouched fishing in Central Patagonia!
An impassable canyon above and below the Base Camp interrupts the Rio Blanco. We were one of the fe...
Designed for fast-action fly rods, the InTouch RIO Grand is a full line size heavier than the industry standard and has more weight distributed towards the front of the line to load quicker action rods easily. The ultra-...
How did you get into fly fishing and into drawing your catches?Kazu: I started fly fishing a bit late, when I was 45 years old. A friend of mine asked me to go fishing and since that day I’ve been fascinated by it and ...
Cacique Valentín SayhuequeLORD OF THE APPLE COUNTRY -THE LAST GREAT CHIEF (1818 - 1903).Son of Chief Chocori an Araucanian Indian and Tehuelche mother. He was the most important Mapuche chief in the area and ...
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...
Sage Manufacturing, the industry leading fly rod and reel manufacturer, and line, leader, tippet manufacturer, RIO Products, continued partnership with non-profit Casting for Recovery (CfR) and had an another amazing yea...
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...
Fd: How did the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up?SM: I just became obsessed with the challenge of trying to capture the essence of fly fishing on camera. I’ve seen a few do it well, and when they do, it is...
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...
This article posted on TU.org about conserving and protecting native trout in the Southwest got me thinking about the attitudes toward native trout in my community. Sure, I do everything I can to share my passion for our...
Fd: How did the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up?IM: I guess it came natural. I have been skateboarding since I was young and in skateboarding almost everyone documents what they are doing. I started filming ...
Continuing to expand the use of its revolutionary ConnectCore technology, RIO Products, manufacturer of lines, leaders, and tippet, adds two new advanced sub-surface lines to the InTouch lake series.The InTouch CamoLux i...
We continue to expand our offerings in our spey line category with the addition of the new RIO Scandi Shooting Head and the Scandi VersiTip.The RIO Scandi is an easy casting Scandinavian style shooting head designed for ...
Fd: How did you first get into fly fishing and tying? Joe: I grew up with a fishing rod in my hand. I used to have a backpack that was full with a tackle box and supplies that I took everywhere with me. I started off in ...
RIO Products makes the connection to fish come easier for anglers whether it’s through its lines, leaders and tippet or through education on the consumer and dealer level. With that in mind, RIO recently launched its R...
Fd: How did the idea of producing fly-fishing videos come up? Hooké: I have always had the drive to do business and a great interest in video production and graphic design. I used to be a skateboarder and dj when I had...
Fd: How did fly fishing and photography get together in your life? Nick: I grew up fly fishing from a very young age. My mother is the major angler in my family and there hasn’t been a day in my life that I’ve had w...
Patagonia is an immense, yet sparsely populated region in southern South America. It is home to the world’s longest continental mountain range, while also encompassing the seventh largest desert on earth. Words can...
We’ve all seen it done.On TV, in magazines and books, at every tournament and all over the
Internet. All – of us if we’re truthful! – have done it. Many still
do. Many more will, unfortunately, continue to do...
Rockport, Texas, United States Week one of February is in the books, so itâs time for another Rockport Fly Fishing report. We will do our best to fill you in on what weâve been seeing out there since our last f...
Fd: How did fly fishing and photography get together in your life?I was a kayaker, so I swam around beneath waterfalls and what not in British Columbia. I found these huge Bull trout pooled up and thought it would be coo...
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...
It is now beyond doubt that Gaula is in crisis and whilst it is tempting to think that we are the first generation to experience such a dire situation, I can assure you that we are not. Recently I have been researching a...
Google Earth. The entire world except the bathrooms of
the controlling, incumbent governments seems to be available on Google
Earth or some other form of the internet mapping. Heck, even the bathrooms
might be. ...
As fall rolls around, there is no better time to swing two-handed rods for trout, and now that many fly rod manufacturers are designing these rods, anglers need a line designed specifically for this purpose; enter RIO Pr...
People say that fly fishing is "a dying art." Unfortunately, most people that say that do nothing to resolve the issue- and nothing to check up on it at that. When I hear people express this issue, I am not remorseful, ...
Brian O’Keefe is one of the world’s most remarkable anglers and photographers, having had photographs published in the most important periodicals and magazines. The Catch Magazine, co-founded by Todd Moen and Brian, ...
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...