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...
Gary Borger is one of the world’s foremost fly fishing educators. He has been a fly fisher since 1955 and has taught classes and lectured internationally on all aspects of fly fishing for trout and salmon. A free-lance...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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: Artist and fisherman. What came first? How did it all begin?
Dan: It began with art. I have been blessed with some artistic ability, and at a very young age, I was drawing. That developed into a lifelong pursuit...
Vail,Beaver Creek, Colorado, United States Warm winter has created great conditions on the Colorado. Dries and Streamers! Float fishing has been fantastic
Vail,Beaver Creek, Colorado, United States Spring fishing Conditions in January! Open rivers, no ice and warmer water temps. day time highs have been above avereage
Vail,Beaver Creek, Western Colorado, United States The fantastic weather has made for even better conditions! greazt dry fly and Streamer action from mid morning until dark.
Paonia, Colorado, United States April 23rd
Great fishing, good food & friends, what more could you ask for when on the water! Look me up, if you want in on some of this.
Meeker, Colorado, United States April 28th
I'm sure it wont last long! But, a few days of cold weather cleared the water up on the White giving us a chance to go stick a few. Great Day!
Meeker, Colorado, United States May 26th,
She didn't get enough on the 25th, so she stayed & did it again on the 26th!
Thought the last pic was pretty cool...Ate'um both!
Ketchum, Idaho, United States Silver Creek Outfitters Fly Fishing Forecast
"...what fishing ought to be about: using the ceremony of our sport and passion to arouse greater reverberations within ourselves." ~ Thomas McG...
Vail, Colorado, United States
Report Date: February 8, 2015
Current Conditions
The fly fishing on the Eagle has been excellent as the unseasonably warm weather continues. We have even seen fish rising on most days a...
Vail, Colorado, United States Current Conditions
http://www.vailvalleyanglers.com/eagle-river-fly-fishing-report-vail-colorado
The fly fishing on the Eagle should remain good this week with a big January thaw con...
Branson, Missouri, United States Fairly consistent low water has been a blessing on the Ozarks premier tailwater!
The winter weather hasn't stopped the fish from feeding, and low(er) flows have provided some very exciti...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âThere is nothing like the thrill of expectation over the first cast over unfamiliar waters. Fishing is like gambling, in that failure only excites hope of a fortunate throw next time....
Avon Colorado, Vail,Beaver Creek CO, United States The flows have dropped below floating levels today, but the river is in amazing condition! Still great Caddis, Stonefly and PMD hatches. Dry fly fishing is excellent es...
Pennsylvania, United States Streamer fishing has been very good over the past few days and will continue to produce well as long as sufficient flows and warm temperatures don't drive the fish down. Covering all water wel...
King Salmon, Aalaska, United States ATA Lodge on the Alagnak Wild River is Looking forward to the 2023 Season after a Fantastic 2022 Season
Nov 17, 2022
ATA Lodge, situated on the Wild and Scenic Alagnak River of B...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States Fly Fishing Forecast October 11th - 25th
"When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels." ~ Unknown
You have a third choice...go fly fishing. After a mild fall, sn...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âYellowstone River closed in response to on going fish kill.â ~Montana Fish and Wildlife Website
The parasite that is killing whitefish and trout in the Yellowstone is prese...
Meeker, Colorado, United States April 13,
The White finally blew out today, so we slipped into one of the spring creeks. Not the numbers from yesterday, but hard to complain when you get to touch some brown gold!
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....
Ketchum, Idaho, United States ââ¦knowing a river intimately is a large part of the joy of fly
>fishing.â â Roderick Haig-Brown
To know a river intimately, one must experience it in all of its seaso...
Reno, Nevada, United States Fall is defianatley here in the Sierra's and the fishing has exploded. we have had a low water year but sections of river still hold fishable water and the fish are happy happy happy!!! Now is...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âThe best fisherman in the world canât catch them if they arenât there.â~Anthony Accerrano
Fly Fishing Forecast June 10th to June 17th.
There fish are there; the...
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States One of Colorados best Winter fisheries. Wade or float all year! Lower elevation means mild weather and big Trout. Excellent midge hatches fron late morning until dark. Nymphin...
Picabo, Idaho, United States "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail." ~ John Wooden
It is as true in fly fishing as it is in basketball. A successful fly fishing outing is dependent on preparation. If you are planin...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âNo fisherman ever fishes as much as he wantsâ¦this is the first great rule of fishing, and it explains a world of otherwise inexplicable behavior.â â Geoffrey Norman
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spruce creek, Pennsylvania, United States It's always a great day when your client catches a personal best fish...but when they catch TWO personal bests then that's an amazing day!!
There was some sporadic Sulphur ha...
Vail,Beaver Creek, Colorado, United States Fall Dry fly and Streamer fishing on 100 plus miles of the Colorado river headwaters. Our guides have over 275 years combined experience on the Colorado, eagle, Roaring Fork ,Frying Pan and much more.
atlanta, georgia, United States The hooch is looking good this weekend. Fish are sluggish from change of weather so fish deep. Caddis are starting to hatch slowly with the coming cold weather so be ready for some top wat...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âChoosing to save a river is more often an act of passion than of careful calculation. You make the choice because the river has touched your life in an intimate and irreversible way...
United States Current Conditions
Spring runoff is subsiding on the Eagle and flows are dropping. We'll be floating the Eagle in the next couple of days! Flows are still on the high side for wade fishing but if you find ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in [Idaho] won't make it 'white'." ~ Bing Crosby
What is it that gets you into the Christmas spirit? For us, ...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States JULY FLY FISHING HAS BEEN A BLAST!
We have had a full house every week, with lots of happy clients catching more fish than they ever imagined possible! The month started out with ...
Kenai, Alaska, United States King Salmon
Pre-season forecasts were dismal for king salmon runs here on the Kenai peninsula and for much of the state. While few would call the 2019 King Salmon fishery as excellent, it wa...
Boulder, Colorado, United States Boulder Creek has been fishing great this week. Took a guided trip on the creek to teach my client how to euro nymph. We caught 30-40 fish on a variety of flies. Anything from a small ba...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States "A year of snow, a year of plenty."
â French Proverb
The snow pack in the Big Wood drainage is currently at 172% of average and still has the potential to climb heading into spring....
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "Water is the driving force in nature." - Leonardo da Vinci
The current snow water equivalent for the Big Wood, Little Wood, and Big Lost rivers is at around 170% of average. Simple tr...
Blue Ridge, Georgia, United States Water conditions were clear with partly sunny conditions for the day!
Flies used for our trip ( #16 Caddis flies and Orange body Stimulators, Nmphs for the day were #18 Prince Nymphs a...