Lake Cowichan, Canada With the winter steelhead coming to a close for the season we still got a few weeks of great fishing with the last of the March run entering the system. We are switching gears to trout fishing with ...
New York, United States Great fishing for lake run browns, lake run domestic rainbows, and both chinook and coho salmon. The rivers are finally getting some rain to bump up the flows a bit, so that should really help get...
Shuri Shumakov was a key character on reviving the popularity of tube flies. His short patterns, with cone heads, soon lead the way to countless variants, combining plastic tubes with metallic pieces to achieve highly...
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada With the spring weather here on Vancouver island the fishing is heating up as well and the bugs are starting to hatch. dry fly fishing for rainbow trout cutthroat and browns have b...
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...
New York, United States Fishing still remains very productive. Look for the browns to start keying in heavily on baitfish patterns as the numbers of browns dropping out of the creeks starts to rise. Steelhead remain hit ...
Jim Teeny is one of the most innovative fly fishermen. His famous Teeny nymph and his series of fly lines have changed the sport forever, becoming a must for every fly angler. Jim has held ten IGFA world records, and his...
Lago Yelcho, lago yelcho, Chile We are at Lake Yelcho, one of the great destinations within northern Patagonia in Chile.
This season, 2019-2020, has had some changes in both the ecosystem and the weather, very drastic p...
New York, United States After a long summer and a dry start to fall, we have finally had a few rainy days here in western New York. The creeks and rivers rose quite a bit toward the end of last week. Over the weekend and...
New York, United States Numbers of lake run browns in the creeks and rivers remains very good. Steelhead numbers are inching upwards. Lots of snowmelt means blown out creeks for a while. Look for streamers to fish well as the creek levels drop.
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...
This attractive streamer takes its name from a French count that lived close to Villa la Angostura in Patagonia, Argentina. For decades, he was a regular fisherman at the Correntoso river´s outlet into Lake Nahuel Huapi...
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 ...
Buffalo, NY, New York, United States Waters up across the area. Bigger rivers are muddy but the other creeks that have good flow are fishing well. We're still seeing quality fish! Browns running 10 pounds and steelhead u...
This pattern was created by Scott Sanchez. In Scott Sanchez words: “The idea for the Double Bunny came to me almost 20 years ago while on a fishing trip to Belize. John Hanlon and I were trying to catch som...
Every day, we get news on sweet catches and dream spots from around the world. Videos, pictures, tales and more. Today, we got some words from photographer David Lambroughton, words that describe great times in a great l...
Sprawling across more than 3,400 square miles of mostly Wyoming territory, Yellowstone National Park houses a rich blend of exploding geysers, an active volcano, its very own Grand Canyon, world-class waters with native ...
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...
New York, United States Still having way too much fun with the lake run browns! There are a lot of fish in the rivers, and we are finding them on pretty much every way to fish- indicator, swinging, you name it. Now is the time to target these giants.
New York, United States Lots of XL lake run browns in the area! These guys are too much fun to tangle with. Look for good fishing for the lake runs to continue throughout the month of November and into December. Erie cre...
Five years have passed since my last trip through the Yelcho Lake area. From that moment, the tales of fishing for Tuna and Sierra fish in the sea always resounded in my mind, and it is just 45 km away from the Yelcho Lo...
Lago Strobel, Santa Cruz, Argentina Estancia Laguna Verde lodge
WEEK REPORT
Week: 1
Date: November 1st to 8 2015
Report: 1
WEATHER CONDITIONS:
â¢Weather was cold with high winds and sunny the first days, and as the week progressed,
Fontana Lake, North Carolina, United States First wild trout trip to the Smokies! Alot of water to fish on Hazel creek, Browns and Rainbows were caught during our outing on the creek. flies used for the the three days we...
New York, United States Steady fishing over the past week and a half. Better when the temperature is warmer and a bit tougher when it's cold. Saw 16 degrees on the car thermometer a couple mornings ago so that made it a ...
New York, United States Brown trout are still fishing very, very well in the Lake Ontario tribs. Swinging streamers is the most exciting, and one of the most productive way to fish these fish, with baitfish and attractor...
Idleyld Park, Oregon, United States Hi, Iâm Elena, Rustyâs wife. My husband is a real outdoorsman and fly fisherman, so he spends very little time on the computer. When he comes home from a fly fishing outing, ...
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...
Pennsylvania, United States Wild brown trout streamer fishing continues to be very productive with nice fish up into the low-mid 20's. Lake Erie tributary smallmouth bass fishing has been consistent, though is slowing do...
Noah Rosenthal, Los Angeles, CAIt was Tuesday September 2nd and I was in the middle of the last shooting day of the feature filmBand of Robbers (a modern day telling of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as adults) when the email ...
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...
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,...
Most adult dragonfly imitations have the same defect: the wings that we can see in commercial flies make a terrible sound when cast, and also tangle up the line, making us use thick tippets; and therefore limiting our...
Fd: Can you tell about the beginnings of your outfitting service? I started Keystone Anglers Guide Service as a way of introducing new people to the sport of fly fishing. I feel that sometimes the sport can be a little c...
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...
fassa and fiemme valley around trento, trentino alto adige, Italy Fly fish dolomitic part 2.
Other incredible days spent in dolomitic mountains, lake and river to find wild browns.
Time spent also to trekking and oth...
Summer months are very special for Anglers who enjoy lake fishing. During this time of the year there’s more activity of dragon and damseflies.
Fully aware of this fact, those who already experienced this kind of fi...
Bryson City, North Carolina, United States Good fishing right now for white bass and walleye at the mouth of the Tuckaseege River outside of Bryson City. A few lake run Steelhead are being caught. Steelhead should peak over the next two weeks.
Yorkshire, United Kingdom I woke up to a typical early Feb morning with frost on the ground and ice on the windscreens of the cars. This was not going to deter me from my planned trip to the local trout lake to try and c...
Puerto Natales, Region de Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Chile Serrano river, whose source is Del Toro lake on the southern boundary of Torres del Paine National Park .This river has about 32 kilometers long, from...
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...
Bled, Slovenia Flyfishing for a wild fish at Sava Dolinka river and reservoire is for those who are searchers- searchers for a big wild trouts. The river is inhibated with rainbow trouts, brown trouts and lake trouts. F...
Couple of hours from Garda lake, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Not only large rivers on the dolomites, in fact there are tons of alpine creeks or streams. Those fishing spots gift you large emotions, untouched nature, fores...
Benton Crossing, California, United States Spring time in the Sierra brings the migration of the big REDS. Cutthroat trout migrate from Crowley Lake up the Upper Owens River to spawn. These fish are abundant in the river...
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 ...
For the last six years, early spring has meant a journey to the North Platte River in central Wyoming. The river is packed with large, aggressive and hungry trout. The land that surrounds the water has the characterist...
Originally, bucktails were streamers whose wings were made with white-tail deer hair. Today, bucktails are those streamers whose wings are made with different hairs, and not only deer tail.The first elegant fli...
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...
Stonefly nymph imitations are very effective in fast water rivers with big rocks on the bottom. The impressionistic ones with soft materials that move attractively underwater with the slightest currents are especially...
One of the most important food sources for trout in Patagonia is the Sammastacus or river lobster. It is one of the three kinds of crustaceans, together with the pancoras and scuds, that inhabit these waters and which ar...