Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand Night fishing! It's always exciting. A family trip south ment I got to stay in Taupo for the night and of course my fishing gear goes in the car first. There are stacks of fish waiting in the ...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âThe stream before you is constantly changing. If you are not flexible or confident enough to adapt to changing conditions on the stream, you are sure to fail.â
â Joe Humphre...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States Fly Fishing Forecast June 8th - 15th
"Success on the stream or in life comes from a balanced approach. In the business world, successful CEOs must possess more than one skill set. This ba...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âIt was a long time since Nick had looked into a stream and seen trout. They were very satisfactory.â ~Ernest Hemingway, from âBig Two-Hearted Riverâ
The satisfaction...
Gorenjska region, Slovenia Day to remember
It was day to remember for Karl, Niko and his son Oscar from Austria... They came for two days of guided fishing with me. On a first day we fished at renown chalk stream Uni...
Invading
species: DIDYMO
Didymosphenia geminata, commonly known
as didymo or rock
snot, is a species of diatom that grows in warm and shallow water. If it overgrows, it can form large mats on the
bottom of la...
Nagano, Japan At Local river,Main stream.
Water level.Low water.
Weather.Fine and Windy.
Very walm,
Un usual weather for early March.Almost 20degree day time.
Hatch.Saw one of Japanease biggest Caddis fly,Super hatch.End of the day.
Fd: Where did your love of making watercolors of trout come from?Carol: I moved to Dillon, Montana, a fly fishing paradise, and a friend asked me for fish and landscape paintings for a beautiful little fishing cabin that...
Great blog post on the different types of drake hatches you will come across this summer from fishing on stream, rivers and lakes.https://zingerfishing.com/blogs/blog-and-tips/different-drake-fly-fishing-hatches
Zelezniki, Gorenjska region, Slovenia Selška Sora, is a stretch of water exceptionally well inhabited by trout, predominantly brown trout and rainbow trout. In its upper reaches is more reminiscent of a mountain strea...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States Silver Creek Outfitters Fly Fishing Forecast May 11-25
"Fish come and go, but it is the memory of the afternoons on the stream that endure." ~ E. Donnall Thomas
Only a few weeks until...
Colorado, United States CHANGING PLANS WORKED OUT BEST
Started out in the morning fishing the Dream Stream section of the South Platte River. There was still some small areas of ice on 11 Mile Res. Which was kee...
King Salmon, Alaska, United States July 2023 Fishing Report for ATA Lodge on the Wild Alagnak River of Bristol Bay, Alaska!
July Has Been Epic at ATA Lodge! Of course the Sockeye Salmon start to stream in to the Alag...
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States I spent the day fishing a little feeder stream with my client Thao Le. We began our day around 10 am ET, sky was cloudy, water was ultra clear and on the low side with air temperat...
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...
I will speak about the fishing in a few lines but let me tell you something else. After some years of travelling slowly over “The Plateau of the Death” (La Meseta de la Muerte”), the local name of the Strobel field...
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...
Fd: How were your beginnings in fly fishing?Andy: I began learning to cast when I was just five years old. My father taught me in a field near our home, just 30 minutes from the river Dove in Derbyshire, England. I was...
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 ...
Simplicity is the key to most fishing. How much simpler can one get than to find an all-white fly, that is so easy to tie, that even I - a completely incompetent fly-tier - can tie one. But not only tie it, b...
By now, word has spread much like the algal bloom that has made the rock snot a top news concern for trout anglers in Michigan. Didymo confirmed in the Upper Manistee River from November streamer float with water quality...
Fall in Alaska generates mixed emotions for me. By mid September the leaves on the birch trees have begun to turn a vibrant yellow-gold. The berry bushes have changed to various shades of crimson and the quaking aspens...
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...
Ancient human traces reflected through the tools and art scattered around the basaltic plateau where the Strobel Lake is located get together with exceptional trout fishing, offering to the traveler an image of Patagonia...
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 ...
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...
Lake Strobel is located in the plateau of Patagonia, in the middle of the Santa Cruz province in Argentina. Its name comes from the missionary Jesuit priest Matías Strobel, who worked in North Patagonia in the mid XVIII...
A Special Bamboo Rod Story:
An interesting episode of my fly fishing life is the unexpected story of
a bamboo rod and how it all came about thanks to serendipity.
Late in 2003 I visited my friend Marcelo Calv...
What is Whirling
Disease?
The whirling disease parasite, Myxobolus
cerebralis, is native to Europe and was first described in Germany in 1903.
Whirling disease is the descriptive side effect
produced by a complex rela...
A few days fishing in the north of the Neuquén province, in Argentina, made us realize that we can still dream about Patagonia and other sites that have not yet lost the magic that enchanted Darwin in his trips.We were ...
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...
Andreas Andersson is a professional fly tyer from Sweden, he's part of the Partridge of Redditch and DeerCreek pro teams. Here's more about him and his flies.Fd: How did you first get into fly fishing and tying?Andreas:...
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 art merge with fly fishing in your life? TS: As far back as I can remember, I have had a love for both drawing and fishing; however, it wasn’t until the fall in 2009 when it occurred to me that I could or ...
Rainbow Trout fishing in Alaska enjoys an almost
celebrity status. And those that seek them are passionate about catching
them! For those “in the know” about what Alaska’s Bristol Bay Region has
to offer, you coul...
Trout fishing invites one to meditate and at the same time gives us the chance of understanding the deep meaning of a sunrise, the trees, or the wind on our faces.The quilted moss over the rocks turns into an ideal site ...
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: 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...
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...
“Because we dared follow our heart we changed part of history” - Mark Dubois“When I’m not afraid to die I’m free to do anything” - Mark DuboisMy early years in San Martín de los Andes
were uniquely special, ...
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...
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...
