New York, United States Well our new guide Matt spent a few days chasing trout over on the West Branch of the Delaware with a buddy or two! They sent some pics of their endeavors, and I have to say it looks like they had...
Fd: How did Art and Fly Fishing get together in your life? How were your beginnings in these two different fields?AD: I started painting when I was 6... That's my earliest memory. Fly fishing art began in 1997. The gal...
MID JULY IS A PERFECT TIME FOR LOTS OF MONTANA RIVERS AND IT’S HARD NOT TO LOVE THE MEADOW SECTION OF THE GALLATIN RIVER AS IT FLOWS OUT OF WEST YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Hanmer Springs, North Canterbury / West Coast, New Zealand In typical fashion the Kiwi spring has not disappointed. It has been wet and windy. Front coming from the Tasman sea, south west have put on damper on the most e...
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...
"With the authorization of Nahuel Huapi National Park´s
Authorities, the Tourism Office and the Wildlife Guard of Neuquén´s Province,
we were able to do a survey in different parts of the area affected by the ash.
It ...
United States As of today nothing to report. During the more harsh months it's a great time to fill the fly boxes as the water to my north, south, east and west is locked up! We need Mother Nature to loosen her grip and warm things up for us!
Diane has been a professional watercolour artist for over 22 years, and the Trout Unlimited Canada 2009 Artist of the Year, Diane was born in Montreal and currently resides in Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island, British Col...
In January of 2005 I was surprised when I saw a young american angler at the Manzano pool in the Chimehuín River (Patagonia). Not only by the way in which he casted and mended the line, but also because he caught five r...
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...
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 ...
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...
Michael and Joe Brooks—the great-nephews of the late Joe Brooks—developed the original idea for making this film on a river in New Zealand. Both Michael and Joe are avid and accomplished fly fishers. They have known ...
The original Woolly Worm pattern is said to have originated in the Ozarks as a bass fly. Its real popularity, however, came when Don Martinez, a West Yellowstone, Montana fly tier, commercialized the pattern in the 1950s...
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 ...
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...
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...
Yesterday saw our first outing to Lough Sheelin in county Cavan, the weather was perfect with a small north west breeze we ventured out of Kilnahard pier and made our way to Orangefield where we saw fish rising.It was ti...
Slovenia Beside the Holy trinity, in Slovenia we have also a different kind of threesome, a fly fishing trinity; three rivers whose landscape they run through, diversity of water flow and smartly couscous fish rank them ...
When photographer Francisco Bedeschi was about to publish his second fly-fishing book ‘Best Rivers’ (of Patagonia) in 2004 he asked me to write the main introduction and texts on the Collon Cura and Quemquemtreu Rive...
As a fishing guide of course I have to offer my place as much as I can but let me be objective about the coming season 2012/13. While the last two seasons had been ruled by a low water condition, due mainly of a poor win...
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...
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 ...
Slovenia Fishing in crystal clear Alpine river is something special and challenging. Fishes are wild and carefully so you need to be very low profile to catch them, especially if you want some bigger trout too clever it....
Ilirska Bistrica, Primorska region, Slovenia The river Reka is a Slovenian river with a unique name (Reka = River) and another one where an angler can have an early start into the fly fishing season. The ideal destinatio...
Bistra, Central Slovenia, Slovenia First day with my guests Andy and Will on the river Bistra. We spent a few hours on the river and caught some very nice graylings and brownies ... Not bad for the first day! ;)
Bistr...
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...
River Nera is one of the best (if not "THE" best) rivers in Central Italy. It crosses three different regions (Marche, Umbria, Latium), entering river Tiber not far from Orte, one of the many small villages scattered all...
Fly fishing is something much deeper than catching fish, and something similar happens with fly tying, where a passionate fly tyer can find amazing stories and knowledge that will be invaluable in the river.
The Tup's I...
The River Swale in North Yorkshire is one of the lesser known Yorkshire Dales Rivers however it has everything you might expect....beautiful countryside, wild brown trout and grayling all in stunning scenery and steeped ...
Years ago I read a book written by an old man who believed that the body of a human being could change into other living creatures, such as fish.The man who wrote the book lived in a place which he described as perfect. ...
There was a time when Marabou Muddlers were the flies to catch big trout. I still remember some strikes at the bend of the Chimehuin River’s La Boca (river inlet) in Patagonia with some black Marabou Muddlers almost at...
United Kingdom Out after my first trout of the new season. I wake up to a miserable morning with rain lashing down on the bedroom window. Nothing was going to put me off though.
I arrive to the river and luckily the r...
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 ...
Krka, Dolenjska region, Slovenia This is a photo report, the pictures say it all!
Krka river (managed by Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia)
Beautiful brown trout from the Krka river ... Perfect fish on a perfect day!
Krka, Dolenjska region, Slovenia Krka River is the second longest river in Slovenia. Karst beauty, with its distinctive cascades and pools offering excellent natural hiding to native brown trout and rainbow trout.
For...
Piedra del Aguila, Neuquen , Argentina We've been fishing the Middle Limay River for 3 days with 2, riverside camp, overnights. We found this outstanding tailwaters river with a very low water level, which made each of i...
Kamnik, Slovenia In my report below I would like to introduce you the upper stream of the Kamniška Bistrica River, originates in the southern foothills of the Kamnik Alps. Is a typical alpine river with a distinctive ...
futrono, Provincia del Ranco, Chile Eng.
The Area of Ranco and Calcurrupe is one of the most famous fishing spots of Chile ,. with lots of tradition River Calcurrupe is a miracle of the nature, perfect river for dri...
Durango, Colorado, United States The Animas River has been fishing very well lately. Mid-day hatches of Tricos, BWOs, and Micro Caddis have been bringing fish to the surface. Should you find the river devoid of risers,...
Ljubno, Savinja region, Slovenia Just few hours at river, but that was few quality hours on this alpine gem. Rainbows, brownies and graylings were all over the place. Most of them was caught on dry flies.
Savinja Rive...
FEDERATION, Bosnia and Herzegovina I visited my favorite river in Bosnia, where in the past I lost some big brown trouts, record of the river is a brook trout 16kg.
The day was cold and cloudy, first I started with th...
Madrid, Madrid, Spain Not the prettiest stream in Spain but a new river venue throwing good numbers of big fish and all wild! A few years ago this river was pumped dry every summer for irrigation, A change in abstraction...
Arroy Verde, Neuquen , Argentina Traful river on the first week of the 2013 season. The river depends greatly on quantity of water and temperature in order to carry the optimal number of fish. This is why the beginning o...
Radovna valley, Gorenjska region, Slovenia On a second day with my guests Andy and Will we went to the river Radovna. We spent a very nice day on the beautiful alpine river in pristine nature. We had a lot of fun catchin...
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...
Planina, Notranjska region, Slovenia Another superb fly-fishing day on the river Unica. Once again it proved that Unica River is one of the best grayling and brown trout rivers in Slovenia, if not in Europe.
This time...
Vail,Beaver Creek, Colorado, United States The Colorado River is a must for any angler wanting to experience a true western river. Home of the one of only 3 Salmon Fly hatches in Colorado! Flows are excellent and so is...
Junin de los Andes , Neuquen , Argentina We floated the ChimehuÃn River from its junction with the Quilquihue River until it pour its waters into the Collon Cura River.
We reach the ChimehuÃn floating down through...