Someone might say that a #16-sized nymph carrying a #18 hook [tube fly] is “too small to hook a trout.” But trout regularly ...

Public lands are under sustained assault. Access, conservation safeguards, agency authority, and the very idea of a shared ...

Trump's approach to environmental protection is absurd in its disregard for evidence challenging outcomes on public lands and ...

Bill Oyster has a message that is worth hearing, unless you are the world champion fly caster ...

The Series: Important women in the history of fly fishing; Hallie Thompson Galaise ...

Suppose you don’t belong to the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust [BTT] and you enjoy fishing saltwater flats for tarpon, permit, redfish, bonefish, snook, and other marsh and mangrove dwelling game fish. In ...

Ruben Martin, an internationally recognized fly tyer is known for his innovations and leadership in the Spanish speaker fly fishing/tying community with over 50,000 podcast viewers. He has partnered ...

But the good times didn’t last. Beginning in the early 1600s, fur trappers pillaged the continent’s streams and shipped millions of pelts to Europe for felting into fashionable hats. Not until the ...

A fly rod longer than 9-feet but shorter than 10-feet is, by original definition, a switch rod—a term first designated by R.B. Meiser in 1979 or 1980. Over time, these rods have gained various labels, ...

Hatch Magazine reviewed Orvis’ redesigned Recon fly rods, rating them as very good. The review notes that these rods are heavier and lack the crisp casting or refined finish of the Helios F and D ...

Is being dedicated to warm weather, single-use, and hookless indicator profligate? Using foam bodied flies [bugs/terrestrials] that sit high on the water provide a much bigger visual and profile than ...

However, the sticking point for so-called traditionalists is that a tube fly can be disqualified if the hook is bare, even though all the materials are on the tube. Washington has (selectively) viewed ...