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New fly fishing gear: March 2026 | Hatch Magazine

March 14, 2026 Comments Off on New fly fishing gear: March 2026 | Hatch Magazine

With winter loosening its grip and a new fishing season about to kick off around the country, many anglers are looking to fill out their quiver with new rods, reels, lines, apparel and other odds and ends. Gear makers have obliged and while the winter months are often spartan in terms of new product releases, […] Read more
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Western Snow Drought Deepens Heading into Spring, Raising Stakes for Summer Fishing

March 10, 2026 Comments Off on Western Snow Drought Deepens Heading into Spring, Raising Stakes for Summer Fishing

Image by Wesley Aston A warm, dry February erased what little optimism remained for western snowpack recovery, leaving Colorado, Utah, and Montana facing some of the worst snow water equivalent readings in their modern records heading into March. For fly fishers planning summer trips to Rocky Mountain freestone rivers, the numbers point toward an Read more
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Tying Tuesday: Four Flies to Cover the Column

March 10, 2026 Comments Off on Tying Tuesday: Four Flies to Cover the Column

March is here, and with it comes that restless stretch where winter’s grip is loosening but spring hatches haven’t quite kicked off. The water’s still cold, the fish are still deep—mostly—and the best thing a tyer can do right now is fill the box from top to bottom. This week’s Tying Tuesday does exactly that, […] Read more
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2026 Wading Gear Goes Lighter, Greener, and Grippier

March 9, 2026 Comments Off on 2026 Wading Gear Goes Lighter, Greener, and Grippier

The 2026 wading gear market has arrived with recycled fabrics, PFAS-free water repellents, and smarter sole technology as the expected baseline. Several major releases in the past few months—from Patagonia, Simms, Skwala, Guideline, and SITKA Gear, which just entered the fishing category—reflect an industry where materials science now pairs Read more
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Secrets, subterfuge and paradises lost | Hatch Magazine

March 7, 2026 Comments Off on Secrets, subterfuge and paradises lost | Hatch Magazine

When I spied the fire number I’d been told to look for, on a squally October night when the rain was trying hard to turn to snow, I had to smile. The northern Wisconsin “hunting cabin” my cousin Dean and his pals from Tennessee had rented was, as I suspected it would be, a mobile […] Read more
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Restoration update: In the wake of Klamath dam removal | Hatch Magazine

March 4, 2026 Comments Off on Restoration update: In the wake of Klamath dam removal | Hatch Magazine

Two years ago crews punched holes in three dams on the Klamath River in northern California and southern Oregon. Waters held back for decades rushed free. It wasn’t pretty: For weeks, a river of chocolate milk cut through a raw, monotone landscape of glistening, sticky mud. The dams were removed later in 2024, reconnecting the […] Read more
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