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Tying Tuesday: Thinking Outside the Box

December 16, 2025 0 Comments

This week’s Tying Tuesday features four fascinating patterns that will require tiers to think outside the box a little bit. We kick things off with an elaborate take on the classic Prince Nymph, as Gary Morin shares a version that he uses for steelhead. It will certainly also work for trout, especially in smaller sizes. […] Read more
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Podcast: All About Bamboo Fly Rods, with Shawn Brillon

December 15, 2025 0 Comments

  [Interview starts at 45:09] Want to know how a bamboo fly rod is made? How long it takes to make one? How many different hands touch an Orvis bamboo fly rod before you (and your children and grandchildren) become its lucky owner? And finally, what’s so great about bamboo fly rods? How are they […] Read more
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Finally Breaking the Double-Digit Barrier

December 14, 2025 0 Comments

For every game-fish species, there’s a benchmark size that fly fishers dream of. These can change from location to location—for instance, a “monster” rainbow in my home state of Vermont might be an average fish in Alaska—but the angler’s satisfaction is the same. Writing in the Anna Maria Sun, Rusty Chinnis describes Read more
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The Ethics of Fishing for Trout on Their Way to Spawn

December 14, 2025 0 Comments

A monster lake-run brown from Western New York. Photo by Capt. Scott Feltrinelli, Ontario Fly Outfitters As year-round fly fishing for trout has become more popular and states have opened rivers during fall and spring spawning seasons, the ethics of fishing to trout on their way to spawn has become a bigger issue. There is […] Read more
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As Trump green-lights Ambler Road, what’s at stake? | Hatch Magazine

December 14, 2025 0 Comments

An irreplaceable swath of America’s public lands estate could be at the mercy of a Canadian mining company’s industrial road-building equipment in the not-too-distant future. A unique partnership between Trilogy Metals and the U.S. government is a driving force behind a massive 211-mile-long road construction project across the southern edges Read more
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What is the Most Important Question in Fly Fishing?

December 12, 2025 0 Comments

Photo: Earl Harper The entire sport of fly fishing is based on questions: Where are the trout holding? What insects are hatching? What stage are the trout eating? And on and on. Writing in Hatch Magazine, Todd Tanner tries to identify the most important question any angler can ask: “What fly should I fish this […] Read more
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