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Pile of fish | Hatch Magazine

March 24, 2026 Comments Off on Pile of fish | Hatch Magazine

Wow, did Big Joe love to fish! And was he good at it! Really good! He would beat you to the cast like a gunslinger outdrawing you with his six-shooter. While you were midway through a double haul, Big Joe would fire out a lure with his spinning rod that would land inches from a […] Read more
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Tying Tuesday: On the Surface

March 24, 2026 Comments Off on Tying Tuesday: On the Surface

This week’s Tying Tuesday leans all the way into the surface, bringing you four patterns that cover the dry fly spectrum from classic to quirky: a soft-fur caddis built around a coyote mask, a foam hopper that’s as fun to tie as it is to fish, a CDC soft hackle emerger designed specifically for the […] Read more
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Wyoming’s Corner-Crossing Bill Dies in Senate as Montana Eyes 2027

March 23, 2026 Comments Off on Wyoming’s Corner-Crossing Bill Dies in Senate as Montana Eyes 2027

Wyoming’s effort to codify corner crossing into state statute is dead. Montana’s parallel push won’t reach the legislature until 2027 at the earliest. Together, the two states show how far the West remains from resolving a question that directly determines where anglers and hunters can legally go. Corner crossing refers to stepping from one Read more
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MFWP Asks Flathead Anglers to Stay Vigilant for Illegal Brown Trout

March 23, 2026 Comments Off on MFWP Asks Flathead Anglers to Stay Vigilant for Illegal Brown Trout

Image by goodluz Nine months after a single brown trout photograph triggered one of northwest Montana’s most urgent fisheries investigations, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks says eDNA testing found no trace of the nonnative fish—but the agency isn’t standing down. As guides and anglers return to the Flathead River drainage this spring, Read more
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Review: Orvis Recon fly rod (3rd generation — 2026) | Hatch Magazine

March 23, 2026 Comments Off on Review: Orvis Recon fly rod (3rd generation — 2026) | Hatch Magazine

As I unzipped the top of the Cordura-coated rod tube in the front yard of a little Chilean farmhouse not too far from the cozy confines of Magic Waters Lodge, guide Collin McCloskey cast a curious eye my way. We were gearing up to fish a small stream that flows through the Patagonian countryside, and […] Read more
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Win an Epic 476 Packlight Fly Rod and Support Native Fish

March 17, 2026 Comments Off on Win an Epic 476 Packlight Fly Rod and Support Native Fish

Win a beautiful, limited-edition black 7′ 6″, 5-piece, 4-weight high-performance modern glass fly rod from Epic. This Epic Reference Series FastGlass 476 Packlight is an NFC favorite for larger streams and small rivers. When NFC was looking for a rod to present to founding member and National Chair Emily Bastian for her efforts, we chose Read more
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