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Has One of the World’s Best Brown Trout Fisheries Been Hiding in Plain Sight?

September 14, 2025 0 Comments

A stunning brown trout from Iceland’s Blanda River. Photo: Earl Harper via Hatch Magazine It seems remarkable that, in this age of nonstop Internet fly-fishing coverage, there would be a world-class fishery that remained under the radar. But it seems that most folks haven’t heard of a particular gem in the northwestern highlands of Iceland. Read more
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Unicorns of midnight | Hatch Magazine

September 12, 2025 0 Comments

Besides the hundred or so tires pried from the bottom of the Upper Delaware during last month’s annual “Get Trashed” river clean-up, something else emerged from the depths that day: reports of stripers – lots of them, and big ones, too. Guides in driftboats, tires piled four-deep in their bows, saw them holding in deeper […] Read more
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Permanent Fly-Fishing Art by Tattooist AJ McGuire

September 11, 2025 0 Comments

Cutthroat, brook trout, and brown trout tattoos by AJ McGuire. Photos: AJ McGuire By: Rick Mikesell, MidCurrent Gear Guru Fly fishing is a sport defined by passion. Anglers dive in deep and not only immerse themselves in water in pursuit of fish, but also in the culture and lifestyle that surround the sport. We can […] Read more
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Review: Moonlit Lunar S2 fiberglass fly rod | Hatch Magazine

September 11, 2025 0 Comments

The fly-fishing industry is a conglomerate of niches. To its admirable credit, it works hard to satisfy the desires of its customers. From the saltwater double-haulers and their broom-handle-stiff, double-digit graph-o-licious rocket launchers to the creek-freakers who crawl through the brush and parkour their way up mountain streams, 0-weight Read more
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Review: Moonlit Lunar S2 fly rod | Hatch Magazine

September 11, 2025 0 Comments

The fly-fishing industry is a conglomerate of niches. To its admirable credit, it works hard to satisfy the desires of its customers. From the saltwater double-haulers and their broom-handle-stiff, double-digit graph-o-licious rocket launchers to the creek-freakers who crawl through the brush and parkour their way up mountain streams, 0-weight Read more
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Podcast: The Mysterious Mary Orvis Marbury, with Historian Steve Woit

September 10, 2025 0 Comments

  [Interview starts at 37:50] Mary Orvis Marbury, daughter of Orvis founder Charles F. Orvis, is an important figure in the history of American fly fishing. She was the first person to catalog and standardize American fly patterns, but she led a sad and mysterious life. Historian Steve Woit has written an expansive and Read more
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