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Tying Tuesday: Streamers, Nymphs, and Innovative Emergers

February 17, 2026 0 Comments

Mid-February can feel like purgatory for the fly angler—ice is creeping off the edges but hatches are still weeks away, and the boat ramp feels like a distant memory. The antidote, as always, is a loaded bobbin and a purpose. This week’s Tying Tuesday brings four patterns that cover serious ground: Cheech’s upgraded Wedge Head […] Read more
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Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Won’t Get ESA Protection—Despite “Moderate Risk of Extinction”

February 16, 2026 0 Comments

NOAA’s decision not to list OP steelhead under the ESA has conservation groups reviewing legal options and demanding immediate action from state and tribal co-managers — all while the peak of the wild winter run is underway. Image by Hone Creative NOAA Fisheries concluded on January 14 that Olympic Peninsula steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) do Read more
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Brook Trout Win Big in $44.2 Million Chesapeake Bay Restoration Package

February 16, 2026 0 Comments

The largest annual investment through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund sends $812,000 to Trout Unlimited for native brook trout habitat in the Potomac headwaters. Image by Danita Delimont The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on February 11 announced $44.2 million in grants for water Read more
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My good friend, Slack | Hatch Magazine

February 14, 2026 0 Comments

“Slack is evil.” Admittedly, this oft-recited fly fishing mantra has always hurt me a little. As someone who does the vast majority of his fishing with streamers, Slack and I have grown close over the years. From murderous musky eats to impossibly subtle subsurface smallmouth inhalations, Slack has been there all the way, playing a […] Read more
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Fall in love with a legend: Win a St. Croix Legend Elite SALT Fly Rod | Hatch Magazine

Fall in love with a legend: Win a St. Croix Legend Elite SALT Fly Rod | Hatch Magazine

February 14, 2026 0 Comments

Beginning this Valentine’s Day, St. Croix Fly Rods and Hatch Magazine are offering anglers the chance to fall in love with a legend — St. Croix’s all-new Legend Elite SALT. Whether your next adventure will take you to a tropical bonefish or permit flat, to the gulf coast in search of mammoth redfish, to the […] Read more
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Trump admin eliminates America’s ability to protect cold, clean water and viable fisheries | Hatch Magazine

February 13, 2026 0 Comments

Earlier today, the Trump administration revoked the EPA’s greenhouse gas Endangerment Finding. According to the EPA’s website regarding the 2009 finding: “The Administrator finds that the current and projected concentrations of the six key well-mixed greenhouse gases—carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), Read more
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