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Podcast: All About Bamboo Fly Rods, with Shawn Brillon

  [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

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

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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What is the Most Important Question in Fly Fishing?

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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Maine Family Challenges State Over Fly-Fishing-Only Regulations

Fly-fishing-only regulations have been a vital tool for fisheries managers for decades, but some conventional anglers in Maine are suing to gain access to waters that have been off-limits to them: A family of fishermen is pushing for change. They say rules related to fly fishing aren’t fair, so they’ve filed a lawsuit against the […] Read more
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TU Breaks Ground on First Major Restoration Project in Arizona

Material inserted in the creek will improve habitat for native Apache trout. Photo: Trout Unlimited The new Thompson-Burro Meadow Restoration Project—near the community of Alpine in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest—will not only offer better habitat for Arizona’s native Apache trout, but it will also benefit the Phoenix Valley and Read more
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