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Anglers and Scientists are Racing to Save Appalachian Brook Trout

October 30, 2025 0 Comments

To survey aquatic life, the brook trout crew stuns them temporarily, puts fish in a bucket, and measure them before releasing them back into the wild. Photo: Katie Myers / Blue Ridge Public Radio / Grist As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge, Appalachia’s native trout are losing ground, but a dedicated group of biologists […] Read more
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Tying Tuesday: Flies That Get the Job Done

October 28, 2025 0 Comments

In this week’s Tying Tuesday, we’re serving up three very different patterns that will be effective in a variety of situations. We kick things of with Lance Egan walking us through a new variation of his high-floating Corn Fed Caddis, this time featuring peacock herl for the body. Next up is the fly everyone loves […] Read more
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Video: How to Make a Backhand Snake Roll with an Air Mend

October 27, 2025 0 Comments

  In response to our recent Ask MidCurrrent article What’s the Secret to Achieving a Dead Drift?, Norway-based angler André Brun sent us a cool video as an example of how you can use Spey casts and reach mends to help in a specific situation. I responded to ask what the benefits of this technique […] Read more
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Good Advice: Move Your Feet

October 26, 2025 0 Comments

Photo: Thomas Brimer Fly fishers spend a lot time thinking about the right gear, flies, and presentation, but in a recent Hatch Magazine article Chris Hunt writes about a valuable piece of fly-fishing wisdom he learned that had nothing to do with the above: But perhaps the best advice Kirk ever gave me was long […] Read more
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In Pursuit of the Ancient Tarpon of the Everglades

October 25, 2025 0 Comments

Illustration: Paul Puckett Monte Burke has made a name for himself as the preeminent chronicler of modern fly fishing for tarpon. If you haven’t yet read his Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World-Record Tarpon, you’re missing out. In the latest issue of Garden&Gun magazine, Burke writes about a trip […] Read more
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Video: Tom Rosenbauer on How to Get Streamers Deep

October 25, 2025 0 Comments

You need to get your streamer or soft hackle wet fly deeper than you can with a floating line. You want it to stay deep during your retrieve or swing. Should you just add a sinking poly leader to your floating line or are there times when a sinking tip fly line works better? In […] Read more
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