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Winners Announced for the 2025 Stimmies Fly Fishing Film Awards

The results are in! The 2025 Stimmies has wrapped up its biggest and most exciting season yet, with the highest voter participation in Stimmies history and overwhelming feedback that this year’s films were the best in competition to date. Presented by Scientific Anglers, Fly Fusion Magazine, and IF4™, the Stimmies celebrates excellence Read more
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Patagonia Launches New Fly Fishing Gear for 2026

By: Rick Mikesell Following a strong 2025 season that saw the release of the updated Swiftcurrent wader line and a well-received overhaul of the Stealth pack collection, Patagonia has announced several new products for 2026. The updates expand their technical wading and sun protection offerings while adding fresh options for anglers targeting both Read more
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Podcast: Fly Fishing in Chesapeake Bay, with Scott Barmby

  [Interview starts at 35:56] Tom Rosenbauer’s guest this week is Scott Barmby, director of the Orvis Chesapeake Fly Fishing Schools, who educates us on threats to the bay’s population of striped bass, and also the many fly-fishing opportunities in the areay. It’s a vast ecosystem that I didn’t know much about, so Read more
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Tying Tuesday: Late-Summer Selections | MidCurrent

In this week’s Tying Tuesday, we’re featuring four cool patterns that should come in handy this time of year. We kick things off with Gary Morin tying an elegant Rusty Spinner with a CDC wing that should cause the pattern to lie in the surface film, just like the real thing. Next up, the folks […] Read more
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The Meteoric Rise and Fall of a Denver Fly Shop

For years, Trouts Fly Fishing was everywhere on social media—producing gorgeous Youtube videos on flies and techniques, regularly posting to Facebook and Instagram—and then it just disappeared. A fascinating story in Fly Fisherman by Andrew Becker features interviews with several of the players in this story and details how it all went wrong. Read more
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Simms Introduces Grateful Dead-Themed Waders and Apparel

There’s long been a connection between fly fishing and the music of the Grateful Dead. (See the Abel reel, as well as the myriad sticker, hats, tee shirts, and pins.) As someone who’d rather listen to the screams of a colicky baby than any Dead song, I’ve never quite understood it, but I know that […] Read more
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