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Review: Orvis Recon fly rod (3rd generation — 2026) | Hatch Magazine

March 23, 2026 Comments Off on Review: Orvis Recon fly rod (3rd generation — 2026) | Hatch Magazine

As I unzipped the top of the Cordura-coated rod tube in the front yard of a little Chilean farmhouse not too far from the cozy confines of Magic Waters Lodge, guide Collin McCloskey cast a curious eye my way. We were gearing up to fish a small stream that flows through the Patagonian countryside, and […] Read more
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New fly fishing gear: March 2026 | Hatch Magazine

March 14, 2026 Comments Off on New fly fishing gear: March 2026 | Hatch Magazine

With winter loosening its grip and a new fishing season about to kick off around the country, many anglers are looking to fill out their quiver with new rods, reels, lines, apparel and other odds and ends. Gear makers have obliged and while the winter months are often spartan in terms of new product releases, […] Read more
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Secrets, subterfuge and paradises lost | Hatch Magazine

March 7, 2026 Comments Off on Secrets, subterfuge and paradises lost | Hatch Magazine

When I spied the fire number I’d been told to look for, on a squally October night when the rain was trying hard to turn to snow, I had to smile. The northern Wisconsin “hunting cabin” my cousin Dean and his pals from Tennessee had rented was, as I suspected it would be, a mobile […] Read more
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Restoration update: In the wake of Klamath dam removal | Hatch Magazine

March 4, 2026 Comments Off on Restoration update: In the wake of Klamath dam removal | Hatch Magazine

Two years ago crews punched holes in three dams on the Klamath River in northern California and southern Oregon. Waters held back for decades rushed free. It wasn’t pretty: For weeks, a river of chocolate milk cut through a raw, monotone landscape of glistening, sticky mud. The dams were removed later in 2024, reconnecting the […] Read more
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Succession | Hatch Magazine – Fly Fishing, etc.

March 1, 2026 Comments Off on Succession | Hatch Magazine – Fly Fishing, etc.

On all the maps, the gravel-bottomed, tannin-tinted stream had a name, but Vincent and Sean—Master Maine Fishing Guide Sean Rideout—never spoke it, even to each other. They did have words for each of the stream’s discrete and singular features—its pools, its runs, its riffles—but these were names that had never been put to paper, which Read more
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Gear we love right now: February 2026 | Hatch Magazine

February 27, 2026 0 Comments

Anglers are drowning in gear choices—rods, reels, boots, waders, lines, packs, bags, boxes, vests, apparel and more. It seems harder and harder to know what’s worth coveting and what’s worth ignoring. Gear reviews are a great way to explore in-depth what might be right for you, but not every piece of gear is suited to […] Read more
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