by Spencer Durrant - Friday, Jul 31st, 2020
Redington recently announced the discontinuation of their popular Hydrogen rod series, which has long been one of the brand’s most popular rods. Few companies, though, are willing to stand pat with their lineups these days, especially where fly rods are concerned.
by Hatch Magazine - Friday, Jul 24th, 2020
Since taking office in 2017, Donald Trump and his administration have made a mockery of the EPA and U.S. environmental policy. Trump has appointed industry toadies such as disgraced former EPA head Scott Pruit and current EPA administrator and former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler.
by Spencer Durrant - Thursday, Jul 23rd, 2020
March is the cruelest month. At least, it is for anglers in the Rocky Mountains. March flirts with the idea of spring, stringing along enough warm days that the bigger bugs start hatching. After a winter of tossing tiny flies, the size 18 blue-winged olives that first show up in March are a welcome reprieve.
by Chris Hunt - Tuesday, Jul 21st, 2020
Ah, the summer of COVID-19. Won’t we have some stories to tell to the grandkids?
For me, it was supposed to be, largely, a Canadian summer. I had two trips planned to the Arctic, and one trip to the Yukon, just shy of the Arctic Circle. Pike. Grayling. Brook trout.
by Chad Shmukler - Monday, Jul 20th, 2020
In recent years, steelhead populations along the west coast of the United States have continued to dwindle. 2019 was another dismal year for steelhead returns throughout the Pacific Northwest, sparking fishing closures, with the usual suspects to blame—poor ocean conditions caused by marine heatwaves, the impacts of hatchery fish on wild populations and, of course, habitat degradation and the myriad other impacts of dams on watersheds that are historically home to anadromous fish.
The bright, 14-inch rainbow trout launched into the air, silhouetting itself against the June sky, mirrored in the shining surface of the stream as it fell back to the...
Given the sheer amount of less-than-reliable fly fishing information floating around on the internet, it’s not always easy for anglers to know who to trust when it comes...
It wasn't so long ago that I was at the stage in life where a number of iconic figures in the art and entertainment world I'd grown up with had begun to pass out of this...
Flats fishing is an active pursuit, and the terrain isn’t always as friendly as we wish it was. And when you’re wading, it’s all about stealth and balance. Keeping your...
I teach basic fly-fishing skills at Penn State University. Most of my students have little experience fishing for wild or native trout but have spent plenty of time...
Yesterday, the Biden administration rejected the “speculative” Amber Road Project that would have constructed an industrial-grade road some 210 miles into the Alaskan...
