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The Fly Fishing Show announces 2022 dates

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced 2021 cancellations, shows return in 2022

by Hatch Magazine - Tuesday, Jun 15th, 2021

Fly reels on display at The Fly Fishing Show (photo: Chad Shmukler).

After a pandemic-fueled series of iterative postponements and cancellations that eventually led to the cancellation of their entire 2021 schedule, The Fly Fishing Show has announced its 2022 dates, featuring a nearly fully restored schedule. The 2022 Fly Fishing Show will kick off January 21, 2022 in Marlborough, Massachusetts and conclude on March 6, 2022 in Lancaster Pennsylvania, making 4 other stops along the way.

When a dry-dropper rig should be your go-to nymphing tactic

The key to nymphing isn't always fishing deep

by George Daniel - Monday, Jun 14th, 2021

Photo: Chad Shmukler

Nymphing is one of the most productive fly fishing methods given that trout spend the majority of their time feeding below the surface. Often the question is “what nymphing tactic do I use?” There is no clear-cut answer to this question, simply because there are times when one nymphing tactic is better than others.

More than 60 businesses sign letter urging Biden admin to reinstate Tongass roadless protections

Guides, outfitters, conservation groups and more urge Biden to protect America's Salmon Forest

by Chad Shmukler - Friday, Jun 11th, 2021

Forest meets glacier in the Tongass National Forest (photo: Earl Harper).

Ask Mark Hieronymous, fishing guide and Sportfish Outreach Coordinator for Trout Unlimited's Alaska program, and he'll gladly tell you that Alaska's Tongass National Forest "is one of the few places in the world where wild salmon and trout still thrive and development hasn’t reduced the landscape to a patchwork of inadequate wildlife habitat.

G. Loomis intros new IMX-PRO Euro-nymphing and Creek specialist fly rods

The new IMX-PROe and IMX-PROc continue the series' purpose-driven tradition

by Hatch Magazine - Wednesday, Jun 9th, 2021

The new IMX-PROc, or IMX-PRO CREEK (photo: G. Loomis).

Woodland, WA rod maker G. Loomis introduced the IMX-PRO lineup back in 2017 as a "purpose-built" lineup of rods that, rather than being a slate of do-it-all tools, was comprised of rods designed to tackle specific tasks. Over the years, that philosophy has proven itself on the water. For countless anglers, many of which are guides, various IMX-PRO models—such as the streamer-centric IMX-PRO 905-7 or the punchy IMX-PRO 61111-4 Short Spey—have become favorite and dependable task-specific performers.

Review: Korkers River Ops wading boots

Korkers' latest offering might be their best wading boot yet

by Spencer Durrant - Sunday, Jun 6th, 2021

The Korkers River Ops wading boots (photo: Spencer Durrant).

I’ve been wearing Korkers boots for a while now — long enough that I’m not sure when I bought my first pair. Wading boots, for all their importance, lack the sex appeal of rods, waders, or reels. But since that first set of boots, I’ve watched Korkers engage in a consistent effort to bring new, innovative, interesting products to market.