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Review: Redington Big Game 11- and 12-weight Musky Fly Rods

Has Redington built serious, specialized tools for musky anglers or glorified gimmicks?

by Matthew Reilly - Tuesday, Jun 23rd, 2026

Photo: Matt Reilly.

Modern-day fly anglers are incredibly lucky to be living through a time of intense specialization, particularly in the warmwater space. From the sometimes mind-boggling lineup of species- and technique-specific fly lines and rods, to the immediate availability of high-quality predator flies from highly-skilled fly tyers with ecommerce businesses, it’s never been easier to approach niche fly fishing targets with a high degree of preparedness.

Should we be targeting bull trout anywhere?

The bull trout conundrum

by Chris Hunt - Tuesday, Jun 23rd, 2026

An angler shows off a large bull trout in spawning colors from a British Columbia river (photo: D. Beck).

The ethics of fly fishing for bull trout are nebulous. They’re also a bit ephemeral, depending on where you’re fishing and your intent. The endangered char of the Northwest is protected by law in both the United States and Canada, but fishing for them throughout most of their native range is legal, so long as they’re released unharmed.

What I learned at the School of Trout

9 valuable lessons from 9 years of stellar fly fishing classes

by Todd Tanner - Thursday, Jun 18th, 2026

On-the-water instruction at the School of Trout (photo: Tim Romano).

I should be clear right off the bat. I’m not a student. And I didn’t attend the School of Trout. In addition to my longtime work as a fly fishing writer, I actually run the school. But that doesn’t mean that I haven’t learned from our classes, or our instructors, or our students.

Mike Lee, GOP colleagues move to permanently kill the Roadless Rule

Lee's amendment would strip existing rulemaking and bar the Forest Service from ever issuing similar roadless protections in the future

by Jim Pattiz - Wednesday, Jun 10th, 2026

Sen. Mike Lee at the June 10, 2026 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing (Image: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources).

On Wednesday morning, in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, with no hearing, no public notice beyond a leak the night before, and all the legitimacy of a pickpocket working a crowd, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved an amendment to kill the 2001 Roadless Rule. Not weaken it. Not “modernize” it. Not return it to the states.

'Absolutely crazy': Trump administration to dismantle crucial ocean monitoring system

The advanced, global instrumentation network was slated to deliver data and empower scientific research for at least a quarter century

by Julia Conley - Wednesday, Jun 10th, 2026

Ocean Observatories Initiative research gliders waiting for deployment (photo: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute).

In what a number of scientists suggested was the Trump administration’s latest effort to stop tracking the changing climate in hopes of convincing the public that the climate emergency isn’t happening, the National Science Foundation announced Monday that it was dismantling a crucial deep-ocean monitoring system that for years has helped researchers understand the impacts of the crisis on the world’s oceans.