In response to a question about prairie-grouse habitat from listener Eric Hall of Thurmond, North Carolina, Reid reaches out to Steve “Grouseman” Grossman, owner of Double Gun Bird Hunts, Little Moran Grouse Camp, and . . .
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Podcast: Is Catch-and-Release an Effective Conservation Tool?
his week’s podcast is a spirited discussion with Dr. Andy Danylchuk, Professor of Fish Conservation at UMass Amherst, Science Advisor for Keepemwet Fishing and Research Fellow for Bonefish Tarpon Trust. My question to Andy . . .
Read MoreTake a NEW Phil Monahan Fly-Fishing Trivia Challenge 02.13.20
Welcome to another edition of our weekly trivia challenge, in which we test your knowledge of all things fly fishing and where you might learn a thing or two about this sport we love. This week, we’ve got 10 fresh-from-the-water questions about river . . .
Read MoreStory and Photos: Chesapeake Dawn
Between a greenhead’s feeding chuckle and the hailing call of a hen mallard, Garrett Mullaney muses about the future of waterfowl hunting in America. The twenty-seven-year-old software sales executive is in the middle of a conversation about . . .
Read MoreClassic Story: Patience Pays Off in Alaska
The huge rainbows that Alaska is famous for are not always easy to catch.
All photos by Jeremy Kehrein
In early July 1995, I was guiding two of my favorite clients of all time—a father-and-son team from Annapolis, Maryland—on the Copper River, which drains into Alaska’s Lake Iliamna. Tom and. . .
Read MoreTop 10 Flies for Winter in the Northeast
Written by: Joe Demalderis, Cross Current Guide Service and Outfitters
Capt. Joe Demalderis (left) and his fellow guides offer ten patterns for winter on their home waters.
Photo via Facebook
Winter in the northeast and on the waters I call home, the Upper Delaware System, can vary greatly in conditions. Where you can legally fish is also a consideration, with many waters closed to fishing to protect spawning trout, so always be certain to . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 02.12.20
Welcome to the latest installment of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a weekly roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. With both Christmas and New Year’s Day falling on Wednesdays, it’s been a few weeks. Working . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Phat and Phunky Pheasant Tail Nymph
The original Pheasant Tail Nymph was tied by English riverkeeper Frank Sawyer in the 1950s, and in the decades since there have been countless variations. Fly tiers can’t help but tinker with patterns that work, trying to squeeze even more trout-catching . . .
Read MoreVideo: Top 5 Flies for Febuary 2020
In this month’s “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver, Ivan Orsic and Trouts Denver Head Guide Scott Dickson are back out on the South Platte near Deckers to see what trout are eating. Scott offers his favorite . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tip: Stay Late in Winter
Winter fly fishing is almost always about good moments. It’s rare to have good fishing all day when the temperatures are low. Instead, there are usually brief windows of time when the fish decide to bite. In this video, Joe Rotter from . . .
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