If you think that fly fishing is a difficult sport, check out this inspirational video about a woman named Marty Loudder–an associate dean and professor of accounting at Texas A&M–who decided to . . .
Read MoreHere’s a cool video in which Orvis ambassador Marina Gibson explains some of the basics of fly fishing to a conventional angler (and person who loves to say “incredible”). It will become abundantly clear from . . .
Read MoreJuly 2020 marked the first ever all girls Lillard Fly Fishing Expedition. Plans had been made, permits procured, girls signed up, and then, you guessed it, Coronavirus happened. Some new plans and precautions had to be drawn up, and the trip . . .
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Here’s an absolutely gorgeous video about a man’s love for his home water and his desire to share the magic with the next generation–his daughter, Amelia. Paul Weiss does a great job of . . .
Read MoreChase and Aimee of Tight Loops have created another dispatch from their ongoing van trip fly-fishing around the American West. (Last month, they were in the Wyoming backcountry.) In. . .
Read MoreI have been interviewing guides across the country on their techniques for small-stream trout fishing, and I want to get these out sooner rather than later, at the peak of the season. So this week, we have a special double feature . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Kaitlin Barnhart
I held the stamped envelope, full of spring soccer sign up forms, in the mail slot for a few seconds before letting go—committing to a spring of weekend plans. Sure, I can stand in a river in the . . .
Read MoreWhile the world is waiting for this pandemic to end, we all yearn for more time outside adventuring, exploring, or maybe just a safe place to enjoy a drink and a view. After being stuck at home, we felt like the first week of May was . . .
Read MoreThis week, we are talking about native trout, specifically the Rio Grande cutthroat of New Mexico. It’s a story of two communities–one a small New Mexico town and the other the Taos Pueblo tribe–told by Toner Mitchell of Trout . . .
Read MoreOne of the most important modern-day connections in fly fishing, the loop-to-loop connection is used for a variety of applications. However, the most common use is the junction between the welded loop on your fly line and the loop in the . . .
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