Whenever I run into a decent video from the 802, I feel I have to post it. We have some great fishing in Vermont, but it doesn’t get a lot of press. In fact, I’m going fishing at lunchtime today for brookies just like the ones shown here.
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Photo of the Day: Charlie’s First Big Brown Trout
Charlie Moderelli makes sure his fish doesn’t get away before there’s photographic evidence.
Photo by Ray Berumen
Here is a picture of Charlie Moderelli and his father, Rob Moderelli, from Long Island, New York. Charlie is 11 years old and just started his summer vacation. On Charlie’s first fishing trip, he learned how to short-and long-line nymph from my drift boat on the Battenkill, on the New York side. His first fish was a. . .
Read MoreVideo: “Dream Stream” Brown Trout in the Wind
Our old pal Ivan is back, after a four month hiatus, with a great new video of fishing the “Dream Stream” stretch of the South Platte in the North Park area of Colorado. He writes, “Not all days are great. Conditions aren’t always. . .
Read MoreAn Upstream Journey, Dispatch #5: Taking a Break in Bend
Written by: Paul Moinester
Brian O’Keefe shows off a Deschutes River brown trout.
Photo by Paul Moinester
[Editor’s Note: Paul Moinester has embarked on a six-month, 20,000-mile adventure to exploring the upstream battle to protect wild fish and their habitat. He will be posting dispatches on the Fly Fishing blog throughout his journey. And, as someone who has fished with Brian O’Keefe, I can corroborate everything Paul writes here.]
No matter how hard I try to contain my excitement, I inevitably spend the days leading up to any fishing trip daydreaming about everything unfolding perfectly. Thoughts of vicious takes, line zipping off my reel, lots of gripping, and even more grinning swirl through my head and consume my brain. In the weeks leading up to my. . .
Read MorePhotos of the Day: Hot Times on the Henrys Fork
Written by: Tom Evenson, Orvis Western ELOG Director
Nick Minor, Three River Ranch Guide and Shop Manager landed this gorgeous brown on a streamer.
All photos by Tom Evenson
This past week I traveled to Three Rivers Ranch (one of the first ever Orvis Endorsed Lodges) in Warm River, Idaho, for a business meeting with lodge owner, Lonnie Allen, and a group of her staff and guides. After the meeting, a few of us did a short float on the
Read MoreVideo: Dry-Fly Brown Trout in the Basque Country
Here’s a dreamy video from the Pyrenees of France, featuring some great trout eats and some fabulous leaps at around 1:45.
Read MorePhotos of the Day: Big Browns on the Owyhee
Liz Caval just received a Master’s degree, as well as a degree in dry-fly fishing.
All photos courtesy Evan Williams
Evan Williams and Liz Caval took a desert adventure to The Big O—Oregon’s Owyhee River—to celebrate Liz’s recent graduation from a Masters-degree program by setting their sights on another huge milestone: catching an Owyhee brown. This spring has been really windy, but Evan says that the. . .
Read MorePhotos of the Day: Beautiful Colorado Brown is Proof that Catch-and-Release Works
This fine Colorado brown trout was caught and released about a month ago.
Photo by Jon Hill
We’ve previously posted several times about Colorado angler and blogger Jon Hill‘s forays into the Colorado mountains in search of cutthroats. (See here, here, here, and here.) Over the weekend, he sent a couple of photographs that. . .
Read MoreVideo: One Big Fish
Western Fly Media is a new player in the video game, and this is their first production. It features some beautiful brown trout, Montana landscapes, and a cool groove. There are lots of great shots here, and when you see the birds working just above the water’s surface like that, you know things are gonna be good.
Read MoreVideo: Streamer Madness in Alberta and Montana
Here’s a cool video from Dave Brown Outfitters that celebrates chucking meat for big trout. Fishing streamers from a drift boat is one of my favorite pastimes in spring and fall.
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