Photos: OGR14 Adventure Day One on Upper Rock Creek


The wild brown trout on Rock Creek often feature gorgeous spots.
Photo by Lisa Savard

I flew into Missoula, Montana on Monday night for the 2014 Orvis Guide Rendezvous, which officially kicks off tomorrow. My friends Tim and Lisa Savard live on Rock Creek, so I planned to spend a couple days with. . .

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Diddy’s Retro Hat Now Available!


Trout? What trout? Check out that lid!
Photo by Jim Logan

Last month, when we featured the above photo of Orvis rod designer Shawn “Diddy” Combs with a fine brown trout to illustrate a how-to article, several. . .

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Video: The Amazing Mayfly and the Brown Trout

Here’s a gorgeous video from Italy (?) that follows the life stages of the classic Mayfly (Ephemera danica), and then shows imitations at work on some nice stillwater browns. I can’t wait to. . .

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Photos: Opening Weekend on the Emerald Isle

Written by: Paul Moinester


The brown trout were hungry after the long winter closure.
All photos by Paul Moinester

On the train back from Dundalk, I scanned through my photos from the last three days, amazed by how much water we had covered and how many fish we had brought to hand. It was opening weekend of trout season in the northeastern corner of the. . .

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Photos: Hard Work Pays Off in New Zealand

Written by: Hannah Perkins


Chris Budro fights a difficult New Zealand brown in close quarters.
Photo by Hannah Perkins

We had been fishing hard for the past month, waking up early and getting home late. We spent the days staring into flowing water praying we would see some type of movement that was clearly different from a. . .

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