first casts

A dead trout lies encased in mud along Wyoming’s Shoshone River downstream from Cody.
Photo by Raymond Hillegas, via codyenterprise.com

“First Casts” is an occasional feature that highlights great fly-fishing content from around the Web—from how-to articles, to photo essays, to interesting reads. . . .

Women in fly fishing was the subject of an important sessions at OGR16.
Photo via The Noisy Plume

At the 2016 Orvis Guide Rendezvous in Missoula, Montana earlier this month, the first annual Women’s Leadership Lab brought together 35 female anglers and businesswomen to discuss how to attract and retain more women in the sport. Writing on The Noisy Plume blog, . . .

Chad Brown continues to make a difference in the lives of inner city kids and veterans.
Photo via Adventure Journal

“First Casts” is an occasional feature that highlights great fly-fishing content from around the Web—from how-to articles, to photo essays, to interesting reads. . . .

The discovery of spawning Atlantic salmon in the Connecticut River may re-energize restoration efforts.
Photo via fieldandstream.com

“First Casts” is an occasional feature that highlights great fly-fishing content from around the Web—from how-to articles, to photo essays, to interesting reads.

A brook trout from Red Brook, in eastern Massachusetts.
Photo courtesy of the Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition

Editor’s Note: “First Casts” is an occasional feature that highlights great fly-fishing content from around the Web—from how-to articles, to photo essays, to interesting reads. . .

If you learn a few basic techniques and strategies, you can take much better fishing photos.
Photo by Steven Brutger via stalkingtheseam.com

“First Casts” is an occasional feature that highlights great fly-fishing content from around the Web—from how-to articles, to photo essays, to interesting reads.

Arctic grayling are making a comeback in Yellowstone National Park
Photo via USFWS Mountain-Prairie on Flickr

“First Casts” is an occasional feature that highlights great fly-fishing content from around the Web—from how-to articles, to photo essays, to interesting reads. . . .