2025 marks the 40th year that the Orvis Company will recognize excellence in sporting experiences through its Endorsed Lodges, Outfitters, and Guides (ELOG) program. The winners of this year’s coveted “Of the Year” Awards will be announced virtually via blog and social posts on March 26th. Here are this year’s nominees . . .
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Podcast: What’s It Like to Run a Fishing Lodge? With Tim and Joanne Linehan
What are the pleasures and pitfalls of running a successful fishing lodge? What’s it really like behind the scenes? And how did a couple kids from New Hampshire end up running one of the most successful fishing and hunting lodges in Montana? . . .
Read MorePhotos and Story: River of Dreams in Slovenia
The Krka arises in a limestone cave about a mile from the lodge. The river meanders east, toward the Croatian border, then enters the Sava, the largest tributary of the Danube. In spring and summer, anglers content themselves with the self-sustaining . . .
Read MoreThe Trip, Day 96: The Spanish Pyrenees
By the time we arrived in Spain, we were exhausted by the 30-hour trip from Japan. It took us a few days of recovering in Barcelona before we returned to a regular sleep pattern and got back in condition to spend long days fishing in the . . .
Read MoreTikchik Narrows Lodge, Day Two: The Pak
Day Two at Tikchik Narrows Lodge began with a short but glorious flight southward to Lake Beverley, where our guide, Brendan Heselton, was waiting for us. We loaded up the jet boat and headed across the lake to its outlet. The plan was to fish both ends . . .
Read MoreTikchik Narrows Lodge, Day One: The Noosh
When you first set eyes on Tikchik Narrows from the air, as the floatplane prepares to land, you’re struck by the incredible scale of the landscape that surrounds it. Perched on a peninsula between Tikchik and Nuyakuk Lakes in western Bristol Bay, the lodge . . .
Read MoreThe Trip, Day 89: Japan
Today I experienced something that I had been looking forward to for some time. There was something appealing about the idea of fly fishing in Japan. Perhaps it was because I had not heard of many anglers who had fly-fished on the island; perhaps . . .
Read MoreThe Trip, Day 72: Australia (including Tasmania)
We have always tried to balance our days between the cities and the countryside. Although every city is unique in what it offers to the visitor, to experience the true character of a region, we’ve found that we need to explore its natural environment. It is as . . .
Read MorePro Tips: 5 Things to Think About Before Leaving on a Fly-Fishing Trip
As a lifetime traveling fly angler, who now works in the fly-fishing travel industry, I have both experienced and observed several situations that can easily make or break a fly fishing. . .
Read MoreInto the North Maine Woods, and Into the Past
We were about four hours into an all-day hike, fishing our way upstream on a gorgeous brook-trout and landlocked-salmon river in a remote corner of Maine’s Baxter State Park, when guide Jeff LaBree stopped next to a seemingly uninteresting stretch . . .
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