On the morning of Day Four, we said goodbye to the Highlands Lodge and drove an hour and a half southeast to the Hotel Grimsborgir, near Selfoss. We dropped our gear and headed out to two local lakes–the massive Þingvallavatn (Thingvallavatn) . . .
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Iceland, Day Three: Here Comes the Sun . . . and the Fish
As I wrote yesterday, What a difference a day makes. After an appalling day of brutal weather and difficult fishing, we were greeted this morning by bright sunshine and very little wind. I headed out with guest Paul and Clint, guided by young . . .
Read MoreIceland, Day Two: Cold Lava
What a difference a day makes. The second morning of Orvis Week in Iceland with Fish Partner brought colder temperatures, driving rain, and howling wind. Every fly-fisher’s dream, am I right? But with the successes of the previous day still fresh in . . .
Read MoreIceland, Day One: Volcanic Char
This week, I am lucky enough to serve as host for Orvis Week in Iceland with Fish Partner, and our first day was spent casting for arctic char and brown trout on some of the glorious river of the Central Highlands: the Tungnaá, the Kaldakvísl, and the . . .
Read MoreClassic Video: Alaska Char Wars
Check out this gorgeous video from our friends from Fly Out Media in Alaska. Here, they film the chase for big arctic char on the Iliamna River last September. The river, which flows into the . . .
Read MoreVideo: The Mouse-Eating Rainbows (and More!) of Alaska
The latest full-length video from Catch Magazine’s Todd Moen is an epic journey to western Alaska, where angler Brian O’Keefe throws mouse patterns to big rainbows, arctic char, and even grayling. The shots of the surface strikes are exciting, but as . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Four Hot Ways to Fish a Mouse Pattern
In mid-August, I hosted a trip to one of the most remote fisheries on the planet, the Kamchatka Peninsula, more specifically the Ozernaya River. The “Oz” is in the middle of a restricted Russian military zone halfway up the Peninsula, about 300 miles . . .
Read MoreEverything You Want to Know About Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)
The male arctic char develops brilliant spawning colors in fall.
Photo by Nils Rinaldi from Lausanne, Switzerland, via Wikimedia Commons
The spectacular spawning colors of the male make the Arctic char one of the most photogenic game fish, but you must head to the far north or the high country of Europe to find. . .
Read MoreVideo: In Search of Ice-Age Browns in “The Hidden”
“The Hidden,” one of the big hits from last year’s International Fly Fishing Film Festival, has just been released for general viewing. It stars several “Friends of Orvis”–including Fishing . . .
Read MoreVideo: “The Three Wise Men” in Northern Norway
It seems as if Norway has an endless supply of great fishing opportunities and talented filmmakers willing to document them. Here’s a glorious production from Håvard Thomassen, chronicling a . . .
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