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 . . .
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Pro 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 . . .
Read MoreVideo: The Giant Char of Greenland at “Camp North”
Our pals Nerijus and Vaidas, a.k.a. Black Fly Eyes, are back with another adventure to a far-flung corner of the world. This time, they’ve traveled to the western coast of Greenland to chase sea. . .
Read MoreTrip Report and Photos: Into the Wilds of Swedish Lapland
Written by: Oliver Streuli, The International Hobbyist
The author shows off a brown trout that was average-size for the river.
Photos courtesy Oliver Streuli
Once again, the onus, enjoyable though it may be, was on me to plan my annual fishing trip with my friend, Mark. This year, we wanted a little wilderness along with our fishing, and northern . . .
Read MoreVideo: Char and Trout in Remote Northern Sweden
Here’s a gorgeous video from remote Swedish Lapland, at the northern tip of the country. Two brothers spend seven days paddling, camping, and catching trophy arctic char and trout. The . . .
Read MoreVideo: 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: Swedish Lappland 2016
Here is an absolutely gorgeous video from our pal Frederik Lorentzen of Inwaders Media, who traveled to far northern Sweden to fish for brown trout and arctic char. The fish are certainly . . .
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