Utah’s New Cutthroat Slam Program is a Blast!


The Utah Cutthroat Slam requires anglers to catch all four species native to the Beehive State.
Photos by Phil Monahan

Having grown up in New England, I did not lay eyes on a cutthroat trout until I was twenty-eight years old. During a week of training to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana’s Paradise Valley, I . . .

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Photo Essay: A November Adventure in Colorado

Written by: Tyler Coleman


The Farley brothers work their way upstream on a gorgeous November day in Colorado.
Photo by Tyler Coleman

Colorado is one of those places every fly fisher enjoys visiting, and when I first found out that an old friend who lived out there had taken up fly fishing, I began to plan a time to wander the . . .

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Photos: A Birthday to Remember. . .on the Water

Drew Ross, Looknfishy


I think that most of us would accept this beautiful cutthroat as a birthday present.
Photos courtesy

My wife talked some buddies into taking me fishing to celebrate my 40th birthday because she knows I would rather fish with my friends than have a party. We fished he Norfork and White . . .

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Classic Photo Essay: A Father-Daughter Trip of a Lifetime to Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness

Written by: Frazier Blair, Orvis Vice President of Merchandise Operations & Planning


The chance to reconnect—and to catch wild trout—drew Bob and Frazier to the wilds of Montana.
All photos courtesy Frazier Blair

My dad, Bob Blair, had just retired, and it was a great moment for us to share a trip of a lifetime. For too long, our busy lives had gotten in the way of our connection to each other and to the. . .

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Video: Two.minute.day in Montana

Here’s a cool, short video from Montana guide Frank Melro, featuring a great piece of cutthroat water. I love the mixture of drone angles that match the action seen from the ground camera . . . .

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