Here’s a fun video from Tommy Day that seeks to explain visually what’s so great about this sport we love. Rarely have so many different scenes been crammed into so little space so . . .
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Wednesday Wake-Up Call 10.13.21
As most anglers know by now, it was a tough year for anglers and trout in Montana. Soaring temperatures and low water made for difficult conditions, and most guides and fly fishers went out of their way to ensure that they treated trout as carefully as . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Fish a Short Run with a Long Rod
Do you like to “huck mega” as soon as you get out on the water with your two-hander? Then you may be missing your best chance at a fish according to guide Stuart Warren of Ashland Fly Shop. In this great video, he explains the value of starting short . . .
Read MoreStory & Photos: Bull Trout, Conservation, and the Value of Discretion
During the course of our #WesternTroutChallenge series, I’ve spent a lot of time in great fly shops across the West. While I do my best to make it a genuine give-and-take, I have to admit I generally walk away with a lot more than I can offer (generally only . . .
Read MoreWednesday Wake-Up Call 05.05.21
As blooms of blue-green algae–which can produce a variety of harmful cyanotoxins–on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee are bad enough in and of themselves, but the prospect that this toxic water may be released into . . .
Read MorePhotos and Story: Holidays on the River
As rafting and fly-fishing guides, my wife, Kait, and I have built our lives around water, and we make our home—with our two-year-old daughter, Juniper Rogue—in Grants Pass, Oregon, on the banks of the Rogue River. Because . . .
Read MoreVideo: “Airstreamer” by Todd Moen
Todd Moen of Catch Magazine has pulled another great video from the vault and posted it on Youtube. As usual, this one stars Brian O’Keefe, who catches some fine trout, bass, and carp in a . . .
Read More5 Rivers Odyssey, Part I: Trouble on the Deschutes
During my time on the 5 Rivers Odyssey, I was tasked with being in charge of the greater Deschutes area, a place that I became very close to over the course of a week. Our time on the Deschutes River was spent with numerous stakeholders—from fly . . .
Read MoreAction Alert: Help Protect the Trout, Salmon, and Steelhead of Oregon’s Nehalem River Watershed
Written by: Tracy Nguyen-Chung
The Nehalem River could use even more protection than that proposed by the State of Oregon.
Photo by Tracy Nguyen-Chung
Oregon’s North Coast is an incomparable wonder, and home to the Nehalem River. (Nehalim is Salish for “place where people live.”) Lush forests, a sweeping coastal estuary, and miles of . . .
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Written by: Ethan Barrow, Adventures Across Oregon
There are lots of opportunities within striking distance of Portland.
Photos courtesy Adventures Across Oregon
When the vast majority of fly fishing destinations in the northern hemisphere are dealing with intense cold and/or snow, the watersheds in close proximity to Portland, Oregon are oftentimes. . .
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