Tom Evenson and I spent Tuesday night at Hubbard’s Yellowstone Lodge, which was pretty cool for me: it was the first time I’d stayed there since I was a guide at Hubbard’s in 1994. As you can see from the photo below, the view from the lodge is nothing short of spectacular, looking northward up Paradise Valley along the. . .
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I was fishing a local river with my friend Joe, trying to catch big fall brown trout on streamers and nymphs. The river in question (which shall remain nameless) definitely holds some beasties in the 25-inch range, but we mostly catch browns in the 16- to 20-inch class, which is. . .
Read MoreDry Run Creek is a stream in Arkansas that is open only to children under 16 and qualified handicapped anglers. That leaves the rest of us to just watch and drool. Yet another example of George Bernard Shaw’s brilliant observation: . . .
Read MoreWritten By: Thayer Janes
I once had a friend tell me after a long, unfortunate day of fishing, “Pal, that’s why they call it ‘fishing’ and not ‘catching.’” Well, it seems like I have been saying those words far too often here in. . .
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Thanks to Orvis colleague Pete Kutzer, my bleak outlook on the closed fishing season in New England has brightened a bit.
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We know that Dave and Amelia Jensen produce fabulous photos and videos from their annual adventures, but this one just might take the cake for both its. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Dave Danley, Falcon’s Ledge
Here’s a rainbow I caught on one of the lakes here at Falcon’s Ledge on a size 18 Disco Midge one evening about two weeks ago. One of our guides and I went out. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Alicia White, Firehole Ranch
Firehole Ranch head guide—and recent Orvis Trout Bum of the Week—Josh Duchateau just returned from his very first visit to Colorado. While the trip was really to visit family, of course he fit in some fishing along. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Darren Roe, Roe Outfitters
Cassie caught the largest trout of her life while fishing a remote section of the Klamath River. This giant redband rainbow ate a size 14 natural Bird’s Nest—or as we all know it, a. . .
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Our old pal Ivan, from Yukon Goes Fishing, released a new video last night, featuring his usual cool editing tricks, fine musical choices, and. . .
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