Trump's approach to environmental protection is absurd in its disregard for evidence challenging outcomes on public lands and ...

Some anglers and professional captains argue that unless you follow IGFA fly fishing rules, it doesn't truly count as fishing ...

Mad River Outfitters’ (MRO) Brian Flechsig and his sales staff have become my local fly shop, even though I live 638 miles away in Atlanta, Georgia. They are also a source of new information when I ...

NOTE: The article is abridged: “The year was 1989. The place was Kuusamo, Finland. The event was the World Fly Fishing Championship. Who was this guy dressed in an unconventional vest, wearing garden ...

Academically knowing what trout eat mostly means little if you don’t know how to cast, fish a fly, or choose when and where to fish. Mastering these practical skills is essential if you want fly ...

Hatch Magazine reviewed Orvis’ redesigned Recon fly rods, rating them as very good. The review notes that these rods are heavier and lack the crisp casting or refined finish of the Helios F and D ...

One of America’s most enduring strengths is a simple idea: that some things belong to all of us, and it is our shared responsibility to protect them. Clean air, safe drinking water, and preserved ...

At first, no one noticed. A faint cylindrical presence lingered at the edge of things—a suggestion in the periphery, a subtle sense that something, somewhere, remained pleasantly undecided. One ...

A fly rod longer than 9-feet but shorter than 10-feet is, by original definition, a switch rod—a term first designated by R.B. Meiser in 1979 or 1980. Over time, these rods have gained various labels, ...

Consider Tenkara, one of fly fishing’s oldest forms. For centuries, illiterate peasants in Japan used it to feed the wealthy a delicacy, passing down rod-building, gear, and techniques solely by word ...

The National Parks Foundation urges us to stand up and oppose destructive trends that threaten public lands and national parks. In the US, gullible Evangelicals and other Christians worship an ...

The junction tubing of a tube fly is a prime example—a small, easily managed component that could significantly impact performance. The length of the tube fly, combined with the junction tube and the ...