News On The Fly

Tillie sat with Phoebe for nearly a week and helped in her rescue.
Photo by Vashon Island Pet Protectors

Here's a wonderful story of love and devotion between dogs. When two dogs—Tillie and Phoebe—went missing on Washington's Vashon Island, volunteers searched high and low, to no. . .

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New Zealand-based On the Fly Productions—husband-and-wife team Carl McNeil and Jeanie Ackley—released “Casts that Catch Fish” a few years ago, fundamentally changing the way. . .

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Searching:  3 Days in Tarpon Season

Some great footage from pursuing the Silver Kings down in the Keys.  Enjoy.

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They do not grow large, but Southern Appalachian brookies are stunning.
Photos by Damon Bungard

Recent Trout Bum of the Week Damon Bungard sent in these great images from a recent hiking trip into Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina in search of brook. . .

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Here's a gorgeous video about fly-fishing for steelhead near Terrace, British Columbia, on the famed Skeena River drainage. The camera work, the scenery, and the fish are. . .

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These black-and-white images of shelter dogs will make you want to run out and adopt another.
Photos by Traer Scott, via slate.com

Photographer Traer Scott has published a new book called Finding Home: Shelter Dogs & Their Stories,which buildes on his previous book, Shelter Dogs, which came out in 2006. Whereas. . .

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The extra effort required to get to Montana’s backcountry waters pays off, as shown in this short film from Montana Wild.

Max is being credited with saving Sue Sanford.
Photo via ksdk.com

Jesse Sanford, of Saint Charles, Missouri, had already said good-bye to his wife and was heading out the door to work when he was interrupted by the family dog, Max. The two-year-old. . .

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The weekend is almost here, and that means that the 2015 Orvis Sandanona Game Fair is happening. We hope many of you are planning on joining us for this fun outing, which. . .

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The bonefish off Key West are notoriously difficult to fool, but local knowledge certainly helps.
Photo courtesy The Saltwater Angler

Capt. Tony Murphy, proprietor of The Saltwater Angler in Key West, sent in this photo of a bonefish he landed on the nearby saltwater flats over Labor Day weekend. The fish was in. . .

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From Vedavoo:

Partnering with many of the industry’s best and brightest artists, Vedavoo hand built a series of packs, bags, and other gear to be hand-painted.  These one-of-a-kind pieces are part of an annual raffle, the proceeds of which, are being dedicated to Project Healing Waters and the veterans they serve.

Support from the art community was outstanding, making this event truly special. Well-known artists Derek DeYoung, A.D. Maddox, Andrea Larko, Paul Puckett, Jeff Kennedy, Eric Hornung, Jonathan Marquardt, and Josh Udesen, and up-and-coming artists like Ty Hallock and Jared Nielson each donated their time for the cause.  Each was given a “canvas” with total artistic freedom.   True to form, each piece represents the

From Simms:

With shorter days and falling temps, Simms celebrates fall fishing season with the launch of its G Series® line of gear.

The G Series line-up for Fall 2015 is guide-proven fishing outerwear and waders made from the most advanced fabric technology in the industry.  Key to this collection is the use of GORE-TEX® fabric technology in standout pieces like the G3 Guide Jacket.  The all-new G3 Guide Jacket is 25 percent lighter from its predecessor, with improved performance thanks to rugged, rip-stopping 3-layer GORE-TEX® Shell fabric. With plenty of storage for gear and proven Dry Cuffs to keep water out, the G3 Guide Jacket has become a stalwart for the world’s best fishing guides and most demanding anglers.

Other gear in the G Series® collection includes the new-for-fall Bulkley Jacket complete with PrimaLoft® Silver insulation in the body, sleeves and hood in combination with

Ed Nicholson offers some instruction on the water.

By now, most anglers have probably heard of Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, an organization devoted to helping veterans heal physically and emotionally through fly fishing. (We posted. . .

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How's this for a piece of paradise?!
Photo by Phil Monahan

Everybody loves a good investment! As the Orvis/Trout Unlimited 1,000 Miles Campaign wraps up the 2015 culvert repair season, have we got a deal for you! All through September Orvis will match your donation, dollar for dollar...but wait, there's more: . . .

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Written by: Doug Lyons

It's always a thrill to find one of these beauties where you might not expect it.
Photo by Mike Valla

Every year, the Verrmont Fish and Wildlife Department conducts a trout-population survey of the Battenkill utilizing standard electro-fishing methods. For those unfamiliar with electro-fishing, . . .

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We have posted many times about the hazards of flying with dogs: long hours in a kennel, worries about dehydration and overheating, etc. But here’s a heartwarming story that might offer a . . .

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The perfection loop is an incredibly useful knot because it allows you to quickly add a new leader to the loop at the end of a fly line. But as this great video from Tightline Productions. . .

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Project Healing Waters and The Atlantic Salmon Federation have announced a new partnership to further help to military veterans through angling.

Read more in the press release below.

An endangered listing for the sage grouse would have far-reaching consequences in the West.
Photo courtesy USDA

Our friends at Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership tell us that a ruling is expected this month regarding the sage grouse. The issue at hand is described here by Paul Wilkins, . . .

The post Video: “The Sagebrush Sea” and the Movement to Save the Sage Grouse appeared first on Orvis News.

My Day 12 fish, the only fish we landed during a beautiful morning float, ate a streamer on the Battenkill this morning.
Photo by Kim Bryant

It's Day 15 of our Facebook-based "20 September Days" Contest, and since "thirty days hath September," that means we're halfway home. How are you doing so far? I'm in good shape, . . .

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Who out there has a wonderful vintage Orvis Dog Nest with a great story behind it? If it's you, we want to hear from you. . . .

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Here's a short, but powerful animation—from the Indian animal rescue World for All—about the amazing healing power of dogs. There's no. . .

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Alliterative titles notwithstanding, sometimes the sea-trout videos from Scandinavia are a little monotonous, but this one from Sweden's André Folkedal has excellent pacing, camerawork, . . .

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Rescuer Lola Weber poses with a newly freed dog in South Korea.
Photo via bbc.com

For decades, activists have been protesting the meat-dog trade in Asia, but it's been difficult to make inroads against a firmly entrenched tradition. But an organization called the Change for. . .

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Written by: Patrick B. Blackdale, Willowfly Anglers

The depth of body on some of the New Zealand fish is astonishing.
Photos by Dylan Rome

Here are some awesome photos from our guide Dylan Rome from his adventure in New Zealand last winter. Dylan has been guiding for Willowfly Anglers for four years. Despite being young, . . .

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Chinook salmon are coming home to spawn in the dam-free Elwha River. This short film documents their return and survival during a summer of historic low water flows.

Sometime, I run across a video that has few of the attributes I look for—high production values, huge fish, exotic locations—but still manages to hold my attention through sheer charm. This. . .

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Unofficial Take Your Dog Fishing Day

Seems like there are official days for everything these days so we figured we would make this our day to encourage sharing your fishing experience with you best four legged friend.  Summer isn’t over so get out there find your happy place.

photo Emerald Water Anglers