News On The Fly

Blog reader Todd Van Dyke caught this beauty in Quetico Provencial Park in northwestern Ontario.
Photo by Kyle Riddle

The northern pike (Esox lucius) goes by a variety of names across its range in the U.S. and Canada—from “gator” to “water wolf” to “snot rocket”—reflecting both its popularity as a game fish and the low esteem many. . .

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John Packer loves chasing Colorado brown trout during caddisfly hatches or with big streamers.
All photos courtesy John Packer

John Packer is the owner of Fly Fishing Outfitters in Avon, Colorado. When I first met him many years ago, he was a guide at FFO, but he worked his way up and took over the business. A. . .

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These images offer a view of Iran we rarely see in the media.
All photos by Naser Derakhshan

Our friend and fellow angler in Iran, Naser Derakhshan, sent me these five photos of his fishing buddies, on various rivers in their homeland. Naser has been sending us images for a little. . .

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Maj. Diggs Brown and his dog, Arthur Barker Black
Photo via wgntv.com

A veteran from Colorado who tried to get a bite to eat in a Chicago restaurant on Saturday was told to leave because of his service dog, a Black Labrador named Arthur Barker Black. To its. . .

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Corsica is a mountainous island in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs to France, but is closer to Italy. I have never heard of trout there until I saw this video, which features (according to. . .

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Written by: Peter Nardini, American Museum of Fly Fishing

Hewitt was an inventor, author, scientist, and angler, and he changed the way we think about the sport.
All photos courtesy AMFF

Geoffrey Hellman of The New Yorker once described Edward Ringwood Hewitt (1866-1957) as “America’s outstanding example of the inability of man, however much inclined, to turn himself. . .

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Written by: Donny Richard, Brattleboro Retreat

An angler from Brattleboro Retreat’s Uniformed Services Program casts on Vermont's Black River.
All photos by GGR Photography

If you happened to be driving down Rt. 103 in Cavendish, Vermont, on the second Saturday in June this past summer, you might have been tempted to peek down into a section of the. . .

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Waiting…

Looking out over the mouth of the Chuitna River in Alaska as the high tide arrives.  Waiting for the inevitable pulse of coho salmon to arrive so fishing can commence.  The Chuitna was labeled one of America’s top 5 most endangered rivers in 2015.  See why:

Save the Chuitna

photo Dave McCoy

Welcome to our latest edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, made up of the best videos from around the world. This week, you’ve got fifteen wonderful videos that feature everything from trout to pike and redfish to salmon. For best results, watch all videos at full-screen and in high definition. Remember, we … Continue reading "Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 09.11.15"

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Written by: Jane Sobel Klonsky, Project Unconditional

Kaki and Ruby have a loving, playful relationship.
Photo by Jane Sobel Klonsky

Middle Granville, New York—Kaki says, “Ruby is a natural born mother.” Whether feeding, cleaning and doting on her very first litter of eight, or now as the polite matriarch yielding to her four. . .

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Jack has both skills and an angling outlook well beyond his years.
All photos by Jon Tobey

[Editor's Note: Jon Tobey is an old friend, from summers spent on the New Hampshire seacoast in the mid 1980s. His blog gointothelight is an interesting collection of fishing stories, photography and musings.]

A while ago, I made a little 8-foot 3-weight for my friend Kelly’s son, Jack. When I went back to New Hampshire, I visited them at their lake house and delivered the rod. At the camp, . . .

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From MFC:

A new fly fishing industry partnership unites legendary fly designer Kelly Galloup with leading manufacturer Montana Fly Company. Galloup has inked a deal to bring his brand, talents and revolutionary patterns to the MFC family. Galloup flies will be marketed and available to consumers in fly shops starting mid-spring, 2016.

“I’ve fished and guided with Kelly’s patterns for 15 years and they straight up catch fish,” says MFC National Sales Manager Jake Chutz. “Kelly’s designs are absolute staples to any fly assortment, and we feel extremely fortunate that he’s teamed up with us.”

“My friends at MFC know how passionate I am about creating flies

More than 300 specially trained search-and-rescue dogs were deployed at Ground Zero .
Photo via today.com

There's a great story on Today.com about some of the canine heroes of 9/11, and it focuses on the remarkable experiences of Genelle Guzman-McMillan, who was the last person rescued from the rubble: . . .

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From Hobie:

Hobie introduces their collection of inflatable kayaks including the new Hobie Mirage i11S with MirageDrive® technology.  The i11s, introduced to the trade at the recent Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City, took center stage in the Hobie booth.  Like the other three kayaks in the inflatable line, it combines Hobie’s Vantage Seating System comfort and their patented MirageDrive with Glide Technology propulsion.  Unique to the i11 is its distinctive low-profile design.  The i9S and i12S single kayaks and i14T tandem, long staples in the line, were also visible with totally new looks and features.

The i11 is the lightest weight model in the entire Hobie fleet.  The two air chambers on each side and drop stitched center chamber provide the stability needed for recreational use. For increased tracking and stability, a

From Patagonia:

Today, Patagonia is announcing three key milestones that demonstrate how environmental activism continues to become more and more embedded in the core of our business.

We gave $6.2 million to 741 grassroots environmental groups around the world; we appointed a new senior leader to focus on activism; and we will again host Patagonia’s biennial Tools Conference – a four-day conference for small grassroots organizations – later this month.

You can read more about these milestones below and get in-depth with Patagonia’s social and environmental initiatives here. An interactive global map containing all 741 local grant recipients is available here.

Giving 1% of our sales to grassroots activists worldwide

Each year, Patagonia pledges 1% of our sales to the protection and restoration of the natural environment – regardless of the health of our sales or the economy. We call it our Earth Tax.

This year, we identified 741 local grassroots environmental groups in 18 countries, and gave them

Written by: John McKinnie, Lone Mountain Ranch

Wild high-country trout are the reward for the trip into the backcountry.
All photos courtesy Lone Mountain Ranch

Reins, lead rope, cinch, stirrup, pannier. . .

Until this summer, most of these terms were still a little foreign to me. Even though I have been around horses and worked closely with a few wranglers over the last couple of years, I have not fully immersed myself into backcountry horseback expeditions until recently. In the last couple of months, I have. . .

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Written by: Greg Nelson

Greg Nelson, Brooks Nelson, Terry Nelson (l to r) enjoyed an amazing three-generation day hunting birds
Photo courtesy Paul Nelson Farm

I just wrapped up a hunt at Paul Nelson Farm (no relation); what a day to remember. I am attaching a photo of my Dad, Terry, and my 12-year-old son Brooks. Brooks passed. . .

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Rivers flow into other rivers. Do you know which ones?
Photo by Krzysztof Kundzicz via wikimedia commons

Welcome to another edition of our trivia challenge, where we test your knowledge of all things fly fishing and where you might learn a thing or two about this sport we love. This week, we've. . .

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My Day 8 fish was one of three little bass caught during "coffee break" this morning.

It's Day 10 of our Facebook-based "20 September Days" Contest, so let's check in to see some of the killer photos posted so far. It's not too late for you to get in on the action. At the end of. . .

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Here's a beautiful report from a Sioux City, Iowa, television station, focused on a young girl named Sadie Bettendorf and her love of dogs. The Bettendorfs now have six dogs, since they adopted. . .

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Photo via barkpost

As members of Texas Task Force 1, Bretagne and her mom/handler Denise Corliss had an intense first deployment. They joined nearly 100 other search-and-rescue dogs to find and save people. . .

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Native Brook Trout take advantage of a plastic lined diversion stream
Photo by Trout Unlimited

So how would you feel about having to wait thirty years to spawn?! Yeah, us too. But before we send you off to read about how Orvis and TU solved this frustrating situation for a bunch of. . .

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A River Between Us is a new documentary by Jason Atkinson and Jeff Martin that has been making the rounds of the festival-colleges circuit, receiving rave reviews and great word-of-mouth. The. . .

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Nearly Limitless

More and more anglers are figuring out that there are fewer and fewer limits on what the Tenkara can do.  Here a quite a large German Barbel taken on the 11′6″ Tenkara by Patagonia. 

photo The Flyfishing Nation

Here's a stunning video from Matt Jones about the Zhupanova River on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. It features incredible rainbow trout, stunning scenery, and even a little disco. . .

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The rescue was arduous, but Bailey was relatively uninjured.
Photo via facebook.com/WestMetroFireRescue

A Colorado family is singing the praises of the firefighters who worked tirelessly to rescue Bailey, a five-year-old Pit Bull from an abandoned mine shaft. Eric Storrs was running with Bailey. . .

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Reina the dog knew that the boy needed sustenance, so she provided both love and food.
Photo via thedod.com

We have posted many stories about lost children who have been found or protected by dogs, usually the child's pet. But we've never seen anything like this, outside Roman. . .

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Written by: William G. Tapply

Bill Tapply fishes one of his beloved Montana spring creeks.
Photo via williamgtapply.com

“You guys up for something different?” said Aaron, our guide, as we loaded our gear into his truck for our evening trek. . . .

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As always there was no shortage of great photos. . .

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Written by: Dan Michels, Crystal Creek Lodge

The 30-inch mark is an Alaskan distinction between really big rainbows and HUGE rainbows.
Photo courtesy Crystal Creek Lodge

In the photo above, Crystal Creek Lodge guide Alex Oberholtzer poses with a 30-inch rainbow trout caught by Bill Backman of Indiana. Bill caught this amazing fish on the Kvichak River, in the. . .

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The new Fall Hunting Book has just come out, and there's a new, online version that's beautiful to behold. With lots of great photography, powerful writing, and products to make your time in the. . .

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