News On The Fly

From The Fly Shop:

The Fly shop is on the All-America search for a graphic artist to assist with the development of brochures, catalog, advertising and social media. Positions like this with our company are rare and what we’re looking for is someone with graphic and social media skills and also speaks fly fishing. We’re after a person who is passionate about the sport and would like to grow their professional skills in the company of one of the top teams in the fly fishing industry.

General responsibilities include assisting in graphic design, editing, advertising, brochure, and catalog layout in our print and on-line media. Too, we’re looking for someone with strong interest in expanding our social media and the ability to manage our image library.

The right person for this job needs to be able to work well with others and have the graphic arts skills and computer literacy commensurate with the job (Quark, Photoshop, CSS, Illustrator, Lightroom, etc.) and a very high level of attention to detail. Digital photography skills would

Welcome to our latest edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, featuring the best videos from around the world. This week, we've got 17 great videos from around the world, . . .

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Webster, Massachusetts, police officer Aaron Suss poses with Amberley.
Photo via wcvb.com

Erica Way is in a wheelchair and requires the help of a service dog. She met K-9 officer Aaron Suss when her former dog, Baker, was dying of cancer, and he offered to help. And, boy, did he: . . .

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Shawn Combs, the divisional merchandising manager of Orvis Rod & Tackle, is the guest on the most recent Itinerant Angler Podcast, hosted by Zach Matthews. In the course of the. . .

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Photographer Amanda Jones captured "then and now" images of Maddy at 5 (left) and 10 years old.
Photo by Amanda Jones

Massachusetts-based photographer Amanda Jones has spent the last 20 years shooting portraits of several dogs at different points throughout their lives, from their mischievous puppy years into. . .

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Simon Perkins helps out a new angler.
Photo courtesy Simon Perkins

Simon Perkins, Senior Manager of Orvis Adventures, knows a thing or two about teaching folks to fish. He was a fly-fishing guide in Montana for more than a decade, and. . .

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This short film features great footage of fly fishing in short Norwegian summers. Via Dryflyliving.

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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That is a big fish to fight and land on a 6-weight, so this kid clearly has some skills.
Photos courtesy Riverkeep Lodge

Steve Murray, owner of Riverkeep Lodge on the Atikonak River in remote Labrador, sent in these photos of his son, fighting and showing off a chunky lake trout. (You may remember the. . .

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Orvis CEO Perk Perkins carries Feather back to her starting point after she had broken from "stay."
Photos by Phil Monahan

At lunchtime, the lawn in front of our offices is usually full of dogs frolicking. Today, Orvis CEO Perk Perkins was out there working with his 13-week-old English Pointer, Feather, and I. . .

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A beeautiful brook trout in wood by master carver Ellen McCaleb.

In years past, when fly fishers wanted to commemorate a fish-of-a-lifetime, they often had to sacrifice the fish itself for a skin mount. In more recent times, catch-and-release has become. . .

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Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Supports more than 6,500 elephants
Photo via Lewa

The iconic animals of the African plains have been a highly discussed topic in recent weeks. And with yesterday being World Elephant Day, we wanted to take the time to recognize the great work Lewa Wildlife Conservancy has done with their protection of none other than...

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Here is a wonderful ESPN feature about the bat dogs of the Trenton Thunder baseball team. It turns out that the job of picking up bats during a game is a family business, starting with a. . .

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Written by: Dave Brown, Dave Brown Outfitters

That's a heck of a brownie for an angler's second day ever!
Photo courtesy Dave Brown

In 2014, Glen Walsh of Oakdale, Connecticut, took the two-day Orvis Fly-Fishing School in Manchester, Vermont. He then ventured out to Colorado, where he spent a day fly-fishing a. . .

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It's always difficult to see these stories, about a dog abandoned to the streets and left to die, but it's equally heartening to see that there are plenty of people, from the kids who waved down. . .

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Three amigos from Salt Lake City head north to fish some great cutthroat waters in this sweet video from Fly Smart Media. Gorgeous mountain scenery and pretty water offer a great. . .

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This short film from Bloodknots features beautiful footage of days on the water.

Photo by Jerry McBride via Durango Herald

"First Casts" is an occasional feature that highlights great fly-fishing content from around the Web—from how-to articles, to photo essays, to interesting reads. As you surely. . .

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Girdwood Alaska—August is a retired sled dog who ran  at least three different Iditarod races—over 1,000 miles each—in his prime. When Jeanine first met August two years ago, he had. . .

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Jace and A.J. are very passionate about fly fishing and conservation.
Photo via twinterritory.com

Twin Territory is the brainchild of Jace and A.J. Garcia, real-life teenage twins from Utah whose website and Facebook page promote their love of fishing, hunting, outdoor activities. . .

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The first time I saw a Chernobyl Ant, I couldn't really believe that a trout would eat such a thing. As an East Coaster, I had been raised on more lifelike terrestrials, such as Dave's Hoppers. . .

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Elizabeth Holms, Paws like Me co-founder and CEO explains the matching process.
Photo via orlandosentinel.com

Computer-dating services have been around since the 1960s, and the premise was simple: feed a bunch of personality traits, wants, needs, and hopes into the machine, and it will match you. . .

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Patrick Rhea from Livit Films has put together a killer video about fly-fishing for redfish and juvenile tarpon, as a way for him to express how the sport connects him to other anglers and the. . .

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The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust and Florida International University have partnered to create “Project Bay Bones,” which will investigate the health of South Florida bonefish populations and habitat. In part, through angler experience and survey data.

Read more in the press release below.

Costa’s “Kick Plastic” campaign aims to educate consumers about the growing problem of trash in the oceans. This film features a sculpture of a jumping marlin made entirely out of washed up beach trash, commissioned by Costa to further awareness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb6aXPu-MTY&feature=share

The folks at Amazon know how much folks in the UK love a good commercial starring a dog. Over the years, we've featured many such TV spots (our favorites being the "Harvey" series"). To. . .

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