News On The Fly

Here's a cool video that speaks to the universality of the fly-fishing experience. There are scenes here that couls have been shot on my local trout stream, but in fact these anglers are casting. . .

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Higa’s S.O.S is a pattern created by guide and former Orvis News Trout Bum of the Week Spencer Higa, who is the Fishing Manager for Falcon’s Ledge, in Altamont, Utah. Although Spencer. . .

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Colorado Trout Unlimited will host its annual annual River Stewardship Gala on March 13, 2015 at the Arvada Center. The event helps to raise funds for conservation and restoration projects statewide.

Read more in the press release below.

The Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Quantico program and the Fort Belvoir Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Program will host the Second Annual Fly Tying Marathon at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia on Saturday March 21, 2015.

Read more in the press release below.

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Advertising agencies know that Americans love their dogs and will watch anything if there's a sweet or funny or cute pooch involved. Here are four recent commercials that take different. . .

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Written by: Tyler Befus

Sixteen-year-old Tyler Befus is already an astonishingly accomplished angler.
All photos courtesy Tyler Befus

The competitive anglers on the USA Youth Fly Fishing Team, along with our coaches, are always trying to develop new ways to fish more effectively and to catch more fish during our time on. . .

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We post a lot about the value of therapy dogs for a variety of human conditions, and the research is clear that spending time with dogs has powerful effects on people recovering from. . .

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Erika Owen and Kairos both died after falling through the ice.
Photo via wibs.com

Here’s an extremely sad story which elicits two, very different but equally valid responses: respect for a woman who so loved her dog that she would risk her life trying to save him, and the . . .

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If you're a freshwater angler looking to head for the salt, you'll probably need to up-size your gear. In this segment from the Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center, Tom Rosenbauer gives a brief breakdown of which rods and. . .

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This looks like a pretty fantastic trip for steelhead on Idaho's Salmon River for the anglers of Wild Trout Productions. Check out these numbers: . . .

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Sugar's long-time dog walker may have traded her for little more than a brief high.
Photo via thedailybeast.com

When the dog walker hired by Morgan Bogle and Scott MacDonough said she had lost their beloved Pit Bull, Sugar, in New York City, they began an all-out effort to find her. But as part. . .

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Breathtaking shots of the coldest season fill this short film from Vaidas Uselis.

Ebola survivor Nina Pham sits in a park with her dog Bentley on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Dallas.
Photo by Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News

Last fall, we posted several times (see here, here, and here) about nurse Nina Pham, who contracted ebola while treating a patient, and her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Bentley, who. . .

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For those of you still jonesing from too much snow and cold, here are a couple of great reads to transport your mind to the water. The first is, strangely, one I hadn't heard of before, despite. . .

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Reid talks with field trial hall-of-famer, Jerry Cacchio about all things gun dogs. Their talk about Jerry's personal history in raising winning dogs is a humorous and interesting listen.

Chuitna:  More Than Salmon on the Line

It is absolutely ridiculous what is proposed here…

Down the middle of a remote river, spawning grounds to all 5 species of salmon, breeding ground for moose and home to bear, PacRim, a Texas mining company wants to build the largest open pit coal mine in AK. The will dig down 300 feet below grade to extract the lowest grade of industrial coal to ship across the...

From ASA:

The FishAmerica Foundation (FAF) is, once again, the recipient of a generous donation from the American Snuff Company (ASC). For the second year, the company has made a generous donation to the foundation to further the foundation’s mission of fisheries conservation and habitat restoration.

This year, ASC selected and featured twelve habitat and restoration projects funded by the FishAmerica Foundation in communities across the U.S., along with those of another organization. Individuals viewed the foundation’s projects more than 30,000 times to show their interest and support for their favorite projects.

Among the most viewed projects were the foundation’s partnership projects with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to remove six obstructive dams throughout the Little Lehigh Watershed in Emmaus, Pa.

“We are honored that the FishAmerica Foundation was

Frontiers International Travel, a leader in luxury sporting vacations since 1969, is excited to unveil the first comprehensive website dedicated exclusively to multi-sport and leisure travel to Iceland. Frontiers has specialized in Iceland holidays for 40+ years and has finally compiled all of its knowledge into one convenient resource. Legendary guides Barry and Cathy Beck will be hosting an extremely exclusive brown trout fishing tour of Iceland June 11 – 19, 2015.  Guests will join

From Hobie:

Who said Top Gun is only about Navy Strike Fighter Pilots?  Introducing Hobie’s Top Guns: an elite and fiercely driven group of kayak anglers. To support and enhance the increase in popularity of fishing out of Hobie® kayaks, the Top Guns have been tasked to share their species-specific kayak fishing techniques and tactics that have won them titles and admiration. The purpose of this elite group is to educate and share information about catching different species of fish (listed below) from their Hobie kayaks. Each year, Hobie Top Guns will be chosen from across the country based on their latest contributions and performance to the Team as well as their impact on their respective Hobie retail partners and communities.

Kayak anglers are invited to get acquainted with the first wave of Top Guns by logging onto HobieFishing.com, follow the

From Southwick Associates:

Did you know… Sportsmen spent $207 million on trail cameras in 2014? Or that the average modern sporting rifle sold for $1,260 in 2014? And that’s before adding optics, slings and other accessories. For outdoor companies looking to gain an advantage over their competition, such data is critical when conceptualizing and marketing products and services.

Southwick Associates’ Size of the Hunting, Shooting and Self-Defense Market Report is available to companies and organizations looking to gain that competitive edge, and is now offered in a single volume.

“Combining the data into a single volume makes the new market size report an easy-to-understand and essential source of information for companies seeking to track market trends, compare their performance versus the competition, and make better investment and growth decisions,” says Rob Southwick, president of Southwick Associates.

Included in the report for the first time is an analysis on the self-defense market, a key driver for today’s firearms, ammunition and shooting accessories manufacturers and retailers. Employing enhanced research methods, the report looks at the hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense markets by quantifying sales and identifying both the amount of money spent and number of units sold by product category and brand. Categories include firearms, ammunition, optics, firearm parts and accessories, apparel, hunting and shooting accessories and more.

Additional reports available from Southwick Associates include:

From USAC:

Many of you have contacted us recently about what came of the Weber Trial. Here’s a quick legal update to answer some of those questions.

Over February 6-11, experts for USAC, the State of Utah, and property owners presented evidence before Judge Keith Kelly regarding navigability of the Weber River. USAC’s experts presented “mountains of evidence” showing that the Weber was used for log drives around the time of Statehood, and was capable of doing so in its natural and ordinary condition. In fact, so much time was spent presenting and cross-examining witnesses that closing arguments needed to be postponed.

The final day of the Weber Trial, which will be composed of closing arguments from both sides, will occur next Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 10:00 AM at the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Room W37. As with the previous 4 days of trial, we are inviting USAC members and supporters to attend the closing arguments and show your support for Stream Access. If you plan on attending, please

From TU:

Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood announced today the promotion of Elizabeth Maclin to the organization’s executive vice president position. Maclin has worked for TU for eight years as its vice president for eastern conservation. Keith Curley, the current director of government affairs, will be promoted to the senior staff and take Maclin’s former eastern conservation post.

“Elizabeth is a top hand who has grown the eastern conservation staff from about six to about 43 in the span of eight years,” Wood said of Maclin, who holds MS and MBA degrees from the University of Michigan and has overseen several major conservation victories in the eastern U.S. since coming to TU in 2007. “Not only does this speak to the great work that Elizabeth has done over the years, it shows our members and the conservation community that women continue to have a prominent presence in TU’s leadership. She earned this opportunity, and I’m very proud to give her even more responsibility.”

Maclin’s work includes

He's kinda got the right part of his body on the couch.
Photo via thebarkpost.com

The furniture in your home is designed with human comfort in mind, but dogs are quite built like us. The BarkPost has pulled together 20 great photos of dogs using our furniture in often unique and bizarre ways. Who are we to. . .

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Written by: Tim Linehan, Linehan Outfitting Co.

You can get a lot of handling and hunting practice in, even if you don't pull the trigger.
Photo by Tim Linehan

It’s been a mild winter here in northwestern Montana, and the grouse population is in good shape. With light snow pack, holdover birds are healthy, able to move about with little stress, and. . .

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The film crew landing at the Beluga Airport after an aerial tour of the proposed mine site.
Photo by Paul Moinester

There are few places left in the United States as pristine and untouched as Alaska’s Chuitna Watershed. Nestled between the Cook Inlet and the rugged Tordrillo Mountain Range, the Chuitna is an iconic Alaskan wilderness teeming with pools of wild Pacific salmon and oversize. . .

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Written by: Scott McEnaney, Eastern ELOG Fishing Director

The DTH in Asheville was about more than just fun.
Photo by Jason Sandlewick, via Instagram

As we recently posted, a crew from Orvis descended upon Asheville, North Carolina for the first of two 2015 Orvis Guide Rendezvous. We have been doing these events all over the country for. . .

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We post a lot of heroic ice rescues, but this one is really impressive. A dog stranded on the ice in Lake Michigan and a team of firefighters and animal control worked to save her. Two-year-old. . .

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The second season of GEOBASS will premiere at the 2015 Bassmaster Classic in Greenville, SC. See select footage in this trailer from Costa Sunglasses.

This week I interview my old friend Kirk Deeter about Trout Unlimited’s Lifetime membership.  This is a great gift for yourself or for a special person in your life (people often gift these to their kids for a special occasion) and this year the thank-you for the lifetime membership is a special Orvis Helios 2 Rod and limited-run CFO reel in Trout Unlimited’s green color.  You can see how this rod was built in the video of our rod shop here: https://vimeo.com/116177056

Kirk and I do talk some fishing, and there is lots more in The Fly Box.  Questions about the value of emergers, chest packs vs. waist packs vs. sling bags vs. vests, realistic vs. impressionistic flies, and the value of UV materials in fly tying are just some of the quick topics we cover.