News On The Fly

From mourning to memory, this film is a son’s tribute to his father and the love of the sport they shared. The film can be seen in full on tour with the 2015 International Fly Fishing Film Festival.

Back in November we announced our #OrvisHunting Instagram Contest looking for images that captured the upland hunting experience. . .

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Rex the German Shepherd and Geraldine the goose have found peace together.
Photo via express.co.uk

When he first came to the Puriton Horse and Animal Rescue is Somerset, England, Rex the German Shepherd Dog was so mean, it took two people to feed him. Staff at the shelter thought he might be untrainable and would probably end up being euthanized, but. . .

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My friend Harry Murray—of Murray's Fly Shop in Edinburg, Virginia—has posted a bunch of how-to videos recently. In this one, he talks about how he cleans his fly rods at the end of. . .

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I'm sure that we all remember the touching story of Schoep, whose owner John Unger would cradle him in Lake Superior as a way to relieve the dog's pain. The video above, from. . .

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Here's a sweet recap of the past year from the folks at Where the River Runs, as they fish mostly in their home state of New Mexico. That's not normally one of the first states you think of. . .

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Jim McLennan, Derek Bird, and Paula Shearer from Fly Fusion Magazine travel to places where bull trout are plentiful and footprints and few. The full length film will tour with the 2015 International Fly Fishing Film Festival.

So President Obama, at the urging of Pope Francis, and with the obvious buy-in from Raul Castro (why not?) has decided to fast-track normalization of relations between the Washington and Havana.

Frankly, in the grand economic scheme, that’s probably a windfall for America, as Yankee exports will far out-strip the influx of quality cigars, or rum, or anything else Cuba has to offer.

But there is this tiny niche consideration of fly fishing, and the fact that gringo anglers will soon have some of the best saltwater flats in the Western Hemisphere available to them.   Thing is, one must wonder whether or not the bounty that awaits is “all that,” and more importantly, if Cuba itself is ready to handle the impending influx.

On the one hand, Cuba fishing has been wide-open for years, for everyone but American anglers, and many of them have even made the trek, if off the legal radar.  It’s not that those fish and those flats haven’t seen flies ever before.  On the other hand,

Launching a marketing plan and fishing a new stream have a lot more in common than you might think. To be successful in both requires a ton of research, lots of hard work, and a willingness to reach outside your comfort zone.

Understand what you’re fishing for.

The first step in scoping out new water is understanding what kind of fish may live below. Loading up your fly box with streamers won’t do you much good if the stream is full of rising brook trout. The same can be said for your marketing campaign. You need to understand who your customers are and what they are biting on. At a minimum, spend time looking at

The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) recently said goodbye to two board members, Ian Crabtree of Scott Fly Rods and Bruce Chard, longtime guide in the Florida Keys.

AFFTA’s Executive Committee thus voted to fill these seats with Steve Bendzak, Vice President of Sales at Simms Fishing Products and Dr. Brandon Shuler, Oceans Advocate for The Oceans Conservancy and also freelance angling journalist. Bendzak has a long and rich history in the outdoor and fishing industry at both Simms and previously with Ex Officio. Shuler is an award-winning journalist and photographer, as well as as a professor.

AFFTA board chairman Tucker Ladd said:

Costa Sunglasses recently announced the addition of John Sanchez as vice president of product development. Sanchez will work closely in transition with Costa’s current vice president of product development, Ed Moody, who announced his retirement from the company, effective April 1, 2015, after 23 years of service with the brand.

Sanchez most recently held the position as President of Zeal Optics. Prior to that, he garnered more than 23 years of experience in product development, operations, manufacturing management and international sales with eyewear brands including Maui Jim, Serengeti, Bolle’, and at Bausch & Lomb with Ray-Ban. He holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Industrial Engineering/International Business Studies from Texas Tech University, and has completed the Executive Leadership Development Program from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.  (Go Blue!)

Moody worked as vice president of operations from 1993 to 1997, vice president of sales from 1992 to 1993 and executive vice president from 1997 to 2005. He has played a

Scott Hed – Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska

There have been a few major developments in the long-running campaign to protect the world’s most productive wild salmon fishery as 2014 draws to a close.

First, a quick refresher to get caught up.  Over a multi-year period, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment (BBWA) – a study of the values currently found in the Bristol Bay region as well as the potential risks to those values from proposed large-scale mining development such as the Pebble Mine project.  The BBWA involved 2 rounds of public comment and 2 rounds of peer review by an independent panel of expert scientists.  It concluded that large-scale mining would have significant negative impacts on the waters and lands that support the largest wild salmon runs on earth – something that the fishing community has known all along.  EPA used the

Todd Tanner cradles a remarkable Dean River steelhead.
All photos courtesy Todd Tanner

Todd Tanner is a freelance writer and former fly-fishing guide whose work can be seen in every issue of Sporting Classics (in which he writes a column), as well as a host of other sporting publications. A native of New York State, Todd now lives in Bigfork, Montana, where he also

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My first Pyrenees brown trout came from a tailwater on the border of Aragon and Catalonia.
Photo by Sandy Hays

Last weekend, my family visited with my friend and photographer, Sandy Hays, and we reminisced a bit about our trip to Spain a few years ago. (See Fly-Fishing for Trout in the Spanish Pyrenees: Discovering the Old World Anew.) When I got home, I pulled up the images Sandy shot on. . .

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Now that the U.S. is normalizing relations with Cuba, we can expect to see a lot more saltwater videos from a part of the world that was off-limits to most American anglers for the past half . . .

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TurboRoo shows off his new mobility, using his new 3D printed mobility cart.
Photo by Kelly Wilkinson/The Star

A little rescue dog named Roo, who was born without front legs, got a big break when he met Ashley Looper, a vet tech at Indianapolis's The Downtown Veterinarian who rescued the. . .

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The latests issue of Dun—the first online magazine written by, edited by and for women—features cool articles about fly-fishing for Atlantic salmon in Iceland, for tarpon in the Florida Keys, and. . .

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We're happy to announce our recent $500 Orvis Gift Card giveaway winner! Congratulations to Doug Oswandel of Astoria, NY. . .

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The kindness of strangers allowed Bela to avoid the euthanizer's needle.
Photo via katu.com

A couple weeks ago, we posted about the plight of Bela, a 9-year-old German Shepherd whose owner had passed away. In her will, Connie Lay stipulated that the dog should either be. . .

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Winner of the film award at the “Poonfecta Fishing Tournament and Film/Art Festival,” this video from Dan Decibel has great footage of fishing for baby tarpon.

It's title #1 by a nose!

Thanks to the folks at Survey Monkey, we've tallied the results of today's voting in our contest to give a title to the majestic photo illustration of Tom astride a unicorn by Louis Cahill of. . .

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Yesterday, around the world, people were introduced to a new family member, in the form of a puppy. This compilation video from the folks at Huffington Post shows just how emotional it. . .

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From Hobie Fishing:

Hobie announces that the second annual Hobie Bass Open, presented by Kentucky Lake Convention Visitor’s Bureau, will take place at Kentucky Dam Village State Park, May 29-31, 2015. The Open will be one of a series of U.S. and Canadian qualifying events for the 2015 Hobie Fishing Worlds V.  The winner will not only take the Open title, but will be invited to join 2014 Hobie Fishing World’s Champion, Steve Lessard, and 2014 IFA Champion, Benton Parrott, in representing Team USA at the World’s next fall.  Competitors will also vie for cash payouts and sponsored prizes.

The event is a catch, photograph and release (CPR) tournament where anglers measure and photograph their top three bass during each of the two days, to be scored by total aggregate length. Eligible species include

Photo via lifewithdogs.tv

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Even though Christmas is over, we couldn't resist posting these great images from Life with Dogs. Gorgeous dogs are always fun to look. . .

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Welcome to our Boxing Day edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available. Here are a cool dozen new. . .

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The Hogencamps credit Mahjong for helping in Bill's recovery.
Photo courtesy Mark Hogencamp, via abcnews.go.com

Adopting a stray dog while in the midst of battling a disease that was deemed incurable hardly seems like the best timing, yet that’s exactly what Bill Hogencamp and his wife Kathy. . .

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Give this artwork a title for a chance to win a copy signed by Louis and Tom.
Photo illustration by Louis Cahill, Gink and Gasoline

On Monday, we asked folks to give a title to the majestic photo illustration above by Louis Cahill of Gink and Gasoline. I've narrowed the finalists down to three, but I'm having trouble making. . .

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An upcoming series on the World Fishing Network will feature the destinations collected in the books Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die and Fifty More Places to Fly Fish Before You Die by Chris Santella. The “Fifty Places” TV show will be hosted by Conway Bowman, beginning on Sunday January 11, 2015.

Read more in the press release below.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Patagonia, hope it was a festive, loving and otherwise wonderful day for everyone out there!

photo Dave McCoy