News On The Fly

The American Fly Fishing Trade Association has announced two new members to their board of directors: Steve Bendzak, Vice President of Sales at Simms Fishing Products, and Dr. Brandon Shuler, freelance journalist and Oceans Advocate for The Oceans Conservancy.

Read more in the press release below.

Typical low summer flows on the Sun River near Augusta, MT
Photo by Laura Ziemer, Trout Unlimited

On the arid Rocky Mountain Front, water scarcity is a constant. The Sun River flows 70 miles from its headwaters in the Bob Marshall Wilderness out of the Rocky Mountain Front to join the Missouri River outside the town of Great Falls, Montana. Although rugged in its mountain beauty, it is often called “next-year country,”...

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From Pale Morning Media:

To spotlight and promote a surge of exclusive technologies and field innovations, Flambeau Outdoors today announced partnering with Pale Morning Media for public relations and social media support.

Part of the Nordic Group of companies, Flambeau Outdoors (www.flambeauoutdoors.com) is at the heart of the hunting and fishing industries. The Hunting Division is the premier manufacturer of realistic and durable decoys, and Flambeau provides a complete line of gear boxes, gun cases, game calls and hunting accessories. The Fishing Tackle Division offers the highest quality tackle boxes, bait boxes, rod cases and utility boxes available to anglers. Together, the two divisions of Flambeau Outdoors are about to embark on an ambitious rollout of new products

“Trusted by hunters and anglers since the company began in 1947, the Flambeau family is breaking ground with new

From OIA:

The SportsOneSource Group (SOS, SportsOneSource) and Outdoor Industry Association® (OIA) have entered into an agreement that will result in SportsOneSource taking full control and ownership of the OIA VantagePoint retail point-of-sale data-reporting platform. The transaction is expected to close on December 31, 2014. The SportsOneSource Group’s commitment to the outdoor industry will continue with a revised VantagePoint web platform available to OIA members and other retailers and vendors interested in outdoor industry data.

“This transaction comes at an important time for SportsOneSource,” explained James Hartford, CEO at The SportsOneSource Group.  “SportsOneSource is introducing new branding and technology across our various data products in 2015, and the inclusion of

Welcome to another 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 videos from . . .

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Written by: The staff of Freestone Outfitters

Just a handful of staple patterns will get the job done during the winter months.

We are very fortunate in Colorado that we have the opportunity to fish 365 days a year. And though we are now in December and it’s probably time to put away that Hopper box until next summer, don’t think that there aren’t plenty of fishing opportunities throughout the. . .

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We were first introduced to Harvey three years ago, when he was the star of a hilarious ad created by a company called Thinkbox. The next time he appeared, he'd made a friend for life, in the. . .

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Written by: Josh Berry, Lone Mountain Ranch

George Pierce and Clinton Walker celebrate another Madison rainbow brought to the net.
All photos courtesy Lone Mountain Ranch

What do you call it when an Indian Summer continues into December? I'm not sure that there is a name for the unseasonable weather we have been experiencing here in Big Sky, perhaps an Indian Fall, but to the dismay of all of the ski bums in town, the warm weather and. . .

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Photo by Lynda Kuether, via huffingtonpost.com

Here's an incredible story about a paralyzed dog who was rescued from a high-kill shelter and placed in the perfect foster home. Not only did Zeus's foster mom want to give. . .

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The latest issue of flymage, "Fly Fishing & Photography Magazine," offers an eclectic mix of stories and tons of stellar images. From Atlantic salmon, to roosterfish in Baja, to trout in the. . .

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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. Here's a set of. . .

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Written by: Alberto Rey

This unusual perspective on a steelhead is all about the spots.
Photo by Alberto Rey

I had a good friend come down from Vermont last weekend. He had turned me on to fly fishing a long time ago, and I took the day off from guiding so we could spend some time. . .

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Rover.com, a company that helps dog owners find reliable sitters, used their massive database to determine the most popular dog names of the year. They then broke the results down into. . .

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We live for those intimate moments. The obvious point in saying that is the intimacy of some of the video we share. The subtle part of the statement is the word moments. You don't just. . .

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Photo courtesy Fontana Police Department, via ktla.com

Some horrible human being treated this dog worse than you can imagine, but lucky for Gladys, a much better person found the dog before it was too late. Karen Herrera found Gladys stuffed. . .

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Sometimes the best fishing companions come on four legs, as shown in this short film of fly fishing for Northern Pike in the Nunavut Territory.

One of the more popular product posts we've ever done was Evolution of the Mirage Fly Reel, which showed how the designed evolved from the original concept to the final product. If that. . .

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Written by: Steve Galletta, Bighorn Angler Fly Shop & Lodge

The chance to cast dry flies to carp draws even hardcore trout anglers to Bighorn Lake.
Photos by David Palmer, Highway 313 Photography

The cicadas came off early on Bighorn Lake this year, in mid May, and the carp, smallmouth bass, and trout were up on the surface. It was especially good when the wind blew the cicadas off. . .

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This latest issue of Angling Trade was our 30th.  For over seven years now, we’ve been bringing those in the fly-fishing business the latest news, and lively discussions that help them be more successful.  And in turn, we’ve been successful, growing every year, expanding to produce monthly E-newsletters, and more.  So thank you.

As production expenses have increased, we are going to raise our advertising rates ever-so-slightly in 2015.  This is only our second rate increase ever, and the first in five years.  The new rate card and production schedule can be found here, and you will see that the rate increases are nominal.  This only applies to print advertising; our online prices will remain the same.

Moreover, we will reward our loyal advertisers by maintaining 2014 rates for all who are willing to make a space commitment by year end.  

In any regard, you will want to keep in tune with

From TU:

Hundreds of people turned out Saturday in Salida, Colorado, to show support for a Browns Canyon National Monument. The droves of green “I support a Browns Canyon National Monument” stickers were visible evidence of the overwhelming support, along with speaker after speaker urging administration officials to designate the canyon now.

Don’t let anyone tell you this is a top-down executive overreach. Local residents and stakeholders, frustrated by years of congressional fiddling, made it clear that this is a grassroots effort and that they want to get this special place protected.

The stretch of the Arkansas River that veers from the highway south of Buena Vista and rushes through a steep canyon full of Gold Medal Water fishing, amazing white water rafting, and a pristine back country habitat is

From AMFF:

The American Museum of Fly Fishing (AMFF) is proud to announce that the state fly of Vermont is now on display at the Museum. A law was signed by the Vermont state legislature on May 5, 2014 making the Governor Aiken Bucktail Streamer the official state fly.

The Aiken Bucktail was originally tied in the 1930’s by Russell Merriman of Montpelier, who was a friend of then Vermont Governor George Aiken and developed the pattern along with an oil painting of the fly to be presented to the Governor. After retailer LL Bean brought the fly into the marketplace, the Aiken Bucktail became a popular trolling and casting fly for Northeastern trout and salmon. The fly has a rather glamorous existence; it has been given as a gift to

Crayfish are important items on the menus of big trout, largemouth bass, and smallmouths, and there are lots of patterns out there to imitate these crustaceans. By now, fans of. . .

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Here's the latest rescue video from Eldad Hagar, of Hope for Paws, and it features a sweet girl named Carla, who was found living on a porch. Eldad recognizes immediately, that the

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Written by: Phoebe Bean

The view of sunrise from the duck blind was spectacular.
Photo by Phoebe Bean

Mays Pond is a quail hunting plantation located near Monticello, Florida, that has been in the Perkins family for generations and has both Orvis Wingshooting and. . .

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Sophia is a gorgeous Rhodesian Ridgeback who belongs to Greg Coffin. Coffin decided to photograph Sophia every day, in the same pose against the same wall, for almost. . .

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We've featured three of Josh Diller's productions in our weekly Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festivals this year (see here, here, and here), and his latest is a teaser for a full-length video on. . .

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