News On The Fly

Arthur on the trail during the Adventure World Racing Championships.
Photo via youtube.com

Last week, we posted the incredible story of Arthur, a stray dog who joined the Swedish Adventure Team on a remarkable trek across South America. . .a bond formed over a. . .

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One of the first full-time guides in Kiribati, legendary Christmas Island fly fishing guide Teannaki Kaiboboki has unexpectedly passed away.

Read more in the press release below.

When I was a child, I adored the Harry books by Gene Zion, with illustrations by Margaret Bloy Graham. But far and away, my favorite was Harry the Dirty Dog. It's no secret why, really: what little boy doesn't love to spend all day getting filthy? When I had kids of my own, . . .

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Here's a cool short clip from an upcoming film called Our Two Hands from Bloodknots. In just under a minute, we go from approaching the water to landing the fish. According to Asher Koles, ""Mono | Chrome” takes the viewer from. . .

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From Simms Fishing:

Just in time for the holiday season, Simms announces the immediate availability of their Spring 2015 collection of fishing products.

Coming on the heels of Simms’ award-winning Fall 2014 product launch, the Spring 2015 product launch is led by advancements in the company’s footwear line with the RiverTek 2 Boa® Boot.  Winner of the prize for New Product at the 2014 IFTD Show, the RiverTek 2 Boa® Boot is available in both Vibram® and felt outsoles.  The long-awaited revamp of the Freestone® Boot — a best seller — is also available in the two boot outsoles.  For the warmer climates, Simms introduces 3 new styles of flips with the Bone Flip, Strip Flip and Atoll Flip.

The Women’s line of fishing gear receives it largest introduction of new products ever.  The award-winning Women’s Solarflex Artist Series Crewneck features

Eben Schaefer shows off a gorgeous cutthroat on the Upper Yellowstone River in the Park.
Photo courtesy Hubbard’s Yellowstone Lodge

Eben Schaefer is the Head Guide at Hubbard's Yellowstone Lodge in Emigrant, Montana. When I first met him, more than 20 years ago, I was a guide at Hubbard's, and he was a cook. Over those two decades, he has become a well respected guide, a. . .

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From Angler Survey:

Despite the modern draw of video games and organized sports, the attraction of the wild outdoors and all it has to offer remains as powerful as ever as evidenced by the number of anglers who shared the water with a son, daughter or other child in the past year. Whether spending the day in the comfort of a boat or clutching a rod along a shady bank, fishing remains a popular activity for all ages with up to 66 percent of active anglers reporting they took a child fishing in the past 12 months, according to a recent poll by AnglerSurvey.com.

Angling is a great way to enjoy quality one-on-one time with a young person, but it’s also an excellent group activity, too. When asked how many children each angler had taken fishing in the past 12 months, 20 percent said they had taken a single child, while 21 percent took at least two. Nearly 10 percent of anglers reported taking three children fishing, six percent took

Leo gets checked at a veterinary hospital in Thailand.
Photo via huffingtonpost.com

Here's a remarkable story of how a young Canadadian woman fell for a paralyzed dog in Thailand and transformed his life. Although the dog was disabled, there was. . .

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The new film from World Angling Studios—a collaboration between Will Benson and David Mangum—is now available to watch on vimeo on demand. Here's the description: . . .

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Noah the hero dog with his owner, Kidon Martin.
Photo via dailymail.co.uk

Here's a horrifying story from Atlanta, where a road-range incident turned tragic, as an assailant fired multiple gunshots into an SUV full of. . .

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Written by: William G. Tapply

Bill Tapply believed in keeping fishing memories alive.
Photo via sportsmanslegacy.com

Yesterday Sarah, my eight-year-old daughter, caught her first fly-rod trout. It was a wild, silvery little cutthroat, seven or eight inches long, and it flashed up from. . .

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JD Filmalter hightlights fly fishing for bluefin tuna off of the coast of France near Perpignan in this short film.

A Hundred Trout…A Photo Essay

I would venture to say that the trout is the single most important species on the planet responsible for taking a unknowing person and thrusting them into fly fishing.  Here good friend and photographer Bryan Huskey gives us 100 reasons why trout are so endearing to us.  More of Bryan’s work here:

  bryanhuskey.zenfolio.com

View some nice footage of beautiful water and big trout in this short film from Pacific Extremes.

Pete Kutzer of the Orvis Fly Fishing School demonstrates how to use water tension to load the rod and make a quick upstream cast. The water haul is particularly useful when you’re fishing a rig prone to tangling, such as a tandem nymph setup with splitshot and an indicator, or when you are casting with a right-hand wind.

A major settlement with the Bureau of Land Management and energy lease holders will help protect the Roan Plateau and its important backcountry habitat for fish and wildlife. Conservation groups are praising the  “major step forward in years‐long efforts to protect one of Colorado’s outdoor treasures,” said David Nickum, executive director of Colorado Trout Unlimited.

Read more in the press release below.

Welcome to the Black Friday 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 14 new videos from. . .

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Romana Williams sits at home with her dog, Sochi on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 in Chesapeake.
Photo by Rich-Joseph Facun | The Virginian-Pilot

A fascinating story in The Virginian-Pilot tells the story of Sochi, a dog who was in danger of being killed before last year's Winter Olympics who has made it all the way to Chesapeake, Virginia, where she has found a. . .

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Greenback cutthroat trout were saved by accident more than 130 years ago.
Photo by Kevin Rogers - CPW

Although the greenback cutthroat trout has been the focus of conservation efforts for more than half a century—starting when the once-lost species was “rediscovered” in a remote part of Rocky Mountain National Park—genetic research over the. . .

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This is a remarkable story about a beautiful, smart, brave dog named Lucca and the two men who served with him in Iraq. When the time came for the man who trained Lucca, Staff Sgt. Chris Willingham, to turn him over to. . .

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