News On The Fly

That's some pretty great fighting technique for an angler who hasn't seen his third birthday.
All photos by Capt. Tuck Scott

Capt. Tuck Scott—of Bay Street Outfitters in Beaufort, South Carolina—sent in this wonderful series of photos of his son, Baker. Looks like he's a chip off the ol' block, eh? Here's Tuck's account: . . .

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Here's another wonderful rescue video from Eldad Hagar of Hope for Paws rescue in Los Angeles. Bunny is a beautiful Pit Bull who was abandoned in a remote area in the desert and left to fend for herself. Based on her condition, . . .

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From Umpqua:

Umpqua is pleased to announce the hiring of a new Director of Operations — Nick Adinolfe. A seasoned operations manager with extensive operations, supply chain, warehousing, and engineering experience, Adinolfe has worked with companies as large as the Samsonite Corporation to smaller organizations with a portfolio ranging from consumer goods to high tech environments. Adinolfe’s manufacturing experience — both domestic and international — will

This is ridiculously cute. According to the Youtube member who posted this video, young Jack and his family were dogsitting Burt. When the dog was clearly missing his own family, Jack took it on himself to comfort the. . .

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I had this one slated for inclusion in last week's F5, but somehow spaced it. It's a gorgeous video about fly-fishing Lough mask in County Mayo, Ireland, during a massive mayfly hatch last April. I love the dark vibe and sense foreboding the videos achieves before. . .

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Boy, that Dick Talleur tied beautiful streamers. This one's for you, Uncle Dickie.
All photos by Phil Monahan

I struggled to get on the water at the end of last week, so I knew I'd need some weekend fishing time in order to stay on schedule to hit my goal of fishing 20 days this month. On Saturday, after driving my kids all over creation. . .

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SSG Robert Citrullo with his dog, Uran, after clearing a landing zone in southern Afghanistan.
Photo via Military Working Dogs Facebook page

Last week, we linked to a story by Jonah Goldberg (which we have since taken off the Dogs page) about the plight of some military working dogs (MWD). Goldeberg's article was shared widely and republished in. . .

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This film from Flyline Media shows some great redfish takes on topwater during flood tides on the grass flats of South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Cabela’s and New Zealand-based Icebreaker have partnered to create a co-branded merino wool apparel line for men and women. To be available fall 2014 exclusively at Cabela’s U.S. retail stores and on their website.

Read more in the press release below.

Nick Adinolfe will join the Umpqua Feather Merchants team as Director of Operations. From large companies to small, and foreign to domestic manufacturing experience, “Nick brings a vast amount of operations experience to Umpqua,” says Umpqua President and CEO Jeff Fryhover, “experience that will be invaluable in improving and maximizing operational efficiencies, making Umpqua and our customers better positioned for success.”

Read more in the press release below.

Fish Mission - Cape Cod

A view from above and below of a banner day on the Cape.  Footage from one of our newest Patagonia Ambassadors the one and only Dr. Andy Danylchuk…enjoy!

original content Moldy Chum

The upcoming Fly Fishing Shows in Denver and Somerset, NJ, will feature the addition of a Women’s Fly Fishing Showcase, which will include women-specific workshops, clinics and Q&A sessions.

Read more in the press release below.

Mike Kruise and Steve Schweitzer have announced the release of their new book, “A Fly Fishing Guide To Indian Peaks Wilderness Area,” which will be available for purchase beginning October 20, 2014.

Read more in the press release below.

RIO Products has announced the release of their new InTouch Level “T” Series, which are fast sinking line tips built with RIO’s ConnectCore technology. Available now beginning at $29.95 for the 30 foot tips.

Read more in the press release below. 

Wild Reverence Film Tour

The Wild Steelhead Coalition is proud to present, with support from Patagonia, a seven-city film tour featuring North Fork Studios/Shane Anderson’s Wild Reverence. In ten days the tour will kick off in Spokane and then head to Bozeman and Boise before making its way back for some west coast venues. The goal of the film and the tour is to raise awareness and a call to action to protect wild steelhead and their habitat.

Tickets for all the shows are available via Ticket River and links are provided below. Following the screening in Seattle there will be a tour wrap party hosted by Tini Bigs which is just a short walk from the theater.

This movie will put things into perspective for you if you have wondered or doubted the hype and reverse hype of how “good” the steelheading is in certain parts right now.  Available on Vimeo on Demand as well.

original content North Fork Studios

Written: by Danny Frank

Danny Frank hoists the brown trout of a lifetime from an unnamed Colorado river.
Photo by Marshal Miller

Last weekend, I was fortunate to be part of a once-in-a-lifetime experience. This event is something that I am hesitant to share details about, out of respect for both the fish and the spot, but also because of the. . .

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Isabella
Photo by York County SPCA

Life is tough enough as a shelter dog. Imagine you've been abandoned because your healthcare costs were too much for your family to handle. And at the shelter, those health issues require you to be placed in quarantine for. . .

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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 18 new videos from around the world, including a few that. . .

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Blog reader Todd Van Dyke caught this beauty in Quetico Provencial Park in northwestern Ontario.
Photo by Kyle Riddle

The northern pike (Esox lucius) goes by a variety of names across its range in the U.S. and Canada—from “gator” to “water wolf” to “snot rocket”—reflecting both its popularity as a game fish and the low esteem many. . .

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When Chandra Sierra passed out in her Texas home last week, there was no one there to help her. . .except Ally, her trained service dog. A severe reaction to medication caused Sierra to lose consciousness, and. . .

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It must be pretty cool to catch a nice cutthroat while you're "in class."
Photo by Nathan Mackey

Kubie Brown—who works at the Orvis flagship store in Manchester, Vermont—sent in this cool photo by fellow Orvis associate Nathan Mackey. The two were on the Yellowstone River, trying to learn to steer drift boats while enrolled in. . .

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Ciera was surely comforted by Daisy during a scary night.
Photo via whas11.com

What could be more terrifying for a parent than discovering that a two-year-old child is gone? Ciera Cooper wandered away from her Kentucky home on Wednesday night, along with two family dogs. When one of the. . .

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A new series of videos made by the National Fish Habitat Partnership highlights the restoration efforts of 19 Partnership groups throughout the country. The recently released second video in the series focuses on Grape Creek in California.

Read more in the press release below.

Perk, Laurie, and Chico high in Wyoming's Wind Rivers.
All photos courtesy Perk Perkins

Orvis CEO Perk Perkins recently went on a week-long hike into the Wind River Mountains of central Wyoming, along with his wife, Laurie, and their 18-month-old Black Lab, Chico. They took to the trail outside the town of. . .

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Perk, Laurie, and Chico put in the miles to find the trout.
All photos courtesy Perk Perkins

Orvis CEO Perk Perkins recently embarked on a week-long backpacking trip into the Wind River Range of Wyoming with his wife, Laurie, and their Black Lab, Chico. Perk's goal was to catch his first golden trout, and he . . .

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Check out this great new video for the Orvis Wingshooting Schools, featuring Bruce Bowlen, who has been teaching shotgunners for more than 40 years.

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Walter is a Yellow Labrador retriever who lives in Sicily, and boy does he love the water! His owner put a GoPro camera on the dog so that we could enjoy his race down the hill from town to the rocky edge of. . .

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Welcome to another edition of our fly-fishing 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 got. . .

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In this week’s podcast I interview my good friend and fishing buddy Aaron Adams on tailing redfish.  As a marine scientist, director of Bonefish Tarpon Trust, and a great all-around saltwater fly fisherman he gives some great tips on finding tailing (or otherwise) redfish and how to select a fly and present it to them.  On this week’s Fly Box we concentrate more on freshwater fly fishing, and cover such topics as cracked fly lines, night fishing for trout, circle hooks for streamers, and pigtails above knots on light tippets.  Then I try, unsuccessfully, to resolve a dispute between two brothers.

Here's some Bucket List fodder from the Spanish anglers at o2natos, who spent some time in Iceland this summer. There are some honking brown trout on display, but I'm particularly attracted to the big char. The bugs, of course, I could do without.

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Here's yet another great rescue video from Eldad Hagar of Hope for Paws rescue in Los Angeles. Here's what Eldad had to say about it: . . .

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Marine Lance Corporal Nick Lacarra with his military working dog, Coot, on patrol in Afghanistan, 2012.
Photo by Corporal Reece Lodder via nationalreview.com

We try to stay away from politics here on the Dogs blog, but on the National Review website, there's an excellent argument by Jonah Goldberg for why we should take care of retired. . .

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Last week, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions showed us how to tie the Brahma Bugger, a great variation on the venerable Woolly Bugger. This week, . . .

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