News On The Fly

Project Permit

On April 7th, 2014, as part of Costa’s Project Permit, we ventured out and successfully placed the first ever satellite tag on a Florida Keys permit! Costa’s Project Permit is joint effort between Bonefish and Tarpon Trust and Costa Sunglasses to address data shortcomings specific to the permit species. The catch and recapture data will finally inform us on permit movements in...

Seamus looks incredulous that his breed’s popularity is waning.
Photo by Melanie, Meridian

Here's a story from Vetstreet.com about dog breeds that seem to be suffering from declining popularity.

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Here's a wonderful video made by a young Polish dog trainer, Patrycja Kowalczyk, and featuring a brilliant Border Collie named Zoe. The video is beautifully shot and some of Zoe's skills are pretty incredible. I don't even know how you would train a dog to go completely limp while you pick it up. I mean, how do you explain that? You can see them working on that trick here.

Editor's warning: At about the 2:00 mark of this video is an extremely vulgar curse word. I would normally never publish a video containing such a word on the dog blog, but I assume that Ms. Kowalczyk simply didn't get it. (Her blog is entirely in Polish.) So, if you're easily offended, don't watch or skip from 1:55-2:05.

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Written by: Andrew Pierce, Orvis Adventures

Artist Ty Hallock draws gorgeous images on fly boxes and coolers.
Photos by Andrew Pierce

Orvis endorsed guide Ty Hallock—of Ugly Bug Fly Shop in Casper, Wyoming—created this Yeti art for Simon Perkins. The theme of the piece was a tribute to Simon’s. .

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As the former Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Whiting Farms, Steve Schweitzer has had the opportunity to experiment with tons of cool feathers, and his Tabou Caddis Emerger uses two parts of the same. . .

The post Video: How to Tie a Tabou Caddis Emerger appeared first on Orvis News.

G.Loomis has announced new additions to its PRO4x series: three new ‘Long Hand Predator’ switch-style fly rods. The “LHP” rods are designed to easily cast large bulky flies with today’s heavy, shorter, more aggressive fly lines.

Read more in the press release below.

On the heels of the EPA’s decision to increase watershed protections for Bristol Bay, Trout Unlimited is urging all anglers to continue to voice the importance of protecting Bristol Bay during an open comment period on a draft of the new safeguards.

Read more in the press release below.

From gear and apparel to eyewear and DVDs, the New Product Showcase at the recently held of International Fly Tackle Dealer show in Orlando, FL, featured the best offerings from diverse brands. Awards were given to products in over 28 categories.

Read more in the press release below. 

Artist Eileen Klatt paints salmonids that are gone or disappearing.

After growing up fishing for perch, sunfish, bass, and crappies, Idaho-based Eileen Klatt turned her artistic eye on the trout, salmon, and steelhead of the Columbia River Basin, especially those strains that are. . .

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This is a long one, at just under 30 minutes, but there is a ton of great action and plenty of huge trout. Guide Mike Kirkpatrick and his client, Kresten Ovesen, head into the backcountry of New Zealand's South Island in. . .

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How cool is this? After seeing a baby bird struggling to stay afloat in a Connecticut lake, Jax the Black Lab swam out and saved the little guy. I wonder if he would have done the same if. . .

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Photo courtesy Blackfoot River Outfitters

We're re-introducing a new feature on the Fly Fishing blog, in which we ask well-known anglers and guides to give us their Top 10 patterns. Sometimes the list will be species- or water-specific, but we'll also feature collections of. . .

The post Tuesday Tip: Tom Rosenbauer’s Top 10 Fly Patterns appeared first on Orvis News.

Written by: Capt. Duber Winters, Store Manager, Orvis Woodbridge (VA)

It was an early-morning start for ten anglers and four instructors on the Potomac.
All photos by Duber Winters

We held another great Bass Class last week on the Potomac River in northern Virginia. Ten students and four instructors were on the water early last Friday morning, and we were blessed with good weather and great fishing! For. . .

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As I was putting together the Trout Bum of the Week post on Amelia Jensen yesterday, I was reminded of just how much great trout-fishing footage she and her husband, Dave, have. . .

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Is your best friend at risk?
Photo by Morris Animal Foundation

Cancer poses a very serious threat to all of our pets. Six million new pet cancer diagnoses are made every year, and countless families experience the devastating effects of this deadly disease...

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Here's yet another dog-in-hot-car story, but this one has a happy and weird ending. When passers-by noted that a little dog was locked inside a van in the hot sun outside a Costco in Plano, Texas, authorities took. . .

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“Project Permit” is a joint effort between Bonefish and Tarpon Trust and Costa Sunglasses to address challenges facing the permit species. The new catch and recapture data will inform researchers on permit movements in Florida waters and help to inform management decisions.

Alaska Steel

From good friends Bryan Gregson and Austin Trayser comes a sneak peak at some fly fishing in Alaska for the almighty steelhead in some fantastic surroundings.

original content Hatch Outdoors

JB is such a good flushing dog that he caused the author to rethink his Brittanys-Only policy.
All photos by Scott McEnaney

Now let me start by saying that I’m a dedicated pointing-dog man. All of the hunters I have ever hoped to emulate were pointing dog men, too, and I blame them with for teaching me, in a grandfatherly way, that flushers were for. . .

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Amelia is lucky enough to spend up to three months a year chasing trout in New Zealand.
All photos by Dave Jensen

Amelia Jensen is one half of the Jensen Fly Fishing team, along with her husband, Dave. (He was TBoTW VIII.) She guides on the. . .

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A couple in Alexandia, Virginia, are banking on a novel idea: that the kind of people who love to pamper their pooches will also want them to get a good workout in a safe, temperature-controlled atmosphere. Frolick Dogs, which. . .

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Grace Vieth offers definitive proof that the new fly works. . .and works well.
Photo by Kip Vieth

Shawn Brillon, the Orvis product developer in charge of new flies, recently sent some samples of a potential new smallmouth pattern to Kip Vieth of Wildwood Float Trips, based in Montecello, Minnesota. Kip sent back. . .

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In this week's podcast, we explore the world of small stream trout with 5 detailed tips (mainly because I was too lazy to organize more--actually there are probably about 20 tips included) that cover everything from what rod to. . .

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We were thrilled to announce the winners of the most recent round of the Orvis Cover Dog Contest, and now we’re excited to announce the entries that raised the most money and received the most unique voters! To date, we’ve raised more than $900,000 for canine cancer research and the Morris Animal Foundation. Our current contest is scheduled to end September 30th – click here to enter, and check out the top dogs below.

#1 Fundraiser! Tito, Mica, Tori, and Teddy - $2,250, 2 voters
Owner: Sydney W. of Key West, FL

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Here's some great footage from our friends in Slovenia, featuring some beautiful small streams and lovely trout and. . .

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The dogs are displayed as cardboard cutouts in stores.

The home-furnishings giant Ikea is part of a new project to find forever homes for shelter dogs and to promote the concept of dog adoption in general. At stores in Singapore and Tempe, Arizona, shoppers are. . .

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Massachusetts based CNS Outdoor Technologies LLC has announced the acquisition of fly rod makers Thomas & Thomas. “The opportunity to work within the fly fishing industry and with the devoted staff at Thomas & Thomas is a dream come true,” says CNS owner Albert Neville Orsmond, “and I’ll be giving it my all to ensure T&T stays at the top in terms of fly rod performance and craftsmanship.”

Read more in the press release below.

Cortland Line Company has announced it will join up with Trout Unlimited as a corporate partner, and will for a limited time donate a percentage of the proceeds from all sales of freshwater fly lines to TU’s Embrace-a-Stream program.

Read more in the press release below.

From Patagonia:

A bit of news – we launched a brand new Patagonia.com in the past week. In a few words, the new site provides our customers with a really beautiful, streamlined experience on any device – getting people closer to the sports they love and giving a more transparent look at the factories where their gear is made. Below, I’ve described a few more key features – definitely let me know if you’re interested in more information. Best thing to do is just give it a rip.

Back to the main site – here are some very cool features about the new Patagonia.com:

From TU:

As Cortland Line Co. prepares to celebrate its 100th year in the fishing business, the venerable fly line maker is joining Trout Unlimited as a corporate partner to donate a percentage of the proceeds from all freshwater fly lines sold to TU’s Embrace-a-Stream program for a limited time.

The Embrace-a-Stream Program is TU’s signature stream restoration funding effort—every year, the organization makes dozens of small grants to TU chapters and councils for conservation projects on the ground in local communities. These grants, usually around $5,000 each, are often used as matching funds for local chapters and councils seeking larger grants from government agencies, foundations and other entities. Sometimes the grants are enough to complete simple—but vital—restoration projects, like

From Korkers:

The name says it all. The K-5 Bomber is designed to withstand the rigorous demands of professional guides and hardcore anglers who are on the river day after day.

From Hobie:

Fishing out of one of Hobie’s Pro Angler 12- or 14’s is so much fun that Hobie is now making it possible for two anglers to share the experience in the same boat.  Introducing the Pro Angler 17T.  Three different configurations include traditional in-line tandem seating, face-to-face social tandem or solo, all with enough room for man’s best four-legged friend…and with plenty of space for standing, casting and fly fishing in comfort.

This new Pro Angler 17T integrates all the features of its predecessors including Hobie’s iconic patented MirageDrive® pedal system and Vantage XT seating and adds new features such as

From Superfly:

Superfly’s mission is to connect people to nature through fly fishing. It drives everything we do. Our goal is to produce consumer products and retail programs that make the sport accessible for everyone.

Knowing that fly fishing is the fastest growing category in fishing, we were inspired to create the new Complete Fly Fishing Kit – our convenient all-in-one fly fishing combo that makes it easy to go ‘from store to shore’. This 12-peice kit includes everything a beginner needs to get started and the components were designed with the avid angler in mind making it a great choice for everyone to connect.

To be successful on the water, it’s important to

Amirante Tails - A Seychelles Experience

As if there aren’t enough reasons to travel to the ends of the world, why not one more!  Grant Wiswell yet again capturing some great footage while on location in the Indian Ocean in pursuit of all things fishy.

original content Castaway Films

Thanks to the work of diligent fisheries biologists and managers, after a 50-year absence native bull trout have been reintroduced to the Clackamas River in Oregon. This video tells their story.