Author

Chris Hunt

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: Three runs

    Russia's Ponoi River might be the last, best place on earth to catch wild Atlantic salmon on the fly in appreciable numbers. And the river's fish are incredibly resilient, largely due to the fact that their habitat is largely intact. The river is home to three runs of salmon (hence the title of the video…

  • Fishing Trout Tips

    Trout Tips: Keep false casts off target

    Editor's note: The following is exerpted from TU's book, "Trout Tips," available online for overnight delivery. False casts are free, and they're great for helping you measure out and judge distance. But they also spook fish. Several years ago, I stopped false casting directly over my target and started moving my false casts a little…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: The African Tiger

    Here in the Western Hemisphere, we're just getting our heads around the notion of South American jungle fish, like golden dorado and massive peacock bass in the Amazon. There's so much to explore ... so many fly-rod targets worth experiencing. But across the Atlantic and quite a ways south, the rivers of Africa are just…

  • Pebble to file permits. Time to re-engage!

    After over a decade, Pebble mine backers say they plan to file permit applications tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 22) to construct a massive open-pit mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska – one of North America’s most treasured, awe-inspiring fisheries. A region full of quiet, clear, winding rivers; massive trout and millions of wild salmon would be industrialized…

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: Micro Egg

    Here's one for you patient fly tiers who don't mind small hooks and like the minutia that goes into some of these tiny patterns. For me, the term "tiny" starts at about size 18. The size 22 hook used in the pattern below? That falls into the "impossilbe" category for this ham-handed tier. Oh, and…

  • Gear test: O’Pros Dragonfly rod holder

    If you wade fish, you know there are times when you really need to have both hands free. On a good day, that would include having a free hand to grab your camera to take a picture of the lunker in your net. Or, if you’re like me, more likely it would be so that…