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Short casts: 25 years since “The Movie,” saving Colorado’s greenbacks, India’s mahseer
This fall, the film iteration of Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It" turns 25. The film made fly fishing trendy (too trendy, some would say), and it helped put Montana on the fly fishing map. While the film and the book centered on the Blackfoot River near Missoula, the film's fishing was actually shot…
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Fly rod building pioneer Tom Morgan dies
The fly fishing world lost one of its guiding lights this week when Tom Morgan, the former owner of the R.L. Winston Co., and, more recently, the founder and owner of Tom Morgan Rodsmiths, died peacefully at home with his family in Montana. Morgan molded Winston, already a hallowed name in fly fishing when he…
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Kenai king salmon management under scrutiny
An angler boasts an 80-pound Kenai River king. These fish are becoming much more rare thanks a number of factors in the drainage. Wikipedia file photo. Many have heard about declining king salmon stocks throughout Alaska in recent years. The world-renowned Kenai River has also seen a decline in larger stocks, the 6- and 7-year-old…
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Monument recommendations could set dangerous precedent
On April 26, Pr esident Trump On Monday, Secretary Zinke released an interim report detailing his finding for Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and making recommendations, the most notable of which is for the boundary to be “revised through the use of the appropriate authority.” In other words, President Trump should cut the size…
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A Native Odyssey – Apache trout in Arizona
Editor's Note: Five students from the TU Costa 5 Rivers Outreach Program have embarked on a once-in a-lifetime journey in pursuit of 16 native trout species, all on public lands. With support from the U.S. Forest Service, Costa Sunglasses, Simms Fishing Products, Fishpond and Post Fly Box, these students will tell the stories of our…
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Short casts: A year later on the Penobscot, Oregon lakes, advice from Camille Egdorf
Coalition members celebrate the removal of Veazie Dam on the Penobscot in 2013. A year ago, ocean-going fish in Maine's Penobscot River regained access to some 2,000 miles of spawning and rearing habitat thanks to the final step in a restoration project designed to bring the Penobscot drainage back to it's former glory. With the…
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Gear test: Tepui Expedition Series duffle bag
I’m not sure why I never connected the potential of a great tent maker (especially one like Tepui that specializes in roof top camping regularly associated with the beach) producing a top-flight wet duffle, but it is a marriage made in heaven. The Tepui Expedition Series Duffle bag is, in a phrase, the best duffle…
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