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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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Guess the runoff, win a prize (sort of)
Oh brother… the Snake River has apparently R-U-N-N-O-F-F. Well, most of us won’t complain if we have to play the waiting game one way or another. Guess the date that the river clears enough to fish with a dry fly, and you win… a cutthroat trout! Some folks are saying Aug. 1 is the reasonable…
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Five reasons you’re not catching fish while nymphing
5. You're only watching one point of drift The trapped-air indicators that have been in vogue for the past few years do a great job at subtly dragging through the current undetected. When you're only dragging a little, the smooth surface of these indicators doesn't show the telltale moto rboat wake that we all look…
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Fly Tying: The Crackleback
While I love spending time tinkering at the vise, I'm always looking for ways to cut down on the number of patterns I tie regularly. Ed Story's Crackleback fits my style of fishing perfectly. Part dry fly, part wet fly and part micro-bugger, this easy-to-tie pattern mimics naturals on the surface, emerging caddis and just…
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Video spotlight: The Cardiac Salmonfly
The salmonfly hatch on the Henry's Fork of the Snake River is legendary. Check out this fun video of an epic adventure on the river below Lower Mesa Falls known as Cardiac Canyon from Henry's Fork Anglers and KBL Studios. Anyone know how long the raft slide is to reach the water? I heard salmonflies…
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A Native Odyssey – Southern Appalachian brook trout in Tennessee
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 native…
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111 years of great monuments
Great ideas have longevity. 111 years ago today, Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law, cementing the importance of our public lands heritage for decades to come. Since then, some of the most important fish and wildlife habitat in the country has been set aside for the benefit of the American people in the…