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Great article about using strike indicators, or ditching them altogether.
#dryflies #flyfishing
Carp Slam (Denver, CO) September 13th, 2025 – Denver Trout Unlimited (DTU) has unveiled the new format of the 2025 Carp Slam fly fishing tournament. The annual tournament is designed to raise funds for the Denver South Platte (DSP) fishery and users of the river corridor.
#denver #carpslam
Hooking injuries to fish and angling pressure is taking a toll on Wyoming's North Platte River. There lies the problem—more anglers going after a large amount of fish and releasing them. The results have shown more hooking injuries to fish that could be detrimental to the fish population.
On Norway's vast salmon farms, a parasite is causing mass deaths of fish. Factory farming is threatening to wipe out wild salmon populations in Norway, due to the dramatic spread of parasitic salmon lice. Can the wild salmon still be saved?
Sometimes someone else says it better than you ever could. Our friend Eddie Nickens wrote these words about Flip’s passing, and we’re grateful he’s allowed us to share them.
Take Action on the Roadless Rule: Join BHA in opposition to rescinding the Roadless Rule in its entirety and ask your member of Congress to instead support the Roadless Area Conservation Act, legislation that would codify the Roadless Rule as law.
Striped Bass Economic Survey: “The Striped Bass Survey gives us the chance to quantify the scale of this coastwide fishery. That data is critical for decision-makers at the local, state, and federal levels, showing just how much recreational anglers contribute to the economy."
#savestripedbass
Rudy Babikian, co-founder of Los Locos, in Oman chasing GTs on fly rods with Ed Nicholas.
#oman #flyfishing
Wolves of the River: a bull trout revival and the cumulative (positive) effects of thoughtful resource management on the Squamish River.
#bulltrout #squamishriver
What do you have against bobber fishing?
I think the thing about bobber (strike indicator) fishing that gets under the skin of many dedicated fly anglers who have been doing this for a long time, is that the bobber-weighted-nymph rig is just so effective. It affords “instant gratification.”
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#keepfishwet #fishpond #flyfishing
Wild fish. Wild Places. Emilie Björkman explores some of America’s most iconic trout rivers: the Blackfoot near Missoula to a spring creek outside Bozeman, the Madison at Three Dollar Bridge, and a drift down the Missouri River by Craig, MT.
#montana #flyfishing
A Distance Casting Tip: An essential requirement for distance casting is that maximum acceleration of the rod occur at the end of the casting stroke.
#flycasting #flyfishing #distancecasting
How much abuse can your equipment take when fighting fish? A lot more than you think...
#flyfishing
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Deeter writes about fly rod warranties: “I’d be curious about what kind of reaction consumers would have if they were given the option of buying warranty coverage or not at the time of purchase...”
#flyrods #warranties
Mat Leonard, an Atlantic salmon guide on Quebec’s famed Bonaventure River, makes the decision to pause his guiding season and head north to Labrador. With declining salmon runs and growing uncertainty back home, he sets out in search of wild rivers that still thrive: the Flowers and Hawke Rivers.
Midwest based artist Jake Keeler and photographer T.C. Worley are out to document the smallmouth playground of Jake’s backyard, the Upper Mississippi River.
#smallmouthbass #mississippiriver
Bucktail Flies: “Beastly bucktail baitfish flies tied by Andre van Wyk, aka Dre, a South African Chewbacca. Some say each one is tied with a signature strand of his beard…”
#bucktails #flyfishing
In Wyoming, the North Platte River goes barbless and bans some bead rigs. “We’re concerned that the advent of this technique overlaps with the appearance of these more massive and severe injuries,” Mark Smith, Game and Fish’s fisheries management coordinator.
#wyoming #northplatteriver
Marina Gibson and many others have dedicated their lives and careers to ensuring that fishing for wild Atlantic salmon is more than “a beautiful waste of time.”
#wild #atlanticsalmon
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Deeter writes about how to Select, Rig and Fish the Right Fly. Plus gear news from ICAST, a Pebble Mine update and a recent podcast from Oliver White.
New partner spotlight: LOGE Wolf Creek in South Fork, Colorado.
#logecamps #southforkcolorado
Great article discussing the role the wrist plays in an efficient casting stroke.
#flycasting #flyfishing
New Zealand fly-fishing guide Cory Scott heads back to some home waters he hasn't fished in forty years.
#newzealand #browntrout
Learn About The Yellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation: Yellow Dog Flyfishing donates a portion of every trip booked and every product sold to YDCCF to support important conservation work.
#YDCCF #yellowdogflyfishing
Winston Fly Rods and Bauer Fly Reels hire Jay Beebe and Tyson Webb to accelerate their sales operations. Jay Beebe will take on the role of Sales Manager, while Tyson Webb will become the new Northern Rockies Sales Representative, covering Montana and Idaho.
#winstonflyrods #bauerreels
Win Your Dream Skiff That Could Help Save Florida Waters: Enter To Win This 2025 Hell's Bay Professional.
#hellsbay #captainsforcleanwater
Christmas Island: Endless Flats in the Pacific: Fly fishing a Pacific atoll in the middle of nowhere.
#christmasisland #kiribati #triggerfish #GTs #gianttrevally #bonefish #flatsfishing
Smart way for a rising truck storage system brand, DECKED, to manage the inevitable haters: “Everyone loves a five-star review (and we’ve got a truckload of ‘em). But the one-stars are way more fun to read. Let’s hear a few top picks with Ambassador Danny Bolton.”
#DECKED
Road Access Update For CO’s Blue River: Road 1812 near Green Mountain Dam to reopen August 1, 2025. The BLM will reopen Summit County Road to vehicles and pedestrians. Periodic road closures may occur in the future if rain or snowmelt cause unsafe conditions below the slope.
#blueriver #colorado