Editor’s Notebook

Jim Lepage with Andros Island bonefish

The Orvis Company of Manchester, Vermont, has purchased the Scientific Anglers and Ross brands from 3M (NYSE:MMM). Scientific Anglers is…»

Cicadas are an important food source almost every in year in select regions of the country.  Paul Weamer photo

Magicicadas—also known as 17-year cicadas—are expected to emerge from their underground burrows in the spring of 2013. The large insects…»

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    30 seconds of hilarity  . . .The Simms staff seems to be making great use of their new…»

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Some of the finest times I’ve had on the water have been carefully scripted, if not entirely familiar. I can…»

From the frontpiece from John Goddard’s book, Trout Flies of Britain and Europe.

Today I received the sad news from both Gary Borger and Lefty Kreh that fly fishing legend John Goddard passed…»

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In the 70s and 80s, California’s Hat Creek supported upwards of 5,000 trout per mile. Since then, it has since…»

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[This is an excerpt of the upcoming 2013 Fly Fisherman Gear Guide which will be on sale Nov. 20, 2012.…»

Dean River steelhead

We’ve had some emails and phone calls in the past two weeks about the current cover image of Fly Fisherman,…»

The entire Turneffe Atoll has been declared a marine preserve by the government of Belize, thanks in large part to the hard work of Craig Hayes, owner of Turneffe Flats lodge, and by the Turneffe Atoll Trust. Anna Purnell photo

  The Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve was enacted on Tuesday (9/25/12) by the Hon. Lisel Alamilla, Belize’s Minister of Forestry,…»

Everyone knows that brown-bows are native to the Middle Fork. Learn this and other nuggets of wisdom from fly-fishing “expert”…»

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Ryan Hall hasn’t been getting much fly fishing in while preparing for the 2012 Summer Olympics  America will be watching…»

Trident Fly Fishing owner Ben Freeman believes his "castability guarantee" and fly-fishing expertise sets him apart from other on-line stores.

A decade and more ago, it seemed like new fly shops were  popping up all over the country, but in…»

Fishing was excellent on the upper Delaware River in 2011 with cold water, heavy hatches, and a summer of gorging…»

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On my desk there is a box of gorgeous steelhead flies tied by master fly tier and innovator Bob Quigley.…»

Today I received a letter from Fly Fisherman subscriber Jack Miller who said he enjoyed the “2012 Tippet Shootout” by…»

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The EPA is currently conducting a watershed analysis in the Bristol Bay region to first catalog the unique salmon productivity…»

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How does drinking whisky help the environment? Well, it doesn’t. But every time someone uploads a fishing photo and 100-word…»

The PFBC recently approved a more than $200,000 grant to secure fishing access along PA's Elk Creek.

Lack of access on Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie tributary streams has confounded and angered fly fishers and other anglers in the…»

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The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has reported that a small plane owned by Jose Wejebe crashed into a field around…»

Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli took to the ice at halftime during a recent NHL game to work on…»

Towing a 110-pound Keys tarpon away from a shark

On Monday  (March 26) I caught one of my most memorable fish.  It was a 110-pound tarpon caught in the…»

In May 2007 Fly Fisherman published a story by Marv Hoyt called “The Selenium Threat.” In that article, the author…»

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In addition to great movies, IF4 sponsors dole out prizes like Airflo fly lines and G.Loomis Pro4X fly rods. Put…»

Two Yurt rainbows average 18 to 22 inches and 4 to 6 pounds. No one has fished the remote wilderness river since 2008.

  Kamchatka is about the size of Texas and shares the same longitude and Pacific rim geography as Alaska. However,…»

Boulder police have arrested one of four suspects in a string of fly-rod thefts around the Denver metro area last…»