Climate Change among Threats to Recreational Fishing
The American Fly Fishing Trade Association and the AFFTA Fisheries Fund has just released a new blue-ribbon report, Recommendations to Improve the Health and Sustainability …
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The first Yellowstone fishing tale was written by an East Coast socialite
One of the earliest stories about trout fishing in Yellowstone National Park was written at the turn of the 19th century by an adventurous East …
Fly Fishing Is A Thing
According to the Wall St. Journal, the fly fishing boom is finally here. A new generation of fly-fishing fans is turning toward the soulful history …
Royal Tweed
Prince George will “learn how to fly fish at Balmoral” when the Cambridges visit over the summer. William and Kate are keen that George might …
Fishing the L.A. River is more than a quarantine hobby. For some, it’s therapy
Despite its concrete casing, installed in the late 1930s to rein in once-frequent flooding, signs of the natural river persist. Besides birds of many feathers, …
A River Runs Through It Meets COVID-19
It’s not very often that anyone compares a Brad Pitt movie to a worldwide pandemic, but that’s what’s happening in the world of fly-fishing. While …
How COVID-19 Disrupted the Fly Fishing Industry
Cori-Alice Holladay inspects her Clemson-orange drift boat from bow to stern. The morning sun is still climbing so her mirrored sunglasses are tucked above the …
$500 fine for helicopter incident in Bob Marshall Wilderness
$500? Well, that’s a real deterrent for a guy with a helicopter. A Bozeman man who illegally landed a helicopter on a sandbar in the …
Too soon? Guides have mixed views on getting anglers back in the water
Fishing guides and fly shop owners in the northern Adirondacks got a surprise this week as the state gave them the approval to go back …
The lure of the fly: Fly fishing’s ‘renaissance’ isn’t really new, but it’s welcome anyway
Author and University of Toronto Professor Mark Kingwell with a thoughtful response to the NY Times story on the “new trend” of fly fishing. If …