Gel Spun minimum buildup. Secure materials without creating oversized bodies or heads—particularly useful for midges, small ...

Suddenly, critics are everywhere. AI is either making everyone illiterate or turning us all into instant book authors, brilliant scientists, or experts on anything. But even before we called it “AI,” ...

Not long ago, tying a tube fly meant rummaging through your house for makeshift materials—pen tubes, Q-tips, WD-40 straws, or bits of old medical tubing. There were no fly shop supplies, no online ...

NOTE: The article is abridged: “The year was 1989. The place was Kuusamo, Finland. The event was the World Fly Fishing Championship. Who was this guy dressed in an unconventional vest, wearing garden ...

Academically knowing what trout eat mostly means little if you don’t know how to cast, fish a fly, or choose when and where to fish. Mastering these practical skills is essential if you want fly ...

Hatch Magazine reviewed Orvis’ redesigned Recon fly rods, rating them as very good. The review notes that these rods are heavier and lack the crisp casting or refined finish of the Helios F and D ...

My first impressions at fly-fishing shows seemed to confirm this, as several glass rods cast sluggishly. Others not so. However, that perception of too slow changed dramatically after I purchased Echo ...

One of America’s most enduring strengths is a simple idea: that some things belong to all of us, and it is our shared responsibility to protect them. Clean air, safe drinking water, and preserved ...

Consider Tenkara, one of fly fishing’s oldest forms. For centuries, illiterate peasants in Japan used it to feed the wealthy a delicacy, passing down rod-building, gear, and techniques solely by word ...

Fly casting is almost universally regarded as the crucial skill for successfully catching fish. According to my artist friend Thom Glace, fly casting can also be a moment on the water when you feel ...

In defiance of technological advances, including the latest threat to thought—AI—the ‘soul’ of fly fishing thankfully remains untouched. Despite algorithms that can now predict hatches before a trout ...

I overheard that question recently while looking for some coffee creamer at the store. There I was, searching the cold-foods section for my favorite coffee add-in, when two folks old enough to be my ...