Loon’s Tying Tips Kudos to the good folks at Loon for consistently advocating for both the art and science of tying flies. Here’s their latest volley. Well done. Update on the Madison River Recreation Plan The Montana FWP (Fish, Wildlife, and Parks) Commission met back on 14 June to conduct a damned full agenda of […]
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Tacky Fly Fishing has just been awarded their first patent for design features of their best in class Tacky Fly Boxes, the first of many to come I’d guess… You’d have to be living under a rock to not have seen these since their kickstarter campaign launched back in 2013; if you don’t use them […]
The good gals and guys down south in Utah recently celebrated the multiple releases of Trout in the Classroom rainbow fry; Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources posted a nifty video here (image to right, on FB so not embeddable) and the Deseret News covered one of the classroom’s efforts here with a nice image gallery. […]
ALT Title: Telling the Ugly Truth about Social Media, Fishing to Spawners, and the Infection of Hypocrisy in (Some) Brand Ambassadors and Brands Two things…. First, Read the Article If you haven’t read Ryan’s OPINION: Fly Fishing “Brand Ambassadors” + Social Media – What Might They Be Doing to Your Fishery? first published back on […]
In this era of virtue-signaling boycotts, often companies doing genuine, roll-up-the-sleeves, put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is giving somehow simply don’t get the press that they should. Here’s a great example – Hell’s Bay Boatworks has joined Captains for Clean Water as a Legacy Partner; from the press release: For Immediate Release South Florida Water Crisis; reason Hell’s Bay Boatworks […]
Yesterday the Baltimore Sun ran a nifty piece celebrating the 93rd birthday of Lefty Kreh – Birth of a legend: Lefty Kreh turns 93, but prefers to celebrate his mentor Joe Brooks. In our phenomenally egocentric, selfie-obsessed, promote yourself world, seeing a crusty old fly fisher defer to his long-departed mentor (and a name unknown […]
Kudos to BTT and the principle project sponsor Costa for getting Project Permit off and running; read all about it here. [A quick ‘aside’ on Attaboy: Despite what some groups might have you believe, the natural world hasn’t yet fully gone to hell in a hand basket, and while there is now and shall forever […]
A fascinating story of water rights, conservation easements, and a right-minded rancher trying to conserve water from the Aspen Times; read this cautionary tale, particularly those who think “the government is here to save the world”, here.
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust: A Twenty-Year Retrospective from Bonefish and Tarpon Trust on Vimeo. As we look back on the last 20 years of science-based conservation of bonefish, tarpon and permit, in addition to their habitats and the larger fisheries they support, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is proud to be called, in the words of […]
Southern Culture on the Fly’s Fly Tying Pot Lucks are back this year, kicking off two weeks from today on the 24th at Catawba Brewing in Asheville. It remains FREE (earning today’s attaboy), and once again they’re giving away goods from top notch gear purveyors, including Simms Fishing, Astral Footwear, and more. And speaking of […]
From Trouts Fly Fishing blog – As some of you may know, this year’s Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) won’t be making its way through Denver until March. We don’t know about you, but the winter doldrums tend to set in in mid-January and we need our annual January dose of Fish Porn. With that […]
The Madison River Foundation has recently posted an interactive map detailing their projects conducted in/on the Madison River drainage from 2004 to the present. It’s a great summary of a good group quietly getting quality work done that matters (there’s a principle to be observed here – do tangible work, don’t whine.) Attaboy MRF.
The good folks at Diablo Paddlesports have teamed up with a host of other gear guys and gals to create a damned nifty kayak fly fishing package to be raffled off with all proceeds going to benefit Communities in Schools of the Coastal Bend. Rockport and Fulton took the devastating brunt of Harvey’s landfall a […]
Buff announced yesterday a new collection – the [AS ONE] collection – with 100% of profits from item sales to go to folks hard hit by natural disasters this past year in the Florida Keys, the Houston area, via the California wildfires, and in Puerto Rico. Details here, and attaboy Buff.
