Swing the Fly

This one has been in the queue for a while now, sent over a few months ago from chef compadre Libby in Austin; when I saw it pop up in Liquor.com’s email list this week, that was sure enough a sign from above that it was time to post it. We’re long time fans of […]

Digging through the gear room we’ve found a few odds and ends Swing the Fly shirts we had run months ago – we’ve just listed them on Ebay and are currently selling them for less than it cost to run them. They’re priced at $10.99 and with an extra 10% to kick things off they’re […]

Click the cover to pop it open. We were a day late in January, let’s make it a day early in April.

Our Swing the Fly Tees are back in stock on the Dry Fly Media Store and we’re giving a shirt away this weekend. We have both our Swing the Fly Retro T and the new I Swing Both Ways – River right and River Left Tees in black available today. We appreciate the patience you […]

This is the first is a series of posts to come over the next few weeks where we’ll feature some of the downright amazing flies that were submitted in the First Annual Swing the Fly’s Winter Steelhead and Atlantic Salmon Fly Tying Contest. Here’s the winning fly’s recipe and to follow in Andy’s footsteps, you’ll […]

After a little wiggle over the holiday with our mag hosting provider, Swing the Fly Winter 2014 is up and running. Some damn fine storytelling and imagery in this issue. We’ve also started on a website redesign and have a working proof of the new site up now at Swing The Fly.

We’ve had folks asking about the release of the Third Issue of Swing the Fly all day today – she’s been ready to go and we’ve had problems all day with our digital magazine host… Once their teams are back in the office tomorrow we’ll be up and running. Damnadoodle.

If I can’t be fishing this is almost as good. Jake and I are working through the final assembly of the Winter 2014 issue of Swing the Fly due out on the 1st day of the New Year. Of course we’d rather be fishing, but this issue has an incredible collection of steelhead and Atlantic […]

Win Prizes. Inspire Millions. Become Famous.   Hot off the press: Swing the Fly magazine is pleased to announce our First Annual Winter Steelhead and Spring Atlantic Salmon Fly Contest, sponsored by Heritage Angling Products. Set up the vise and tie your favorite Original or Variation of a classic winter steelhead fly or spring Atlantic […]

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Swing the Fly contributor Jonathan Barlow, principal of Barlow Photo Arts, has released a new portfolio in digital form (free) as well as in limited edition prints. Details at the link above. Email JB for a free iPad optimized (viewable on all devices) digital copy via barlowphotoarts@gmail.com.

We’re pleased as punch to announce the opening today of the first ever Swing the Fly Cover photo contest sponsored by Poppy and the gang at The Red Shed Fly Shop. Now’s your chance to submit that prize winning photo that captures the essence of swung fly fishing and launch your career as an award-winning […]

Jake and I (as Dry Fly Media and Chi Wulff) and the rest of the Swing the Fly Team would like to take just a moment today and thank everyone for the response to the launch of Swing the Fly magazine just a few days ago. In these four days we’ve seen the volume of […]

Well hot damn. Issue 1.1 is live. Click the pic or here for download.

Swing the Fly has recently welcomed another notable to the fold – Editor Zack announced last week that Rick Kustich has joined the team as the Great Lakes section editor. Rick has a damned impressive resume in the industry – he’s just published his 5th book (Advanced Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead), has spent […]