Trout fishing in northern Minnesota in the summer is a good way to inhale a lot of bugs. Same for splitting wood, or cutting the grass, or any other sweaty, breathy work. Supposedly, my great-great uncle had a line for this, whenever one of the kids was choking and spitting on a mosquito:
Gas up the DeLorean, pour a sip of hot tub time-machine water, and blast into the past with Trouts Fly Shop’s “Throwback Flyfishing Film Fest” on February 5, at Denver’s Oriental Theater.
After a brief hiatus, The DrakeCast is back. This episode aims to answer one question: How did a band of fishing and surfing bums living in Virginia create an iconic Texan brand? To help tell this story we’ll be assisted by musican and Howler Brothers cofounder, Andy Stepanian. Along the way, we’ll also get to…
This episode of the DrakeCast tracks the effects of several natural disasters that have struck the Eastern United States in the past few years. After starting with the Sevier Country Fire that ripped through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, we move further south to North Carolina where we’ll hear how folks are faring after Hurricane…
Every year, millions of Alaskan fish make their way back from the ocean to their natal streams. Hot on their tails are tens of thousands of anglers looking to capture that perfect obituary photo with the catch of a lifetime. This is the story of a couple guides who had the pleasure of taking those…
For those of you who tuned in to Episode #45, you’ll know that we travelled down to East End Lodge in Grand Bahama to chase after the ghost of the flats with Captain Cecil Leathan and Bjorn Stromsness. This episode continues that journey but stops along the way to take a look at the darker…
In today’s audio story, we scan the flats of Grand Bahama in search of a single species: Bonefish. Sit back and enjoy the sounds of veteran East End Lodge guide Cecil Leathan poling Bjorn Stromsness (of the Bonefish on the Brain blog) and listen as they tell the tales of their first bonefishes and find many more.
In this episode of the DrakeCast we float down Wisconsin’s Chippewa River in search of Midwestern, river-dwelling smallmouth bass. But what do you do if the fish just aren’t biting like they normally do? While searching for answers, we hit the water with Lucky Porter, a guide who makes a living on these fish, learn…
Often referred to as the Rodney Dangerfield of fish, shad don’t get no respect. In this episode of the DrakeCast, we head to the Potomac River in Washington DC to catch America’s forgotten fish. While we’re at it, we’ll learn about the historic importance of the shad run, the troubles these fish have faced since the…
This episode of The DrakeCast is a two-fer, and both segments focus on the backyard bass of Southern California. We start in Long Beach Harbor with Captain Vaughn Podmore where we search for sea creatures in the shadow of lighthouses, cranes, and military helicoptors. For the second half of the episode, we head south to…
In 1998, we discovered Montana. Turns out, it had been there all along. Montana is where it all began, and also where it all nearly ended. It was summer, a high-water year, a year of thunderstorms and heat, a serious bluewing hatch, the year the river almost took us both. –Dave Zoby, taken from his…
category nominees: Landsick by Matt Devlin/PMD Productions Atlanticus by Flycastaway Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative
category nominees: Landsick by Matt Devlin/Peter Vandergrift Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative Dubai On The Fly by RA Beattie Atlanticus by FlyCastaway Mako by Angler’s Eye Media
category nominees: Study to Be Quiet by TightLoops A Tale of Three Trout by The Fly Reel Arapaima by Todd Moen/Catch Magazine Life of Fly by Flyline Productions Chalk by Chalksteam Fly/Fishing TV
category nominees: A River’s Last Chance by North Fork Studios Lost at Sea by Castletown Productions Atlanticus by FlyCastaway Our Wild by Benjamin Kraushaar Back Bay by Flymen Fishing Co
category nominees: 100 Miles by Fly Out Media Atlanticus by Flycastaway Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative DIYAK by Michael Wier/Burl Productions Lybalakh by Keith Rose-Innes Seriously North by In Tents Media
category nominees: Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative My Mom Vala by Tributaries Digital Media Landsick by Matt Devlin/Peter Vandergrift Lybalakh by Keith Rose-Innes Andranangoo by Gin-Clear Media
category nominees: My Mom Vala by Tributaries Digital Media Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative African Tiger by Capt Jack Arapaima by Todd Moen/Catch Magazine Landsick by Matt Devlin/Peter Vandergrift
category nominees: 100 Milesby Fly Out Media Seriously Northby In Tents Media African Tigerby Capt Jack Productions Confluentusby Capture Adventure Media/Gilbert Rowley DIYAKby Michael Wier/Burl Productions
“I knew I wanted to write ever since I was a little kid. I studied journalism in college and I’ve come at the magazine from the writer’s perspective. I’ve always felt that if you make the writing and photography strong enough the rest of it will kind of take care of itself. And that’s been…
In this episode of The DrakeCast we traverse the mountains of North Georgia in search of the southern-most population of wild, native brook trout in the world. But while we’re at it, we’ll also take a trip to another fishery just down the road that claims a host world class trout. However, there is a…
Kaieteur Falls is a superlative 800-foot single-drop waterfall located in the heart of Guyana’s Kaieteur National Park. And although the falls are heavily photographed by gapers from around the globe, the area is also home to another famous inhabitant that is equally quirky, cool. The non-poisonous Golden Frog (Anomaloglossus beebei) is endemic to a 600-hectare…
Before Chuck Ragan appeared in the 2018 F3T Film “Landsick,” he was a musician, a fishing guide, and a father. But before Ragan acheived any of these titles, he was a son. This episode of The DrakeCast is a celebration of fatherhood and the outdoors. Tune in as we follow Chuck Ragan’s rebellion against his father…
Though native to the coastal rivers of the Atlantic seaboard, you can now find Striped Bass in just about every state below the Mason-Dixon line. We chose to chase these creatures on Lake Hartwell which forms the border between Georgia and South Carolina. While we’re on the water we learned about the history of the area…
Mosquito Lagoon sits on Florida’s East Coast and is known as the redfish capitol of the world. We made a visit to these hallowed waters to see what all the hubbub is about. While poling around in search of tails, we found a much more interesting, disturbing tale of neglect, destruction, and a fishery on…
In early May, we headed south to the Florida Keys to grab Clyde and deliver him north. But while we were down there, we figured we better get into some tarpon. But we weren’t just there to jump of even catch a tarpon. It’s what we were going to do after landing the fish that really…