Join Trouts Fly Fishing and The Drake for Confluence Films’ latest movie project Waypoints, at Denver’s Oriental Theater next month. The globetrotting piece includes stops at St. Brandon’s Atoll in the Indian Ocean, Patagonian Chile, southeast Alaska, India, and the jungles of Venezuela for payara. Carp dapping in the South Platte, not included. Check out the trailer,…
Join Trouts Fly Fishing and The Drake for Confluence Films’ latest movie project Waypoints, at Denver’s Oriental Theater next month. The globetrotting piece includes stops at St. Brandon’s Atoll in the Indian Ocean, Patagonian Chile, southeast Alaska, India, and the jungles of Venezuela for payara. Carp dapping in the South Platte, not included. Check out the trailer,…
Due to congress’s inability to reach a Kumbaya-like stance on Obamacare, recent government shutdowns have sparked a free-for-all within the now human-free confines of Yellowstone National Park. Sadness settled in late last week, with confirmed reports of an ESA-listed grizzly fornicating with an unnamed raccoon behind an overturned dumpster at the unoccupied Madison Campground. Furloughed…
Due to congress’s inability to reach a Kumbaya-like stance on Obamacare, recent government shutdowns have sparked a free-for-all within the now human-free confines of Yellowstone National Park. Sadness settled in late last week, with confirmed reports of an ESA-listed grizzly fornicating with an unnamed raccoon behind an overturned dumpster at the unoccupied Madison Campground. Furloughed…
The idea of a cruise ship vacation sounds awesome—especially if you’re into partying hard with octogenarians, or lack the creativity to pull off a seaworthy itinerary better than this guy’s. But love it or loathe it, there’s no denying the industry brings big bucks to small ports such as Key West. And the raging debate…
The idea of a cruise ship vacation sounds awesome—especially if you’re into partying hard with octogenarians, or lack the creativity to pull off a seaworthy itinerary better than this guy’s. But love it or loathe it, there’s no denying the industry brings big bucks to small ports such as Key West. And the raging debate…
After overdosing on the Breaking Bad season finale, television is back to its usual life-sucking self… so today it’s up to flyfishing teasers to fill that deep void. “Wild Country” from the crew at Montana Wild spews with the kind of bull we like—of the trout variety. Watch it And for your weekly conservation fix, North Fork…
For many, fishing is a sanctified act. So what happens when you eliminate the practice from the actual areas we go to worship tarpon, permit, and bonefish? In the Keys, where The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary has been protecting 2,900 square nautical miles since it went into effect in 1990, anglers are itching for answers. The…
Frontsidefly, alongside guitarist Kristian Matsson, makes flyfishing in Slovenia sound good. Check out their latest cuts. Watch it Via frontsidefly.com: “This are some random shots from what we did during the evenings in Slovenia. Filmed with panasonic lumix GH3 and mainly a Voigtländer nokton lens.” And sooner or later it’s going to dump. (Yesterday for those in…
After sinking hundreds of millions into blueprinting its gold and copper mine monstrosity at the susceptible, fish-rich headwaters of Bristol Bay, AK, mining company Anglo American has officially backed out of the Pebble Limited Partnership. Anglo CEO, Mark Cutifani, said yesterday that the company’s focus would be to “prioritize capital to projects with the highest…
This week NOAA released its 751-page draft plan for protecting endangered Columbia and Snake River salmon, which is basically a carbon copy of three previous federal-court rejected incarnations. Holding out hope for fourth time’s a charm, Save Our Wild Salmon executive director, Joseph Bogaard, said: “Unfortunately, the latest blueprint barely changes the plan rejected by the district…
After months of discussion and debate, bickering and banter, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) delivered a firm message last week: No more jigging in Boca Grande Pass. “There’s not going to be a huge impact from this one ruling,” says Save the Tarpon spokesperson, Tom McLaughlin. “But it’s groundbreaking for the FWC,…
Legendary Florida Keys angler and business owner, George Hommell, died on Saturday at the age of 88. Hommell was a founding member of the Islamorada Fishing Guides Association, which took root in the mid-50s and helped promote conservation measures in the region. A military veteran of World War II and Korea, Hommell was a self-taught flyfisher.…
Washington State’s Skykomish River is born at the confluence of its north and west forks and drains a sliver of the western Cascades, where a looming Mt. Index has pondered its course for millennia. It’s a pretty picture, one where steelhead and salmon enter the fray seasonally, and one that could be marred by a $150…
For your unbelabored Labor Day viewing, introducing Timmy Yochum of Bend, Oregon—a kid who works grocery store hours and rips no-handed wheelies en route to the river. Via RA Beattie and Beattie Outdoor Productions. “In their hometown of Bend, Oregon, Timmy Yochum is one who spends as much of his time on the water as possible…
California’s alkaline, gull-infested moonscape known as Mono Lake, which lies just east of Yosemite, has been the subject of a heated environmental standoff for decades. Troubles began in the 1940s, when the lake’s Eastern Sierra tributaries were sucked dry and diverted to a World War II-era aqueduct for export to LA water users, about 350…
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) this week pledged $3.73 million to habitat restoration projects in Oregon and Washington, helping restore more than 1,800 acres benefitting threatened anadromous species. Funny enough, the ol’ habitat underdog is seeing a resurgence in popularity as a key ingredient to rebuilding prolific populations of big steelhead, chinook, and…
This impressive Instagrammed king salmon has been floating around the Interwebs today. Hashtagged details suggest: #chinook, #speyrod, #flyfishing, #bc, #skeena, #omg, #bigfish. This closer-up confirms the last two, and obvious omissions such as: #holyshit, #makesuskindahorny, and #bc-bound…
Commercial netters on British Columbia’s north coast have dumped more than 167,000 prohibited salmon and steelhead this season in order to catch millions of pinks. The mostly illegal and often unregulated “release” process includes keeping imperiled species out of the water for extended periods, toe-punting and flinging them off boat decks, and killing steelhead, chinook, chum,…
Cielo Grande—a new edit from Yukon Goes Fishing—detours through Montana and surfaces on Vimeo for three minutes of bank heists and well played smash-and-grabs. Watch it Via Yukon: “Cielo Grande. Large Air. Big Sky. After almost a year away from Montana’s waters, I took a whirlwind tour of some new waters and old favorites. It…
Felt Soul filmmaker and photog Ben Knight pushes his camera phone beyond selfies and the blurry night before with this inspired “Square Shooter” collection recently featured at the Adventure Journal. Here, Knight proves that A) his Telluride backyard is a pretty decent backdrop. And B)… that 2k we burned on our DSLR might have been…
The old adage says that 10 percent of anglers catch 90 percent of the fish, which is often attributed to the reality that 90 percent of anglers are too lit to stand on two feet. Research tells us that the 10-percenters, on the other hand, all share some sobering traits such as an affinity for…
Late-summer in the northern gulf marks a murderous phenomenon involving lightning-fast false albacore in a head-on collision with a glut of blood minnows (aka, bay anchovies). “Blood in the Water” showcases the Tarantino-esque blowup. Watch it. Via Shallow Water Expeditions
It’s time to bless your drift boats, heathens. If you’re anywhere near Baldwin, Michigan, on August 2-3 Stealthcraft’s 2nd Annual Blessing of the Boats promises brews, good eats, live entertainment, and a karmic river clean-up on the Muskegon. Of course, all makes of boats are welcome. “To launch our new production facility and to get some…
Since carp become the raison d’être for fly anglers across the country, nobody really gives a shit about trout anymore. Case in point, earlier this week a pair of anglers targeting a pod of scum-blitzing cyprinids on Montana’s Bighorn Lake were really down-in-the-dumps after accidentally hooking and landing a 28-inch brown trout on a cicada dry…
Sierra Nevada’s Volcano Creek is home to what experts believe is the world’s first golden trout—”protogolden” as it’s been dubbed by CalTrout’s Craig Balenger. Today less than two dozen protogoldens remain. The short film Liquid Gold is being created to raise awareness “of this magnificent fish, its habitat, and its plight.” The adventure starts in the…
The beloved Gold #12 Chubby Chernobyl departed this world on July 18, 2013, following a botched hookset along a slow-moving scumline on Wyoming’s North Platte River. Overheard mumbling about “bargain basement” tippets and a “shit knot” YouTubed the night before, the angler at the center of the controversy has yet to be named. The 15-inch…