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This Friday, the Environment Protection Agency’s public comment period closes at 8 p.m. AK time. If you dig wild Bristol Bay salmon over mega-mine contamination, send a comment to the EPA on their Proposed Determination for 404(c) action that would stop Pebble mine. Ask EPA to complete the Clean Water Act 404(c) process and protect Bristol…
Join Howler Brothers and Headhunters Flyshop this Sunday for the Howlin’ on the Mo’ party in Craig, Montana. The lineup includes free beer and food, live music from the Wrinkle Neck Mules, Howler Brothers giveaways, and more. “September means back to school, football, hopefully some cooler temperatures. We decided it was also the perfect time…
Oskar Blues Brewery is hosting Flies, Films and Foam on Sept. 25, in Longmont, Colorado. This is a 100-percent charity event, with all proceeds going to Casting-4-a-Cure—a worthy cause. Oskar Blues will donate a buck for every beer sold at the event—a worthy excuse to drink more. Films will include a mix of F3T content…
Atlantic salmon on central Norway’s Lærdalselva River pick up the pieces after a hard-fought battle with the aquatic parasite known as Gyrodactylus salaris. In this HD edit, several dudes sample the reopened fishery… and torture our eardrums with an outrageous Riverdance soundtrack. Check out Salmonfishing Lærdalselvi by Neteland Productions. Read More
An era of dams on Washington’s Elwha River has officially ended. Watch the final blast of the 210-foot high Glines Canyon Dam and see what freedom looks like. Watch it With this final blast, the last remaining section of the upper dam is gone and the river is truly running free again for the first…
From Yellowstone and Grand Teton to Glacier, Olympic, Everglades, and beyond, today all of the country’s 401 national parks have waived entrance fees in celebration of the National Park Service’s 98th birthday. Formed on August 25, 1916, by President Woodrow Wilson, the NPS serves a mission to protect and preserve America’s historic beauty and heritage. And…
The latest installment of GEOBASS is live. Follow the squad as they uncover the meaning of the “Botswana burrito” in Africa’s golden bass backwaters. #GEOBASS is a new award-winning epic adventure series following four expedition anglers on an around the world ultimate bass slam journey. Read More
We’ve dunked our heads in a few trout rivers, but this—bikinis and sailfish—is some next level shit. Stay tuned for GoPro athlete Roberta Mancino’s upcoming episode, where she visits Minneapolis and swims with a carp. Via GoPro: “Pro athlete Roberta Mancino to find the heart-pounding action side of things as encounters the fastest (and pointiest) fish…
Next month, the last pillar of concrete from Glines Canyon Dam on Washington’s Elwha River will be blasted sky high, marking the final step in returning a handcuffed waterway to its free-flowing state. As for the natural world, according to a giddier than usual scientific community, it knows exactly what to do: So far salmon and steelhead…
“We agreed that the only thing in life that really meant something was to catch a trout on a dry fly.” Amen. Check out episode one of Meanwhile Upstream, a new video series from Rolf Nylinder and the crew at frontsidefly.com. Watch it I call the series “Meanwhile Upstream” for no particular reason except the…
OK kids, let’s play a quick game of “What if?” What if… Pebble Mine was built? And what if all those lofty environmental promises spewing from mine stakeholders got washed away in a dam breach that sent billions of gallons of gnarly tailings cascading into salmon streams and lake systems? Well, the result would look a…
Beard-heavy Ozarks edit in lo-fi along the Norfork River. Via Fayettechill Clothing Company. Watch it “This Spring we had the chance to join FC team flyfisher Dominic Zametto and crew on the Norfork River to test out the Spring | Summer ’14 gear. We had lots of fun throughout the day catching trout after trout along the…
Deciding whether you should go fishing with the boys shouldn’t be difficult, says Kevin Luby, who shot this short during a recent trip to southern Colorado. “It’s not like choosing a college, buying a house, or even ordering a drink. It doesn’t require research or high-level analytical thinking skills. It needs but a simple three…
Burn the red carpet. Ditch the fashion police. And enter the ocean and river juiced realm of the 9th Annual Drake Vid Awards—now available live and online. From Reader’s Choice to Best Humor, Adventure, Conservation, Fresh, Salt and Movie of the Year, catch all the quality films that blew minds and reigned supreme during this…
Wisconsin Mayfly-Induced Accidents Wisconsin, the epicenter of all things loaded in hops and lactose, is now also the place to crash your car in an apocalyptic Hex hatch. Reports of mayfly-induced accidents continue to make the rounds after the National Weather Service last week recorded a mega hatch over the Mississippi River between Wisconsin and Iowa…
Well, well… it turns out steelhead hatchery supporters are highly organized, plenty loud, and politically savvy. That’s why the Wild Steelhead Coalition is asking all wild steelhead advocates to rally together and make moves toward tomorrow’s Washington State Senate Natural Resources & Parks Committee hearing. The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the recent Puget…
When tricos bounce like puffs of smoke up and down Montana’s Missouri River, trout line up in skinny water to slurp, slurp, slurp. Mark Raisler, from Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig, is there waiting. Watch It Via Scumliner Media: “Mark Raisler talking about dry fly fishing and the late-summer Trico hatch on the Missouri River…
According to most Kiwis the term “going bush” has no political or sexual connotations, but instead is a national past time that involves sight-fishing to massive trout in nonsensical settings. Backcountry North Island is Gin-Clear Media’s 7th flyfishing feature film. Check out the trailer. Watch It Via Gin-Clear Media: “The film follows six flyfishers, from different…
With thousands of votes tallied for Reader’s Choice 2014 and a bevy of knockout films from the industry’s leading cinematographers, the 9th Annual Drake Video Awards in Orlando brought the thunder to the Theme Park Capital. The Wrinkle Neck Mules shook the house. The beers flowed. And generous sponsors made it rain swag all evening…
It’s once again time to consecrate your honorable vessels with Stealthcraft’s 3rd Annual Blessing of the Boats in Baldwin, Michigan. The blessing starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, followed by a float down the Manistee River. Then stick around for live music, food, beverages and giveaways from Scientific Anglers of Midland, Ross Reels, Mystic Fly…
United defenders of Bristol Bay, Alaska, this week applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest “proposed determination” to protect Bristol Bay from large-scale mining interests using Section 404c of the Clean Water Act. “The EPA previously identified the threats posed by massive mining proposals in the region and now has issued some advance guidance that will…
The burning yearnings. Those sweaty, sleepless nights. And that feeling like you were way out of your league. You’ll always remember your first time… with a permit. “Knockin’ on the Door” premiered at The Drake Magazine Fly Fishing Video Awards in Orlando. Check it out: Watch it Via World Angling: “The next generation of fly…
What’s cooler than being cool? Ice cold. And in the past, Yeti has kept it frosty with its “grizzly proof” but somewhat cumbersome-to-carry Tundra series coolers. It’s new soft-sided Hopper is built for canned beverage mobility, and includes 5.2 gallons of capacity wrapped in 840 denier DryHide™ fabric—similar to the material used in whitewater rafts. “The…
Flyfishing’s best new movie—AS VOTED BY YOU—will be announced on Wednesday, July 16, at 7 p.m., in Ballroom G of Orlando’s Rosen Centre Hotel. As an integral part of the 9th Annual Drake Flyfishing Video Awards, presented by Simms Fishing Products, the Reader’s Choice Award allows you and your friends to vote for your favorite…
Mend it. Set that hook. And admit to yourself you’re not good enough to catch a fish with a dry. If you haven’t yet, please take the next 10 minutes to watch expert guide Hank Patterson’s absolutely on point “8 Steps to Better Nymph Fishing.” “Hank Patterson is back on the river sharing his thoughts, tips,…
Crews today are working to remove three Boeing 737 fuselages that tumbled from derailed train cars into the Clark Fork River west of Missoula, Montana. The cargo, including complete fuselages of six single-aisle 737s, fuselage panels for a long-range 777, and wing parts for a jumbo 747, was en route from Wichita, Kansas, to plants in…
The 9th Annual Drake Magazine Flyfishing Video Awards, presented by Simms, will be held on Wednesday, July 16, at 7 p.m., in Ballroom G of Orlando’s Rosen Centre Hotel. This true “Best Of” event includes multiple categories and nominees, with winners being announced live, onstage, in Orlando. Polling for the Reader’s Choice Award, in which you…