BRISTOL BAY, AK—The Pebble Partnership, according to its latest lawsuit, is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over nefarious actions that may lead to actually protecting the environment. “An Oct. 14 filing in U.S. District Court alleges that the EPA collaborated with anti-Pebble organizations as it prepared to evaluate the proposed gold and copper mine…
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Fresh from the lens of current Drake cover contributor Russ Schnitzer, Wild Fish Works explores the importance of native salmon and steelhead runs as they pertain to social, cultural, and economic connections up and down the Oregon coast. Check out the teaser and stay tuned for a full-length feature slated to drop soon. Watch it “Over the…
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In his new book Everglades: America’s Wetland, award-winning conservation photographer Mac Stone showcases the natural beauty and resilience of the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S. In this behind-the-scenes vid, we see what it takes to capture the hard-earned cover image in a place where nature doesn’t always care to cooperate. “There is hardly a bird more…
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Keep Keys guides keeping on, and throw down for bonefish, barracuda, and permit at the catch-and-release Sugarloaf Showdown at Sugarloaf Marina on Nov. 13 to 15, 2014. The inshore tourney, hosted by the Lower Keys Guides Association, is a fundraiser for the Guides Trust Foundation. The trust provides emergency means for fishing guides in the…
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MENTION THAT YOU’RE PLANNING A TRIP to Colorado’s Gunnison River, and a likely response will be something like, “Oh, cool—are you fishing Black Canyon or floating the Gorge?” Which makes perfect sense. After all, between the famed salmonfly hatch and national park status of Black Canyon, and the horse-pack/ rafting reputation of Gunny Gorge, it’s…
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“As with rush-hour driving or the public use of cell phones, everyone believes we need a code of etiquette, but no one can agree on what it would be, and some couldn’t bring themselves to observe it regardless.” —Ted Leeson, Inventing Montana Friday I’ve seen this before. It starts as a spark, then a faint…
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In March and April, depending on where you live on the East Coast, the first broods of monarch butterflies hatch from their chrysalis (a cocoon to you and I) and enjoy a short two- to six-week life span. They do what butterflies are best at: they flit around, eat flowers, look pretty, avoid elementary schoolers…
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THE SUMMER OF 1998 was good to Lee Spencer. By fall he’d raised 77 steelhead to his fly on Oregon’s famed North Umpqua River, landing about half of them. (Spencer keeps meticulous notes.) Yet there was a problem. Of the fish he’d landed, three had died—two of them wild. He’d also once brought in a…
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I passed the Rock Bottom Brewery on the final mile of my evening bike loop, where more than once I’d stopped for a thick porter to celebrate not being killed riding the second busiest road in Houston. Restaurants come and go quickly around here, but this place had a twist: A lily pad-filled concrete moat…
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“It took A.K. to teach me how to make real camp coffee.” —John Gierach, “Camp Coffee,” Trout Bum, 1986 “U.S. military satellite captures footage of A.K. Best and Ed Engle slyly and simultaneously dumping out their cups of John Gierach’s famous camp coffee when John’s not looking. “ —The Drake, Scuddlebutt, Fall 2011 “What are…
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You go to florida to fish the salt. But if you also happen to love largemouth, as I do, and you live in a place that’s a mile high, with a nine-week window to fish for them, then you take advantage of every opportunity to chase them elsewhere. Attending this summer’s annual flyfishing trade show…
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I wasn’t too concerned about the highway patrolman until I had to start digging under the seats for a piece of sharpened rebar. Then I thought I might go to jail. We were somewhere between Boise and Island Park, trying to get to Bozeman.
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill this week banning commercial production of genetically modified, hormone-juiced salmon. AB 504, authored by Assemblyman Wes Chesbro, D-Arcata, prohibits the spawning or cultivating of “transgenic salmonids” in the Pacific Ocean to all waters of the state. The hatchery production and stocking of such fish is also off-limits. “The…
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FYI, “OMG” is a FTW baby tarpon video by Dan Decibel that will SRSLY make you say WTF. YW. Watch it Via Dan Decibel: This a baby Tarpon Video that I submitted to the “Poonfecta Fishing Tournament and Film/Art Festival” that was hosted by BARFLY SAFETY HARBOR. I ended up winning the film festival with…
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Flyfishing has “gone snowboardin” this season courtesy of Union’s Kassmaster snowboard binding. The Danny Kass (aka Mayor of Mt. Weird) signature model features fish scale team highbacks bedecked with a cutthroat flank and a retro-ish looking fishing dude. “Hook into a pair now, because this elusive, limited edition Pro Model won’t be available for long.”…
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Three weeks ago someone set fire to the house where flyfishing filmmaker Rolf Nylinder and his girlfriend were living. The young Swede escaped through the balcony. Minutes later everything he owned was engulfed in flames—including camera gear and all the footage he’s filmed over the last 10 years. “I got out in my underwear, and…
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Fly-tying iconoclast Jack Gartside passed away in 2009 after a hard-fought battle with lung cancer. Chuck Kraemer of PBS’s Greater Boston profiled the legend and his ultimate deceptions in “Forever a Boy”. Well worth a second glance. Via Jack Gartside: “I think the desire to deceive is very much a part of the human make up.…
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“Last days of a trip are a strange thing. Reaching down for the last bit of magic in a strange and wonderful place. Closer to home with every step and being in the moment feels crowded by all of yesterday’s footprints.” Check out this ethereal Iliamna, Alaska, edit from the LC Journal. And may your…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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Ken Morrish spent two months staring at a grasshopper he’d pinned to a block of wood. He alternated holding first the real thing and then his fly pattern against the light. His decision: The only way to duplicate a hopper’s unusual shape was with foam.
Forensic science identifies Colorado’s true state fish The story of Colorado’s official state fish, the greenback cutthroat, would make one hell of an episode of CSI Trout. As it turns out, about half of the fish that scientists had been calling greenbacks actually have genes more similar to the Colorado Cutthroat subspecies.
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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…
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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…
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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
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