Once an angler gets into tippet rings, like tube flies, few stay tethered to make fly tying great again — adopters “wouldn't ...

We should be raising our voices in outrage. The President of the United States has betrayed every American and set us on a ...

A tube fly isn’t “better” than a hook-tied fly because fish prefer hollow tubes. Rather, its advantage lies in separating the fly’s profile from the hook’s function.

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The loss of America’s outdoor economy could be long-lasting, with permanent impacts amounting to billions of dollars. Hunters, anglers, outdoor enthusiasts, and the larger recreation industry must ...

Academically knowing what trout eat mostly means little if you don’t know how to cast, fish a fly, or choose when and where to fish. Mastering these practical skills is essential if you want fly ...

Hatch Magazine reviewed Orvis’ redesigned Recon fly rods, rating them as very good. The review notes that these rods are heavier and lack the crisp casting or refined finish of the Helios F and D ...

One of America’s most enduring strengths is a simple idea: that some things belong to all of us, and it is our shared responsibility to protect them. Clean air, safe drinking water, and preserved ...

At first, no one noticed. A faint cylindrical presence lingered at the edge of things—a suggestion in the periphery, a subtle sense that something, somewhere, remained pleasantly undecided. One ...

A fly rod longer than 9-feet but shorter than 10-feet is, by original definition, a switch rod—a term first designated by R.B. Meiser in 1979 or 1980. Over time, these rods have gained various labels, ...

Consider Tenkara, one of fly fishing’s oldest forms. For centuries, illiterate peasants in Japan used it to feed the wealthy a delicacy, passing down rod-building, gear, and techniques solely by word ...