In The New York Times, Edward Rothstein writes about the $27 million visitor center that opened on the periphery of Old Faithful last week. Profile with video of feather-producer Tom Whiting: "a chicken farmer of a different feather." "EARTH...

Ever considered submitting your fly fishing photos to a Web site or magazine for publication? Phil Monahan, who spent many years as editor of American Angler magazine, says it's no longer a simple or straight path. Cameras that make the...

Karl Johnstone's article in the Anchorage Daily News about the pressure lodges feel to to get their guests out to fishing locations serves as a reminder that many accidents happen when you combine bad weather with financial incentives. You'll see...

How to take care of "the trout of the future?" Tom Rosenbauer suggests several tips for how to avoid disfiguring or killing fish that haven't yet grown durable. First off, he says, if you want to take a picture, use...

Spruce Creek Fly Co. co-owner and sports trainer Tracy Stroup says fly fishing injuries are like any other: they often result from muscular imbalances. Keith Barton lists several tenets of workplace fly tying, including "Keep the dead stuff close...

Friends say Tom Ross is the perfect choice to take over the 17-campus UNC presidency. "'Fly-fishing for native trout is a challenging endeavor, and it took him awhile to master it, but he never would give up,' [Wendell] Ott said....

"What’s more impressive about the Black Canyon is the river’s rate of descent within its 48-mile length. The river drops an average of 96 feet per mile within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. The steepest drop is...

"The late English poet Ted Hughes (1930 - 1998) was an avid conservationist and enthusiastic fly fisher. Moreover, he came to love fly fishing for salmon and steelhead in British Columbia after befriending Ehor Boyanowsky, a criminal psychologist and professor...

Kris Martin's essay on respect for fish includes some choice quotes from Norman McLean and Ernest Hemingway (“Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter...

About this week's 30-Minute Fly Art subject, the Damselfly Adult, Jason Borger says: "[I've] seen hatches so thick that I can't really describe the action, but a few epic emergences were enough to get bats out feeding during the day."...

"Trout Grass" cinematographer Ed George working on “Chasing the Light," about "artists at that mercurial moment of inspiration." (Watch "Troutgrass" clip on MidCurrent.) "Bob Hunter, a conservationist who led efforts to remove dams on the Rogue River, has been...

Now that a rule restricting access to rivers running through private land has been signed into law, Utah legislators are planning to allow angler walk-in access -- for a fee. "During a tour of the Sevier River after Wednesday’s meeting,...

"'I've written two other books, but all the time the book I really wanted to write was on grayling,' [author "Pudge"] Kleinkauf said between guiding trips this summer. 'I've been in Alaska 41 years and it's about that long I've...

Fishing World published several pictures of fisherman netting giant permit on the beach near Australia's Noosa River. Fly fishing people: newly appointed Michigan Supreme Court Justice Alton Thomas Davis. Mark Freeman: "Rogue River's two flies-only fishing seasons begin next week...

Last night Soda Butte bear attack survivor Deb Freele (see "Bear Attack at Soda Butte Kills One, Injures Two Others") commented on MidCurrent's recent article on the utility of bear spray: "I'm the female victim in the bear attack at...

Journalists love a good fish-attack story, if what came up in the net this month is any indication. In a freshwater parallel to the recent "frenzied" attack by a marlin that "charged" a press boat in Hawaii, a carp knocked...

The Adventure Life reviews the new Handpresso Wild ($99), which they say serves better stuff than "the Crayola water they’re passing off as espresso at Starbuck’s." According to New York Times columnists David Brooks and Gail Collins, everyone already...

Seattle Times columnist Dan A. Nelson calls the Redington CT series "a one rod to do it all" and the Sage Z-Axis "a rod that's effective in all weather, and on all trout waters." Redington is coming out with a...

Michael Gracie reviews the RIO Trout LT fly line: nix the welded loop and you have a great trout line for slower-action rods. University of Montana "player coach" Tony Tomsu talks about the World Varsity Fly Fishing Competition happening...

About a year ago tier and outfitter Ray Schmidt came up with the idea of an "Iron Chef" - like contest for fly tiers. With other AFFTA members, he put together the concept of the "Iron Fly," the first timed...