Field & Stream's Kirk Deeter says the Rio Tropical Clouser LIne "hits the sweet spot at 50 feet (or longer)." Reactor contamination or legacy of the Cold War? Radioactive materials show up in Vermont trout. Yellowstone reservations up over...

Claiming that they want to take water "in a sustainable way," Nestle is experimenting with replacing spring water -- which they want to use to fill their Arrowhead water brand plastic bottles -- with Oregon municipal well water. The spring...

Is it possible to find trout-fishing solitude in a popular destination like Yellowstone National Park? You bet. This week Phil Monahan suggests a few spots -- some requiring hiking and others not far from the beaten path -- that are...

Image via WikipediaI'm guessing I am not the only angler intrigued by the appearance of the Icon Aircraft A5 on CBS's "Sunday Morning" program yesterday. The A5 features the ability to take off and land on both water and terra...

Whether or not contamination from the oil becomes a reality, the threat of disaster has already begun affecting Florida businesses dependent on fishing tourism dollars. Cox's Marc Morrell commented Saturday on a new a study conducted by Bonefish and Tarpon...

According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Key West, Florida had 27 cases of dengue fever in the past year, and another just popped up this month. As Tami Dennis says in the Los Angeles Times, dengue...

Herald-News staff photographer Dave Souza says you can catch almost anything on the six flies he mentions in this morning's column. "The Bendback is my No. 1 fly. I never consciously did this, it just happened. I use this fly...

California Fly Shop expo to replace ISE San Mateo show in January. An impressive list of names on the editorial board of a new online literary magazine for fly fishers. "Rise Forms" launches this fall. Gulf Oil disaster raises...

In this morning's Edmunton Sun, Neill Waugh writes about the notion that there is, as John Gierach has said, only one "right" fly. "These were the 'spinner' version of the stream trout’s favorite food source; which meant they had already...

When I guided Paul Azinger in the first Key West S.L.A.M. tournament twenty years ago, he was the tour's leading money-winner. Azinger won several top prizes at that event, and it was partly because when he got instructions like "cast...

AFFTA: 2011 International Fly Tackle Dealer show will be "east of Mississippi," no longer in Denver. Deschutes salmonfly hatch two weeks early due to warmer temps. America Cup International Fly Fishing Tournament to run September 17-19 in Frisco, Colorado....

Tom Evans's catch last week of a 194-pound tarpon on 12-pound tippet would beat the old record by more than 17 pounds if it is certified by the IGFA. "'It's a matter of putting in the time and looking for...

On MidCurrent this week, Tim Flagler shows how to tie a rather innovative nymph pattern in his video "Let the Fur Fly." Tim's idea was to imitate a variety of flat-bodied nymphs, most of which tend to fall through the...

Image via CrunchBaseDespite the distaste some anglers have for electronics of any kind, mobile devices will play an increasing role in keeping us up to date -- and safe. (Who wouldn't want dam managers to push release warnings to their...

In the first of a three part series, Dan Boyce of Bozeman's KBZK delves into the unpredictable outlook for businesses in the Yellowstone National Park region. Last year, more than three million tourists made the trek to Yellowstone. But the...

Sad evidence: National Geographic's photos of heavy oil in Louisiana marshes. Eric Sharp on fly fishing for panfish: "the best thing to do with a fly is nothing." Scary picture: map of concentrations of Atrazine, which the USGS now...

I'm guessing Josh Koscheck has all the elbow room he needs on the local trout stream. The California mixed martial arts specialist wears the UFC's "black hat," says the Canadian Press, noting that he regularly gets booed prior to mopping...

British "news:" Prince of Wales skunked. Arkansas guide John Berry commits the ultimate rookie mistake: leaving rod and reel on car roof. Fishpond joins the Humane Society and Mote Marine Lab in supporting Guy Harvey Ultimate Shark Challenge Florida...

11,160 acres of Colorado's North Park, which contains the popular North Platte River and its many headwaters, will be open to gas and oil drilling, the U.S. Interior Department announced yesterday. "The prospect of a valley fragmented by islands of...

Bryan Huskey of Fishbite Media goes fly fishing for steelhead with Mike Boyd's Deschutes River Outfitters. "Mike Boyd is a lucky man, and he knows it. Mike is a fly fishing guide on one of the most unique and...