Monte Burke looks at iPhone fishing apps for Forbes and recommends two: the Orvis Ultimate Fly Fishing Guide and the FishMatePro. LA Times: Federal appeals court tells California farmers that irrigation restrictions designed to protect steelhead are here to...

A lengthy article about the recovery of an early twentieth century river boat and its possible link to tragic drownings and heroic rescues reminded me of another "ghost ship" from the past. In 1986, while fishing west of Key West,...

"Sleeping in the Dirt" is the title Aaron Otto gave the image at right, one of two new photos by him in MidCurrent's Fly Fishing Photography Gallery....

As Jim Carlton reports in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, former Harvard professor and Democratic challenger Keith Allred is getting support from fly fishers and other outdoors enthusiasts who question governor Otter's decision to slash Idaho's Department of Parks and Recreation...

Just to show how far we've come from the SLR days of yore (remember film?), this Trevor Wilson short on catching small-stream cutthroats shows that these days it's not the camera but the person holding it. Plus we like the...

This week's 30-Minute Fly Art features the Irresistible, which artist Jeff Kennedy describes as "one of those patterns that has bits and pieces of other great patterns combined into one fly. The deer hair makes it float like a cork...

During a camping trip to one of Colorado's Gold Medal trout streams, Jeff McAbee woke to find that someone had stolen his four-piece fly rod. After pulling himself out of despair, he wrote this note to the thief inside his...

In his latest podcast, Tom Rosenbauer talks about fly fishing at night, explaining several ways to increase your odds when fishing in the dark in fresh- and saltwater. "When the striped bass first started coming back in the early 1980s,...

"Weary of my pestering for more two-piece rods, Sage’s longtime rod designer, Jerry Siem, finally suggested that Bruun simply glue the ferrules together on the rods he already had. Unfortunately, Jerry spends most of the year in a high-tech Washington...

Greg Thomas's Angler's Tonic just launched a new "Fishing Dog Photo Contest." Grand prize is a Loop OPTI spey rod and matching Speedrunner reel. Ted Patlen will receive the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum's Poul Jorgensen Golden Hook...

"Daniel Galhardo, John Gierach and I are standing on a remote branch of the St. Vrain Creek with 12-foot-long fly rods in our hands. But I should qualify my usage of the word 'fly' rod. We are indeed fishing flies,...

KWSU hosts a few dozen good fly tying videos on their KWSU.org Web site, featuring LeRoy Hyatt and Carolyn Sells tying everything from a Bloody Midge to an X-Caddis. Thanks to Clifford Rugg for this link....

It's been a while since we touched on any real fly fishing history. But this week a reader asked whether Dame Juliana Berners -- the so-called "first lady of fly fishing" -- ever really existed. It got Phil Monahan in...

The long-anticipated movie adaptation of "The River Why" seems to be inching closer to release -- even though no one seems to know an actual date. This video of the movie trailer popped on YouTube in the last few days....

A poll by a U.K.-based cell carrier once found that twenty-one percent of phone users feel their mobile device's stock ringtones are "uncool." That probably explains why aftermarket ringtones are a billion dollar industry. After all, a ringtone says a...

Greenfish is a new company that messages "catch and release" to consumers with gear worn by anglers and other supporters. Products include casual clothing such as t-shirts, beanies, caps, visors and sweatshirts, along with other accessories. The company, founded by...

TIME magazine reports this week that scientists are considering the use of tags on elephant seals to monitor salmon migration and population changes. "'They get out into the open ocean habitat where we just don't have receivers.' What's more, the...

After years of cutbacks in natural resources funding, U.S. national parks need all the help they can get. That's where volunteers come in, say Yellowstone Park scientists. Lauren Russell writes about the task of catching -- and removing -- non-native...

Gear Junkie uncovers a useful new Web site that allows focused searches on outdoors gear. Equipster looks for discounts by size, gender, and brand. Soda Butte grizzly was starving, say biologists, but that doesn't explain away predatory behavior. Forget...

For the past several years TU Denver has made a big push to get funding for restoring the metro section of the South Platte River. One of the ways they've done it is to hold an annual "Pro Am Carp...