Steve Rajeff won the National Casting Championship in fine style last week, firing a 225-foot cast across the Kentucky Bluegrass. The cast was 17 feet short of the national record he set last year, but hey, who's counting. James Card...

Field & Stream's Joe Cermele put together this video from last week's carp "baptism" for various media representatives sponsored by Simms. Fishing the upper Missouri River above Toston Dam, Cermele "gets schooled in this tricky, unique fishery." You'll also seem...

The Federation of Fly Fishers will hold their 2010 Conclave in West Yellowstone, Montana. "Workshops will start on Tuesday August 24 and run through Saturday August 28. They are presented by experts on topics such as fly tying, fly casting,...

The editor of Gray’s Sporting Journal, and author of Crosscurrents, River Music, and Fly-Fishin’ Fool writes his thoughts in the "Room for Debate" section of today's New York Times. "Perhaps we sophisticated modern anglers have simply forgotten that, in the...

The movie version adaptation of Paul Torday's critically acclaimed novel begins principal photography today and will be directed by Lasse Hallström ("Chocolat," "The Cider House Rules"). "Romantic fable Salmon Fishing In The Yemen follows government scientist Dr Alfred Jones (McGregor),...

As fly fishers, we're generally excused for defeatist attitudes when the wind has been howling in our faces for more than a day or two. But what about the everyday challenges -- the ones that come with the occasional gust...

The idea of attaching a gravity-powered cylinder to your forearm before setting out after "the fish of a thousand casts" may be far-fetched. But a new device from nPower does tweak the imagination when it comes to powering personal electronics...

Oklahoma anglers Barry Shrader and Charlie Wright have discovered the magic of fly fishing for carp and have a few suggestions for which fish present the best targets. "Based on their fishing experience, Shrader has identified four different personalities in...

"What is missing in the beautiful hand-tied flies the angler presents to fish? They looked good in the fly shop. Could it be the thread? Preservative in materials? Too neatly tied?" Guide John Spencer asks a dangerous question: why is...

"Already a messy mix of bug spray, sunscreen and sweat ran down my forehead, blurring my sunglasses and dripping from my chin. 'I'm liking the looks of this,' said Mickey as his trained eye scanned the stream. 'The water is...

Image via Wikipedia My guess is that most fly fishers aren't following LeAnn Rimes on Twitter, but maybe you'll start once you've noticed that she's gone gaga over fly fishing. Yesterday, for example: "Guess fly fishing can be full...

Yes, they are mostly predictable. But as Bob Messeroll points out in The Missoulian, a mass of fallen Trico spinners is enough to get anyone's adrenaline flowing. "Usually by noon or so, the water will be littered with spent trico...

The venerable Adams, Thomas McGuane has said, "is gray and funky and a great salesman." It's pretty hard to argue with that description. The fly has been the classic "all-purpose" imitation for generations, leading Tim Flagler to choose the Adams...

Fly fishing people: Trek/K-Swiss Pro Matt Lieto (check out the picture of him "noodling" a smallmouth. Multimedia "Fly Box" at the Racine Art Museum is based on the book "The Compleat Angler, says composer Karel Suchy. Wildlife baiting may...

We purchased the new Orvis iPhone "Ultimate Fly Fishing Guide" App ($24.99 less a $10 gift card) for fly fishers last Saturday and after having a bit of trouble getting it downloaded (it's a little less than 400MB in size)...

As we noted in last week's "Tippets," some friends in the fly fishing industry -- including Rance Rathie and Travis Smith, owners of Patagonia River Guides, who dreamed up the concept to support some of their favorite female clients, Yellow...

This week on MidCurrent Phil Monahan answers a reader's question about the differences between floatant vs. desiccant as choices for keeping a fly afloat. While each serves a different purpose, he says, "I like to use both floatant and desiccant...

Jeff Kennedy took the whimsical route to drawing a Sofa Pillow fly (you can probably guess) in this week's 30-Minute Fly Art installment. Meanwhile Jason Borger came up with his own classy little sketch of the pattern, which he's long...

Casting for Recovery -- a non-profit, support and educational program for women who have or have had breast cancer -- has made the finalist list for a chance to win $250,000 from the Pepsi Refresh Challenge. They need half a...

In the Denver Post, Karl Licis asks why even the most famous trout stream in Colorado doesn't always produce. Move over miniature cows: getting protein, vitamins and minerals from the uncountable insects on the earth's surface may help solve...