"Jump, jump, jump, jump!" Those who believe you should always listen to your guide will appreciate the immediate reaction of an angler to Dave Lewin's instructions for what to do when a fly rod is pulled out of your hands...

If the Army can go green, say the Center for Biological Diversity and the American Bird Conservancy, so can hunters and anglers. "On Tuesday, the Center for Biological Diversity and the American Bird Conservancy plan to file a petition with...

Ever since losing its the Glide dental floss account in 2007, Gudebrod has struggled to survive. Friday the company layed off all of its workers, reports Michelle Karas in the Pottsdown, PA Mercury. "Gudebrod dates back to the mid-1800s, when...

USGS: "U.S. withdraws 410 billion gallons of water a day from its rivers, lakes and freshwater aquifers. About half is used to cool thermoelectric power plants, and most of that cools coal-powered plants." Sylvester Stallone: I could be fly...

"My most applicable fishing lesson in Montana wasn't delivered through cutthroats on dry flies or wild rainbows on grasshoppers or streamer smashing browns. But through carp -- those big-scaled, suction-mouthed rough fish we often think are better off as garden...

Saturday morning we visited the Simms design and production facility in Bozeman, Montana and got a sneak peek at their new boat lace boot, which features PVC uppers for super-easy cleaning and the Boa Lacing System. For those who haven't...

"'Our second day on the island, Austin and I discovered we’d be sharing the lodge with two female, vegan lawyers. On top of that, they were birders.' Anyone worthy of calling himself a guy will immediately want to read on,...

Gary Giudice describes it as something akin to judging the Miss America Pageant, but says five streams in Colorado are all winners. They include the Gunnison and the south fork of Boulder Creek: "For those looking for big fish and...

"Sometimes the fish are spotted coming out of the deeper water toward the beach; other times, the roosterfish appear in the trough where waves break on the beach, just a few feet from shore. Once the fish come in to...

NYT reviews new book The Future of the Last Wild Food: "when it comes to the business of domesticating salmon, Greenberg writes, 'we should have chosen something else.'” Keith Barton asks whether or not we need another fly fishing...

On Fly Talk, Kirk Deeter, co-author of the new The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing, offers some short video tips on the effectiveness of tandem rigs. "The best trick of all," he says, "is to use an attractor fly--on...

Long-time Cuzan Guesthouse owner Sonja Lillvik was inspired to write The Painted Fish and Other Mayan Feasts after watching the locals prepare a fish using lipstick as decoration. "It was Lillvik's welcoming party in 1984 to the small Mexican fishing...

Ontario resident and past president of her local Forest City Flyfishing Club Deb Freele describes the attack that made world headlines last night. "Authorities are unsure what prompted Wednesday's attacks, as all of the victims had stored their food properly...

Monday a leak was detected in a Enbridge Energy Partners oil pipeline that stretches from Indiana to Ontario. Since then, over 3,000,000 liters of oil have spilled into Michigan's Kalamazoo River. Pink driftboat will row across the West raising...

In this week's The New Yorker magazine, Elizabeth Kolbert recounts the work of authors, scientists and historians who have tracked the spectacular decline of species like cod, sharks and bluefin tuna. "M.P.A.s, smart aquaculture, and I.T.Q.s—these are all worthy proposals...

Review and trailer: Australia's "Rise" Fly Fishing Film Festival includes the works of Nick Reygaert and Mad Phil Media. Scientists begin treating runoff "filter socks" with flocculation agents to improve pollution control. Gear review: Lee Murdock field-tests Switch Vision's new...

This week's "working guide's" fly tying video by Michael Yelton features the Parachute Ant, a hi-viz version of the fly pattern than belongs in just about everyone's fly box. Ants are often blown out of trees into rivers and lake...

Patagonia just announced a 60-piece fly fishing collection for the Spring 2011 season, including the new Rio Gallegos Wader, "offering one-of-a-kind features such as removable neoprene knee pads, a unique, fully submersible welded TPU pocket and strategically placed exterior leg...

Backcountry.com blogger Rocky Thompson: It's not easy to stay constantly angry when "the outdoor industry is actually pretty good at what they do." University of Montana professor of ecology Jack A. Stanford: "the porous nature of the Bristol Bay...

Marnie Stallings of Alpine, Wyoming has agreed to pay back the $10,000 she stole from the Jackson Hole chapter of Trout Unlimited. "Prosecutor Melissa Owens said the 300 hours of community service Stallings agreed to perform might be the largest...