What’s in a name? The etymology of fly-fishing flies
Would a Woolly Bugger by any other name catch as many fish? While some flies have become synonymous with the sport, the knowledge and history …
Tagfly fishing in the news
Check your ego at the river
The art of fly fishing can really mess with your self-esteem. One day you are pretty impressed with yourself, and the next you seemingly can’t …
Montana woman tied world-famous trout flies for decades
An abusive father, daily bombings and three weeks of walking without food as a young World War II refugee tarnished the early years of Anna …
How Social Media Could Be Changing Fly Fishing
Remember the social media dust-up over the January American Angler cover? Social media has brought us lots of things – from Instagrammed food pics to the …
Henry Winkler’s Tweets About His Fishing Trip Were So, So Pure
Look, Henry Winkler is not blind to how bad it is out there. The celebrated actor acknowledges that these are dark days for America. He …
Couple drowns while chasing fly fishing dream
Some very sad news from Iceland. Janet Veit and Brian Schumacher had been to Utah, the Sierra Nevadas and the East Coast on fly-fishing adventures. …
Fly-fishing in the remote reaches of Hokkaido
When I think of Hokkaido I think some of the best powder and tree skiing on the planet. It appears there are some solid fly …
We Will Not Be Tamed: JT Van Zandt
Texas is defined by iconic landscapes, from Big Bend to the Pineywoods. It is the land that defines us as Texans, ten distinct ecoregions as …
Steelhead flies: the Skunk origin myth revisited
“Black on the bottom, white in the middle and black on top. Skunk hair,” Jim Dexter said. The object of our conversation, a faithful-to-the-original …
Redford Announces A River Runs Through It Reboot
Up until now, no matter how hard our industry strived to break down the participation disparity between men and women in fly fishing there is one …