Fishing with Bill Curtis was not for sissies
Paul Bruun shares some anecdotes and memories of the late great Keys guide and legend Bill Curtis. Fishermen who missed this strike or wristed the …
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How I Built This: Yvon Chouinard
With Patagonia in the news recently with their decision to boycott the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Utah, we thought it appropriate to share this …
TBT – Fly Tying Legend Jack Gartside, Forever a Boy
The late great fly tying legend Jack Gartside was profiled by Chuck Kraemer of PBS’s Greater Boston in 2004.
Who stole Bill Curtis’s remains?
The ashes of legendary South Florida guide Bill Curtis were stolen from inside a 2016 Chevy Silverado pickup truck that was parked at Flanigan’s Seafood …
Orri’s Story
Orri Vigfússon is an Icelandic entrepreneur and environmentalist. As a life-long outdoorsman, Vigfússon first became aware of declining salmon stocks in the 1970s while fishing …
That Time Norman Mailer Backed Ernest Hemingway for the American Presidency
“Hemingway, by the grace of his thorough knowledge of hunting and fishing, would exercise a most human and direct appeal to the instincts of small- …
Remembering and honoring Bud Lilly’s legacy
George Ocehnski remembers the late Bud Lilly in the Missoulian.
RIP Bud Lily
Bud Lilly, one of the legends of Montana fly-fishing and a pioneer of the catch-and-release ethic, passed away this past Wednesday at the age ninety-one. …
Fish Hatcheries Are No Fix and Haig-Brown Tried to Warn Us
Turns out in addition to all of his other accolades, Roderick Haig- Brown was also prophetic. Nearly a half-century ago, B.C.’s greatest voice for conservation …
Tales of The Bechman
Poul Bech—aka The Bechman—is one of those figures in fly-fishing who few know but everyone should. He’s the Dark Knight of British Columbia steelhead conservation. …