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ICAST 2025: The Best New Fly Fishing Gear of 2025

Each year, the fishing industry makes its way to Orlando, Florida, for the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, better known as ICAST. The...

The Drift: Grizzly Country

An old cowboy who'd finished loading his horses leaned out of his one-ton's window and asked us if we'd seen any bears that day. "Nope,...

The Best Wading Boots of 2026

My first pair of wading boots weren't even wading boots. They were an old pair of Lowa hiking boots I "borrowed" from my uncle....

Reel of the Week: Sight Fishing Big New Zealand Trout

A Note from Cam (@the_taupo_trout_slayer): https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLb-ZwkB49J/?igsh=MTE4bGo4Zm5sZ25rbQ%3D%3D "Walking along the stream I saw some trout in the stream , they looked nice."- Cam Reel of the Week from...

The Roadless Rule and Its Repeal

Lost in the recent uproar over an attempt to sell federal public lands was an executive order by President Donald Trump to rescind the...

BTT Research Prompts Florida to Consider Spawning Bonefish Protections–Share Your Voice Today

Florida is home to some of the most incredible fisheries, especially when it comes to saltwater fly fishing. However, these same fish species are...

Fly Fishing Nymphs – The Most Productive Way to Land Fish

It’s been said that trout do up to 90% of their feeding underwater. Whether or not this number is accurate, the point remains the...

Fly Fishing For Deep Water Smallmouth

My fascination with smallmouth began at a very young age, being the first gamefish caught on my own. After 50-some years, the fascination hasn’t...

The Drift: A Lesson I Needed Years Ago

Fly fishing is, for all its eccentricities and accoutrements, a relatively simple sport. Your goal is to put a fly in front of a...
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How to Tie: Red Francis Spey Fly

In this week’s “How to Tie” video feature, the legend Davie McPhail ties a variation of a classic Atlantic salmon pattern, the Red Francis...