3 days ago

Some of the best lodges I've ever fished at were sticklers for details. Not details like whether the boats were always the most current or the fly selection fully stocked, but the important ones like whether the guides would break from the daily grind to go after specific fish, or whether the beer w ...

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8 days ago

Filed under "Things to Do In Cleveland On Your Day Off" (or, "I Need to Get Out More"): Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Dan Ferry been too busy working to indulge in fly fishing in his own backyard (which anyone familiar with Lake Erie steelhead will tell you is fantastic.) "Off the top of my he ...

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13 days ago

This week on "Fine Lines," Phil Monahan tries -- with the help of several free-speaking professionals -- to sort out whether we or not we should feel compelled to tip fishing guides. As reader Charlie G. asks, " Why do we have to tip guides at all?"

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16 days ago

"Finicky summer trout that often refuse a tiny, careful imitation of a midge or gnat will lower their standards in October. They'll aggressively attack some gigantic gaudy thing that as far as I know resembles no creature found in nature." Gary Thompson writes about his arm going numb from catching ...

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22 days ago

" Everyone loves a good map -- particularly one that points the way to success on a favorite fishing river. So when Bill Perry applied his two decades of guiding experience to creating maps bearing a wealth of detail, anglers came running." In this morning's Denver Post, Charlie Meyers talks about F ...

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30 days ago

Washington Post reporter John Briley hires a guide to take him down central Oregon's Lower Deschutes and experiences "life as it could be." "Meals on the river can get far more indulgent. His shop offers multi-day trips, for groups of up to 17 people, that feature luxe riverside camping (cots in lar ...

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45 days ago

"Once In a Blue Moon," a beautifully shot film that tells the story of catching large New Zealand trout during a "mouse year," won the The Drake magazine's Fly Fishing Video Award competition during the Denver FFR show. You can see a segment of the film here on MidCurrent, and watch the award-winnin ...

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50 days ago

Dick Van Dyke in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sang: Me ol' bam-boo, me ol' bam-boo You'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo You can have me hat or me bumbershoot But you'd better never bother with me ol' bam-boo. I've heard of lots of different ways to discourage bears from messing with you ...

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52 days ago

Outdoor Life's Andrew McKean has been blogging and putting together a fine collection of photos taken by Troy Batzler during their four-day trip through southern Montana and Yellowstone Park, which ended yesterday. Since the navigation is a little challenging, I've linked to the individual pages her ...

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57 days ago

While a few of us obsessed over new fly fishing gear this week, the rest of the fishing world discovered the jaw-dropping catch of a 43.75-inch brown trout (on a a No. 8 shad-colored Rapala Shad Rap) by Thomas Healy of Rockford, Michigan. The 41.45-pound fish was landed Wednesday on the Manistee Riv ...

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