Geartalk

Minnesota’s Proposed Copper Mine

This is an effort to restart the Twin Metals project: a proposed (foreign) sulfide-ore copper mine immediately upstream of the Boundary Waters.

Skills

A Brown Trout Quirk

Brown trout can take what feels like forever to come on to a hatch. Even then, they frequently give the impression that rising is something of a bother…

Gear

So, You Want to Know the Real Story About Fly Lines

Fly lines can be pretty damn expensive these days, but they are undeniably the jet fuel that makes the planes fly.

Man casting a fly rod outside of a log lodge in Idaho.

Words to Avoid In a Rod Critique

The term “tracking” is used to describe the quality of a rod to remain in a single plane as it is moved through the casting stroke.

Two anglers wandering a bonefish flat on Christmas Island.

News

Fly Rod Sweet Spots

Talking about oversized heads (no, not talking about casting instructors or magazine editors) and fast-action graphite fly rods.

Three Dollar Bridge on the Madison River, MT.

Skills

On the Value of Observation

The water always tells us what our options are.

Man casting a medium-action fly rod in the Rockies.

Gear

An Observation on the Fly Rod Market

The majority of the rods made today are generally too stiff for their intended use…

Angler fishing in Rocky Mountain National Park.

News

2026 Fly-fishing Trends

Travel, especially international, will be as hot as the stock market...

Roaring Fork River brown trout in the water.

Skills

Photographing Fish

Do not remove the fish from the water until the camera is ready...

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Geartalk

Minnesota’s Proposed Copper Mine

A Brown Trout Quirk

So, You Want to Know the Real Story About Fly Lines

Words to Avoid In a Rod Critique

Fly Rod Sweet Spots

On the Value of Observation

An Observation on the Fly Rod Market

2026 Fly-fishing Trends

Photographing Fish

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