Geartalk

Hacks

From Google Earth to TroutRoutes

The next generation’s thoughts on fly-fishing mapping platforms.

News

Jim Klug on Montana Public Fishing Access

Pay attention, speak up and show up.

Travel

Get Higher in the Rockies

High-alpine fishing is best enjoyed during the summer months and early fall.

Woman eating some freshly tied dry flies that were tied for trout.

Bugs

Food for Thought, or Thoughts on Food?

That large stoneflies (salmonflies) and hoppers are dead last on the list might surprise some folks, especially given their notoriety in the West.

A mailbox with a man putting a piece of paper into it. The outside of the mailbox reads: "Fly Fishing Log."

News

The Message, the Medium, the Style

Despite the ever-changing advancements in technology, storytelling is here to stay.

Fly angler and fly-fishing guide looking for redfish along the Texas coast.

Gen Z Anglers and Social Media

The invention of social media has been a demarcation line in fly fishing…

Meadow section of the Upper Colorado River.

Skills

Allowing For Serendipity

Tunnel vision of the mind. I’ve watched friends succumb to the effects of this phenomena many times. They end up going fishing only under sets of conditions known to be optimal…

Young man riding a mountain bike with a fly rod. He is headed fly fishing.

News

Orvis Built the Church. Duck Camp is Filling the Pews.

Fly fishing isn’t graying out. It’s growing. The question is who’s actually driving that growth, and what that means for the next decade.

Drift boat and truck on a road in Wyoming.

Skills

Decoding The Madison River

It finally dawned on me that the only fish I was catching were those rising quietly. It was the explosion risers I couldn’t touch.