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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.

Low water: Green Mountain Reservoir, Summit County, Colorado.

A Winter That Forgot How to Snow

The Intermountain West Snow Drought Explained: Warm Snow, Cold Reality.

Green River Dam in Dutch John, UT. It's a cold spring day.

News

Well, I’ll Be Dammed

Dam removal is a hot topic within fly-fishing and conservation circles these days, with very good reason.

Rainbow trout from Argentina. Man holding the fish above the river.

News

New Books: A Fishable Feast Has Arrived

Food and travel. When I’d come home, sure, I’d fondly remember the fish battles, but what really stuck with me were the flavors...

Woman fly casting on the Bighorn River in Montana.

Gear

Whither the Double Taper?

From a practical point of view, the only advantage a weight-forward line has over a double-taper is the ability to cast long distances–say, over 75 feet.

Man fly casting in the mountains. There are olympic circles transposed on the photo.

News

Could Fly Casting Be An Olympic Sport?

Granted, fly casting isn’t exactly born of the warrior tradition of the ancient Greeks, but it’s still about a stick and a string.

Woman rowing a drift boat, a man casting in a western river. The photo is black and white.

Skills

Some Fly Casting Mistakes and Solutions

In a mechanically sound casting stroke, the elbow moves up on the backcast and down on the forward cast.