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Gear

An Observation on the Fly Rod Market

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

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2026 Fly-fishing Trends

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

Skills

Photographing Fish

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

Stu Tripney and his dog Trigger in New Zealand.

Profiles

Flylab Interview: Stu Tripney

Stu Tripney is an artist, writer, fly-fishing guide, casting instructor and fly designer from the South Island of New Zealand.

Illustration: “Top of the Canyon-Malleo River” by Bob White.

News

Book Excerpt: The Zen of Flyfishing

“High in the Andes” from The Zen of Flyfishing by Peter Kaminsky.

Joe Dilschneider portrait, holding a brown trout in New Zealand.

Profiles

Flylab Interview: Joe Dilschneider

Joe Dilschneider is the owner and operator of Trout Stalkers guide service and the Madison River Fishing Company in Ennis, Montana.

Man watching The Mother’s Day Caddis emergence on a Colorado river.

Bugs

How to Approach The Mother’s Day Caddis

Get out of the lead-slinging salt mines and work on your MDC dry fly game.

Profiles

Flylab Interview: Captain Conway Bowman

Flylab sits down with Conway Bowman to discuss saltwater fly fishing, mako sharks and what it’s like to hunt fish that are hunting you.

Western brown trout caught on a Hudson Caddis.

Bugs

Fly Profile: The Hudson Caddis

Anglers look forward to the Mother’s Day caddis (MDC) as a change of pace from tying flies all winter.

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Geartalk

An Observation on the Fly Rod Market

2026 Fly-fishing Trends

Photographing Fish

Flylab Interview: Stu Tripney

Book Excerpt: The Zen of Flyfishing

Flylab Interview: Joe Dilschneider

How to Approach The Mother’s Day Caddis

Flylab Interview: Captain Conway Bowman

Fly Profile: The Hudson Caddis

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