Chad Shmukler

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New Zealand trout: Crass and unsophisticated

1 month ago | hatchmag.com | Chad Shmukler

I’ve had the good fortune — or the extreme displeasure, depending on either your perspective or your fondness for self-immolation — to spend many days and evenings fishing some of America’s most difficult trout water.
Serious cold-weather gear: Skwala's new RS Outpost Jacket

Jan 10, 2025 | hatchmag.com | Chad Shmukler

The term “overbuilt” is one of those marketing-speak monikers that gets thrown around a lot these days when talking about outdoor gear. It’s a fancy way of saying that said gear’s designers prioritize things like durability and performance over adhering to established pricing conventions for a given product in a given class. In truth, there are only a handful of companies that overbuild their gear.
The Silent Spotter: Fly fishing films are good again

Jan 7, 2025 | hatchmag.com | Chad Shmukler

If Off the Grid Studio’s newest film, The Silent Spotter, is a tale of things to come, then I’m happy to report that fly fishing films are good again. If reading that leaves you scratching your head, thinking to yourself that fly fishing films have been good all along, I’ve got news for you: no, they haven’t. Yes, there are exceptions. And I’ve missed more than a few.
Everyone has to love something that they just love to death

Oct 27, 2024 | hatchmag.com | Chad Shmukler

Steelheaders have been depicted as crazy so frequently and using so many different labels that, at this point, it’s become a bit of a trope. Still, most steelheaders are happy to accept the portrayal. After all, who doesn’t want to be known for having saintlike patience, dogged persistence, and an abundance of grit and mettle? But are steelheaders, in fact, nuts?
The most important man in Patagonia

Oct 11, 2024 | hatchmag.com | Chris Hunt |Chad Shmukler

The Rio Blanco rises from a series Andean glacial lakes high in the Aysen region of Patagonia. It’s a river born of ice and rock, and it slices through imposing, tall country before it throws itself into a tight basalt canyon deep in the heart of Chile’s Valdivian rainforest, creating a frothy morasse of nearly impassable rapids and waterfalls that have confounded river runners for decades. Most simply deem the canyon run of the Rio Blanco “unrunnable” and look for friendlier water.
The most important man in Patagonia

Oct 11, 2024 | flipboard.com | Chris Hunt |Chad Shmukler

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Short-range streamers: Chaos as a teacher

Aug 31, 2024 | hatchmag.com | Chad Shmukler

We’ve often recommended streamer tactics that break the conventional long-distance mold. That is, presentations that eschew long casts and long swings or retrieves in favor of working up close and personal. It’s easy to recommend this approach with confidence, as these short-distance tactics work and work well on rivers, streams, and creeks all over the world.
Fish 4 world-class sea trout rivers in 1 week

Apr 19, 2024 | hatch.travel | Chad Shmukler

In a typical week, anglers visiting Battle Hill Lodge in southeastern Iceland have the privilege of fishing not one but three of the island nation's best sea trout rivers. The Geirdlandsá, Fossalar, and Skaftá (known by anglers as "Vatnamot") — all part of the lodge's regular program — offer wildly diverse fishing and landscapes and shots at many an angler's fish of a lifetime.
Want to name a steelhead run?

Mar 27, 2024 | hatch.travel | Chad Shmukler |Chris Hunt

Unexplored steelhead rivers don't exactly grow on trees. At least not in southcentral and southwest Alaska. This year, however, Alaska Steelhead Company will be adding several new rivers to its already productive steelhead program. These "exploratory" rivers, initially scouted in 2022 and 2023 by ASC's guides and accessible only via helicopter or float plane, will be offered to the public for the first time.
Björk releasing ‘lost’ song to fight salmon farms in Iceland

Nov 20, 2023 | hatchmag.com | Chad Shmukler

Iconic musical artist Björk is re-releasing a “lost” song to help fund the fight against open net pen salmon farms in Iceland. The release is part of a collaboration with Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalia. The two have agreed to donate all proceeds from the sale of the new release to AEGIS, an Iceland-based non-profit dedicated to eradicating open net pen salmon farming in Iceland’s waters.