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Pond of Dreams: Kozeal Scores NIL Deal with Arkansas Fly Shop - Fly Fisherman

2 weeks ago | flyfisherman.com | Lynn Burkhead

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Query most college baseball players, and it’s a good bet that their thoughts concerning centerfield as they stand in the batter’s box typically include the combination of a hard swing, a baseball launched into orbit, and watching it sail over the fence.
Dorado Cruisin': Fishing the Famed Paraná River by Mothership - Fly Fisherman

2 weeks ago | flyfisherman.com | Jess McGlothlin |Jess Mcglothlin

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. This article was originally titled “Dorado Cruisin'” in the 2024 edition of Fly Fisherman’s Destinations SIP. Click here to purchase. For many anglers, golden dorados are bucket list fish. These amber-tinted predators with toothy jaws are creatures we marvel at on Instagram, add to our “someday, maybe” lists, and later come back to circle for emphasis.
McCormack Catches Another IGFA Smallmouth Record

3 weeks ago | flyfisherman.com | Lynn Burkhead

We’re moving into the heart of spring fishing in many parts of the country. From Skwalas to 10-pound largemouth bass to redfish, we love everything that spring brings. Including the next wave of the Fly Fisherman News Digest, an offering that is loaded up with plenty of news about our favorite sport, fisheries, and people:If the name Spencer McCormack rings a bell, it might be because of a story that Nick Haddad wrote about the fly angler in the February/March 2021 issue of Fly Fisherman.
Patagonia's Wader Repair Tour: Free Fixes in the Rockies

1 month ago | flyfisherman.com | Ross Purnell

If you’ve got leaky waders, Patagonia wants you to get back out there fishing—dry and comfortable—as soon as possible. The Patagonia Wader Repair tour is coming to three Rocky Mountain States this spring and is offering free wader repairs . . . no strings attached. They will repair any brand of wader for free while you wait—all you have to do is schedule an appointment. The limit is one wader repair per person, and the waders should be clean, dry, and turned inside out before you arrive.
Transparency: How an American Company is Cleaning Up the Anodization Process - Fly Fisherman

1 month ago | flyfisherman.com | Ross Purnell

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. This article was originally titled “Transparency” in the Feb-March 2024 edition of Fly Fisherman. Click here to subscribe. Aluminum is a dream metal for reel makers. It is light, rigid, and extremely strong, and best of all doesn’t rust like metals containing iron.
Tweaking the Adams Fly

2 months ago | flyfisherman.com | Charlie Craven

To me, one of the most compelling things about tying flies is that no matter how long you've done it or how many flies you've tied, there are always little tricks you learn as you go. This phenomenon happens on your twentieth Elk-hair Caddis as well as your four thousandth, and countless times between. A detailed tier is always looking for those little tweaks that make a fly one step closer to perfect and after decades of attempts, I've finally arrived (for now) at the perfect Parachute Adams.
Riffles & Runs: Mending the Line is a Global Success Story

Jan 21, 2025 | flyfisherman.com | Ross Purnell

On June 5, 2023, the historic Allenberry Theater in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania was buzzing with excitement. The lobby was packed with people buying raffle tickets in support of the nonprofit Warriors & Quiet Waters. The seats were rapidly filling with a cross-section of American demographics, male and female, young and old. There were some young hotshot fly slingers, and some older guys I recognized from the local Trout Unlimited chapters.
Riffles & Runs: Teaching the Next Generation

Jan 11, 2025 | flyfisherman.com | Ross Purnell

If you have achieved even a level of mediocrity in the sport of fly fishing, you’ve likely had the help of a mentor to get you there. And every real expert I have worked with in this sport over the last 30 years has acknowledged the influence of a guiding hand.
A Wild West Shootout on the Banks of the World's Best Spring Creek - Fly Fisherman

Dec 7, 2024 | flyfisherman.com | Ross Purnell

The sun was piercing. As it reached its apex, I pulled up my hoodie and my face gaiter to prevent yesterday’s sunburn from getting worse. This also helped to muffle the stench of a rotting armadillo carcass a few paces away. My eyes were distracted by a male rhea and his five little chicks as they kicked up dust in response to our appearance.
Father & Son: Back to the Blue Ridge

Dec 4, 2024 | flyfisherman.com | Brian Irwin

Smoke poured from the tailpipe of our ’78 powder-blue Malibu. At age seven I stood envious in our driveway as my father drove off for his annual fly-fishing trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with his friends. Some were professors at the University of West Virginia, where my father matriculated. Others were respectable businessmen, and more. I was told I wasn’t old enough to join their tribe. Yet.