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Air raid

Mosquitoes, no-see-ums, blackflies, deerflies, and stable flies—the "Big Five"

purple intruder fly

The color purple: Why it's in almost every angler's fly box

Purple flies just work—and there's a reason why

float plane on Tahltan Lake

Riffles shushing ravens

Silence is as close as a headset on a passenger plane. But not quiet.

Latest News

Okefenokee is now a UNESCO World Heritage site

The once-imperiled, famed swamp joins the ranks of iconic U.S. sites like Yosemite and Yellowstone

El Niño is already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific

From California to Peru to India, the powerful weather phenomenon is creating winners and losers across the commercial and recreational fishing industries

Mike Lee, GOP colleagues move to permanently kill the Roadless Rule

Lee's amendment would strip existing rulemaking and bar the Forest Service from ever issuing similar roadless protections in the future

'Absolutely crazy': Trump administration to dismantle crucial ocean monitoring system

The advanced, global instrumentation network was slated to deliver data and empower scientific research for at least a quarter century

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Tips & Technique

purple intruder fly

The color purple: Why it's in almost every angler's fly box

Purple flies just work—and there's a reason why

A British Columbia bull trout

The flutter: Get your fly in the zone

A swiftwater move to help get your streamer where it needs to be

trout sipping a mayfly

How far should you lead a rising trout?

The truth is, nobody really knows. But here are some clues.

Latest Conservation

Okefenokee is now a UNESCO World Heritage site

The once-imperiled, famed swamp joins the ranks of iconic U.S. sites like Yosemite and Yellowstone

Should we be targeting bull trout anywhere?

The bull trout conundrum

Mike Lee, GOP colleagues move to permanently kill the Roadless Rule

Lee's amendment would strip existing rulemaking and bar the Forest Service from ever issuing similar roadless protections in the future

50 years after the flood: Could the Teton Dam be rebuilt?

Detractors argue a rebuilt Teton Dam would harm native trout and fail to make economic sense

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Travel

redfish fly fishing

Redfish: The gateway to a flats habit

Redfish are simultaneously a second-to-none fly rod target and a great first-step species for flats fishing beginners

float plane painting by bob white

Tips for the traveling angler

Preparing for your next big (or small) trip

torres del paine region fly fishing

Trout under the towers

Fly fishing in the shadow of Torres del Paine

Latest Blog

The bedazzled angler

Fly fishing stickers: yay or nay?

This is water we are talking about

Every conversation about roads is a conversation about water

Get up, stand up

Stand up for your right to fish

The case for Canada

There's an almost endless bounty of Canadian fly fishing still untouched by U.S. anglers

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Photography

huge mayfly hatch henry's fork

A year at The School of Trout

A collection of images from the world's finest fly fishing school

battle hill lodge iceland - sea trout

The Fish of a Lifetime

A sneak peek into Matt Harris' 656-page fly fishing opus

school of trout

Fly fishing immersion on the banks of the famed Henry's Fork

Latest Gear

Review: Redington Big Game 11- and 12-weight Musky Fly Rods

Has Redington built serious, specialized tools for musky anglers or glorified gimmicks?

New fly fishing gear: May 2026

What's new on and off the water this month

R.L. Winston Rod Co. under new ownership

New leadership pledges to keep all current Winston employees in place

Zero Startup Inertia

The pitfalls of technological advancement