Articles

5 unforgettable float plane rides

Sometimes getting there there is one of the most memorable parts of the trip

by Chris Hunt - Friday, Aug 16th, 2024

Photo: Earl Harper.

The first time I boarded a float plane, in August 2003, I had no idea what to expect. But, from the instant we lifted off from the little airfield in Petersburg, Alaska, and drifted into the misty skyscape over the rainforest in a trusty DeHavilland Beaver, my life would never be quite the same.

Bowling for bowfin

An introduction to chasing dinosaurs on Lake Champlain

by George Daniel - Tuesday, Aug 13th, 2024

Guide Drew Price with a Lake Champlain bowfin (photo: George Daniel).

In recent years, fly fishers have become increasingly interested in targeting atypical sportfish. It wasn’t that long ago that species like carp, gar, and bowfin were considered trash fish. To today’s new generation of anglers, they are considered worthy or even prized gamefish. My 13-year-old son is part of this generation, and while he enjoys trout fishing, he craves catching large fish that are willing to eat his lure or fly. To him and a growing number of anglers, there’s no stance to take between stripes and spots.

Gear we love right now: August 2024

What's working on and off the water, right now

by Hatch Magazine - Thursday, Aug 8th, 2024

Casting the Scott Session on the Krka River while fly fishing in Slovenia (photo: Earl Harper).

Anglers are drowning in gear choices—rods, reels, boots, waders, lines, packs, bags, boxes, vests, apparel and more. It seems harder and harder to know what's worth coveting and what's worth ignoring. Gear reviews are a great way to explore in-depth what might be right for you, but not every piece of gear is suited to a full-length review and, even if it were, there's simply too much of it to get to. With that in mind, we periodically showcase what's working for us right now, to hopefully offer more helpful feedback on gear that's worthy of your attention.

I never put a bomb in a trout stream

Few people have affected a sport’s or pastime’s literature the way Nick Lyons has with fly fishing

by Tim Schulz - Saturday, Aug 3rd, 2024

O'Dell Spring Creek (photo: Tim Schulz).

Few people have affected a sport’s or pastime’s literature the way Nick Lyons has with fly fishing. Through a celebrated career as an author, editor, and publisher, Nick advanced the field of fly-fishing writing in such significant ways that Tom Rosenbauer calls him the godfather of modern fly-fishing books.

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