by Spencer Durrant - Friday, Sep 23rd, 2022
For all the current problems facing Utah’s Wasatch Front — overdevelopment, drought, and a general disregard for traffic laws — it’s a wonderful place to live if you’re a trout angler. Rivers and streams are just minutes from the big cities and towns, and their trout consistently grow close to that 20-inch mark. It’s the sort of fishing that spoils an angler.
It certainly spoiled me.
by Chris Hunt - Wednesday, Sep 21st, 2022
The American Sportfishing Association this week announced a plan “to significantly enhance the fly fishing sector” at the next International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, planned for July 11-14, 2023, in Orlando.
by Chris Hunt - Thursday, Sep 15th, 2022
Over the last two decades, the federal government has invested about $17 billion of your money into the effort to save salmon and steelhead in the Snake River basin. It might be one of the most expensive government boondoggles in our nation’s 246-year history.
by Chris Hunt - Wednesday, Sep 14th, 2022
What do you do when you’re a billionaire philanthropist in possession of one of the most reputable and valuable outdoor brands on the planet and it’s time to step down? You want to see your company’s good work not just continue, but channel everything the company does—and earns—into making the world a better place. You could sell the company for billions, and dedicate all the profits to philanthropic goals. But you’re a maverick in the corporate world, and you don’t trust the market or potential new owners to preserve your values or maintain employment and working conditions?
by Hatch Magazine - Wednesday, Sep 14th, 2022
Venerated rod maker Scott recently announced its latest rod series, named the Scott Wave. The new series, according to the Colorado-based rod maker, is "equally at home slam fishing the flats, casting fast sinking lines for stripers, or chasing carp and bass at the local park." With a mid-range price point, the Wave offers anglers a high-performance alternative well-loved Scott flagship rod series like the Centric and Sector.
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Fall is officially upon us, and fly-fishing gear manufacturers are pushing new rods, reels and other goods out to consumers this month. From a handful of new reels — both...
