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Carp Slam (Denver, CO) September 13th, 2025 – Denver Trout Unlimited (DTU) has unveiled the new format of the 2025 Carp Slam fly fishing tournament. The annual tournament is designed to raise funds for the Denver South Platte (DSP) fishery and users of the river corridor.
#denver #carpslam
#denver #carpslam
DTU CarpSlam
YouTube video by Denver Trout Unlimited
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September 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Hooking injuries to fish and angling pressure is taking a toll on Wyoming's North Platte River. There lies the problem—more anglers going after a large amount of fish and releasing them. The results have shown more hooking injuries to fish that could be detrimental to the fish population.
Being loved to death | Wyoming Game & Fish Department
In popular fishing locales, like along the North Platte River in the Casper Region, anglers can be seen catch-and-release fishing regularly. It’s home to some of the best trout fishing in the country,...
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September 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hooking injuries to fish and angling pressure is taking a toll on Wyoming's North Platte River. There lies the problem—more anglers going after a large amount of fish and releasing them. The results have shown more hooking injuries to fish that could be detrimental to the fish population.
On Norway's vast salmon farms, a parasite is causing mass deaths of fish. Factory farming is threatening to wipe out wild salmon populations in Norway, due to the dramatic spread of parasitic salmon lice. Can the wild salmon still be saved?
Can Norway’s wild salmon be saved? | DW Documentary
YouTube video by DW Documentary
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September 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
On Norway's vast salmon farms, a parasite is causing mass deaths of fish. Factory farming is threatening to wipe out wild salmon populations in Norway, due to the dramatic spread of parasitic salmon lice. Can the wild salmon still be saved?
Sometimes someone else says it better than you ever could. Our friend Eddie Nickens wrote these words about Flip’s passing, and we’re grateful he’s allowed us to share them.
Legendary Outdoorsman Flip Pallot Passes Away
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August 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sometimes someone else says it better than you ever could. Our friend Eddie Nickens wrote these words about Flip’s passing, and we’re grateful he’s allowed us to share them.
Take Action on the Roadless Rule: Join BHA in opposition to rescinding the Roadless Rule in its entirety and ask your member of Congress to instead support the Roadless Area Conservation Act, legislation that would codify the Roadless Rule as law.
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Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Take Action on the Roadless Rule: Join BHA in opposition to rescinding the Roadless Rule in its entirety and ask your member of Congress to instead support the Roadless Area Conservation Act, legislation that would codify the Roadless Rule as law.
Striped Bass Economic Survey: “The Striped Bass Survey gives us the chance to quantify the scale of this coastwide fishery. That data is critical for decision-makers at the local, state, and federal levels, showing just how much recreational anglers contribute to the economy."
#savestripedbass
#savestripedbass
Striped Bass Survey
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August 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Striped Bass Economic Survey: “The Striped Bass Survey gives us the chance to quantify the scale of this coastwide fishery. That data is critical for decision-makers at the local, state, and federal levels, showing just how much recreational anglers contribute to the economy."
#savestripedbass
#savestripedbass
Rudy Babikian, co-founder of Los Locos, in Oman chasing GTs on fly rods with Ed Nicholas.
#oman #flyfishing
#oman #flyfishing
Los Locos: Oman | Fly Fishing Giant Trevally
YouTube video by Los Locos
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August 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Rudy Babikian, co-founder of Los Locos, in Oman chasing GTs on fly rods with Ed Nicholas.
#oman #flyfishing
#oman #flyfishing
Wolves of the River: a bull trout revival and the cumulative (positive) effects of thoughtful resource management on the Squamish River.
#bulltrout #squamishriver
#bulltrout #squamishriver
Wolves of the River
YouTube video by Simms Fishing
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August 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wolves of the River: a bull trout revival and the cumulative (positive) effects of thoughtful resource management on the Squamish River.
#bulltrout #squamishriver
#bulltrout #squamishriver
What do you have against bobber fishing?
I think the thing about bobber (strike indicator) fishing that gets under the skin of many dedicated fly anglers who have been doing this for a long time, is that the bobber-weighted-nymph rig is just so effective. It affords “instant gratification.”
I think the thing about bobber (strike indicator) fishing that gets under the skin of many dedicated fly anglers who have been doing this for a long time, is that the bobber-weighted-nymph rig is just so effective. It affords “instant gratification.”
The True Cast - What Do You Have Against Bobber Fishing? - Trout Unlimited
That’s a very fair question, and it isn’t easy to answer, but I’ll do my best.
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August 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What do you have against bobber fishing?
I think the thing about bobber (strike indicator) fishing that gets under the skin of many dedicated fly anglers who have been doing this for a long time, is that the bobber-weighted-nymph rig is just so effective. It affords “instant gratification.”
I think the thing about bobber (strike indicator) fishing that gets under the skin of many dedicated fly anglers who have been doing this for a long time, is that the bobber-weighted-nymph rig is just so effective. It affords “instant gratification.”
Keep Fish Wet Giveaway
Flylab is partnering with Keep Fish Wet, Fishpond and Small Craft Sales to promote better, science-based best practices for catching, handling and releasing fish.
Enter today.
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Flylab is partnering with Keep Fish Wet, Fishpond and Small Craft Sales to promote better, science-based best practices for catching, handling and releasing fish.
Enter today.
#keepfishwet #fishpond #flyfishing
Keep Fish Wet Giveaway
Enter the Keep Fish Wet Giveaway today!
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August 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Keep Fish Wet Giveaway
Flylab is partnering with Keep Fish Wet, Fishpond and Small Craft Sales to promote better, science-based best practices for catching, handling and releasing fish.
Enter today.
#keepfishwet #fishpond #flyfishing
Flylab is partnering with Keep Fish Wet, Fishpond and Small Craft Sales to promote better, science-based best practices for catching, handling and releasing fish.
Enter today.
#keepfishwet #fishpond #flyfishing
Wild fish. Wild Places. Emilie Björkman explores some of America’s most iconic trout rivers: the Blackfoot near Missoula to a spring creek outside Bozeman, the Madison at Three Dollar Bridge, and a drift down the Missouri River by Craig, MT.
#montana #flyfishing
#montana #flyfishing
Loop Presents: Wild fish. Wild Places. | Ep1 Fly fishing in Montana with Emilie Björkman
YouTube video by Loop
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August 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Wild fish. Wild Places. Emilie Björkman explores some of America’s most iconic trout rivers: the Blackfoot near Missoula to a spring creek outside Bozeman, the Madison at Three Dollar Bridge, and a drift down the Missouri River by Craig, MT.
#montana #flyfishing
#montana #flyfishing
A Distance Casting Tip: An essential requirement for distance casting is that maximum acceleration of the rod occur at the end of the casting stroke.
#flycasting #flyfishing #distancecasting
#flycasting #flyfishing #distancecasting
A Distance Casting Tip
An essential requirement for distance casting is that maximum acceleration of the rod occur at the end of the casting stroke.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A Distance Casting Tip: An essential requirement for distance casting is that maximum acceleration of the rod occur at the end of the casting stroke.
#flycasting #flyfishing #distancecasting
#flycasting #flyfishing #distancecasting
ORVIS - How Much Stress Can You Put On Your Fly Rod?
YouTube video by The Orvis Company
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August 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Deeter writes about fly rod warranties: “I’d be curious about what kind of reaction consumers would have if they were given the option of buying warranty coverage or not at the time of purchase...”
#flyrods #warranties
Deeter writes about fly rod warranties: “I’d be curious about what kind of reaction consumers would have if they were given the option of buying warranty coverage or not at the time of purchase...”
#flyrods #warranties
Fly Rod Warranties
I found it interesting that some companies still try to decipher the degrees of carelessness that led to the rod breaking in the first place.
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August 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Deeter writes about fly rod warranties: “I’d be curious about what kind of reaction consumers would have if they were given the option of buying warranty coverage or not at the time of purchase...”
#flyrods #warranties
Deeter writes about fly rod warranties: “I’d be curious about what kind of reaction consumers would have if they were given the option of buying warranty coverage or not at the time of purchase...”
#flyrods #warranties
Mat Leonard, an Atlantic salmon guide on Quebec’s famed Bonaventure River, makes the decision to pause his guiding season and head north to Labrador. With declining salmon runs and growing uncertainty back home, he sets out in search of wild rivers that still thrive: the Flowers and Hawke Rivers.
LABRADOR - PALM FESTIVAL 2025
YouTube video by HOOKÉ
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August 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Mat Leonard, an Atlantic salmon guide on Quebec’s famed Bonaventure River, makes the decision to pause his guiding season and head north to Labrador. With declining salmon runs and growing uncertainty back home, he sets out in search of wild rivers that still thrive: the Flowers and Hawke Rivers.
Midwest based artist Jake Keeler and photographer T.C. Worley are out to document the smallmouth playground of Jake’s backyard, the Upper Mississippi River.
#smallmouthbass #mississippiriver
#smallmouthbass #mississippiriver
BACKYARD BRONZE: Flyfishing for Smallmouth Bass on the Upper Mississippi with Jake Keeler
YouTube video by The Flyfish Journal
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August 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Midwest based artist Jake Keeler and photographer T.C. Worley are out to document the smallmouth playground of Jake’s backyard, the Upper Mississippi River.
#smallmouthbass #mississippiriver
#smallmouthbass #mississippiriver
Bucktail Flies: “Beastly bucktail baitfish flies tied by Andre van Wyk, aka Dre, a South African Chewbacca. Some say each one is tied with a signature strand of his beard…”
#bucktails #flyfishing
#bucktails #flyfishing
BUCKTAIL FLIES | The Mission Fly Fishing Magazine
Beastly bucktail baitfish flies tied by Andre van Wyk, aka Dre, our very own South African Chewbacca, are available for purchase.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Bucktail Flies: “Beastly bucktail baitfish flies tied by Andre van Wyk, aka Dre, a South African Chewbacca. Some say each one is tied with a signature strand of his beard…”
#bucktails #flyfishing
#bucktails #flyfishing
In Wyoming, the North Platte River goes barbless and bans some bead rigs. “We’re concerned that the advent of this technique overlaps with the appearance of these more massive and severe injuries,” Mark Smith, Game and Fish’s fisheries management coordinator.
#wyoming #northplatteriver
#wyoming #northplatteriver
On the North Platte, where anglers maim 1 in 4 trout, Wyoming goes barbless, bans some bead rigs - WyoFile
‘Pegged attractors’ on fly fishing leaders, which caught on in the last decade, will no longer be allowed in Gray Reef and Cardwell sections of the popular fishery.
wyofile.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In Wyoming, the North Platte River goes barbless and bans some bead rigs. “We’re concerned that the advent of this technique overlaps with the appearance of these more massive and severe injuries,” Mark Smith, Game and Fish’s fisheries management coordinator.
#wyoming #northplatteriver
#wyoming #northplatteriver
Marina Gibson and many others have dedicated their lives and careers to ensuring that fishing for wild Atlantic salmon is more than “a beautiful waste of time.”
#wild #atlanticsalmon
#wild #atlanticsalmon
YETI Presents | Wild Atlantic Salmon: Restoring The Run
YouTube video by YETI
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July 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Marina Gibson and many others have dedicated their lives and careers to ensuring that fishing for wild Atlantic salmon is more than “a beautiful waste of time.”
#wild #atlanticsalmon
#wild #atlanticsalmon
This week’s Flylab newsletter is headed out.
Deeter writes about how to Select, Rig and Fish the Right Fly. Plus gear news from ICAST, a Pebble Mine update and a recent podcast from Oliver White.
New partner spotlight: LOGE Wolf Creek in South Fork, Colorado.
#logecamps #southforkcolorado
Deeter writes about how to Select, Rig and Fish the Right Fly. Plus gear news from ICAST, a Pebble Mine update and a recent podcast from Oliver White.
New partner spotlight: LOGE Wolf Creek in South Fork, Colorado.
#logecamps #southforkcolorado
Select, Rig and Fish the Right Fly
To figure out what fly to fish, and when, follow these three steps.
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July 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This week’s Flylab newsletter is headed out.
Deeter writes about how to Select, Rig and Fish the Right Fly. Plus gear news from ICAST, a Pebble Mine update and a recent podcast from Oliver White.
New partner spotlight: LOGE Wolf Creek in South Fork, Colorado.
#logecamps #southforkcolorado
Deeter writes about how to Select, Rig and Fish the Right Fly. Plus gear news from ICAST, a Pebble Mine update and a recent podcast from Oliver White.
New partner spotlight: LOGE Wolf Creek in South Fork, Colorado.
#logecamps #southforkcolorado
Great article discussing the role the wrist plays in an efficient casting stroke.
#flycasting #flyfishing
#flycasting #flyfishing
An Expert Casting Trait
Understanding wrist positions and how they integrate with a fundamentally solid casting stroke.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Great article discussing the role the wrist plays in an efficient casting stroke.
#flycasting #flyfishing
#flycasting #flyfishing
New Zealand fly-fishing guide Cory Scott heads back to some home waters he hasn't fished in forty years.
#newzealand #browntrout
#newzealand #browntrout
Fly Fishing New Zealand 'THE RETURN'
YouTube video by mikefsher
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July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New Zealand fly-fishing guide Cory Scott heads back to some home waters he hasn't fished in forty years.
#newzealand #browntrout
#newzealand #browntrout
Learn About The Yellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation: Yellow Dog Flyfishing donates a portion of every trip booked and every product sold to YDCCF to support important conservation work.
#YDCCF #yellowdogflyfishing
#YDCCF #yellowdogflyfishing
Angling Trade | Learn About The Yellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation
Yellow Dog Flyfishing donates a portion of every trip booked and every product sold to YDCCF to support important conservation work.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Learn About The Yellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation: Yellow Dog Flyfishing donates a portion of every trip booked and every product sold to YDCCF to support important conservation work.
#YDCCF #yellowdogflyfishing
#YDCCF #yellowdogflyfishing
Winston Fly Rods and Bauer Fly Reels hire Jay Beebe and Tyson Webb to accelerate their sales operations. Jay Beebe will take on the role of Sales Manager, while Tyson Webb will become the new Northern Rockies Sales Representative, covering Montana and Idaho.
#winstonflyrods #bauerreels
#winstonflyrods #bauerreels
Angling Trade | Winston and Bauer Strengthen Sales Force with Key Hires
Winston Fly Rods and Bauer Fly Reels hire Jay Beebe and Tyson Webb to accelerate their sales operations.
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July 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Winston Fly Rods and Bauer Fly Reels hire Jay Beebe and Tyson Webb to accelerate their sales operations. Jay Beebe will take on the role of Sales Manager, while Tyson Webb will become the new Northern Rockies Sales Representative, covering Montana and Idaho.
#winstonflyrods #bauerreels
#winstonflyrods #bauerreels