Black River Dreams: An Interview
- By: Fly Rod and Reel
Author Maximilian Werner discusses his new book, the writing life and how fly-fishing helps him focus.
Teaching Traditions
- By: Joe Healy
About 200 students learned the fundamentals of fly-fishing this past week through FR&R's Fly-Fishing in Schools program...a gratifying teaching experience and a reminder that fly-fishing is too much fun not to share...
Review: Lost in Wyoming
- By: Seth Norman
"Scott Sadil’s prose has surprised me since before Cast from the Edge: Tales of an Uncommon Fly Fisher (Greycliff Publishing). His craft improves with time; so does the clarity of his visions..."
Wine On the Fly Reader / Writer Event
- By: Fly Rod and Reel
From sight-fishing on the ranch spring-fed ponds to a drift boat on either the Colorado or Roaring Fork rivers, to a walk and wade on the K-T’s White River and sight-fishing on one of the K-T’s three spring creeks, it’s a guarantee that guests will get their fill of fishing.
Spreading Tenkara
- By: Fly Rod and Reel
San Francisco’s Daniel Galhardo is the country’s leading proponent of tenkara. "Tenkara is a form of fly-fishing that originated in the mountain streams of Japan. It has a very long history. Some speculate that it goes back at least some 400 years. Tenkara was practiced by professional anglers in the mountain villages of Japan."
"Freshwater Game Fish..." Sampler
- By: Fly Rod and Reel
More than a fishing book, Freshwater Game Fish of North America captures the natural history of species as varied as bowfin to bass to dozens of types of trout. What’s an inconnu and where do we catch them? Find out on page 22. What’s the distribution of the common carp? Check page 132. The hallmarks of the book are the incredible color paintings by the author, Peter Thompson. Not since A. J. McClane’s field guides have we seen a book this rich in detail and original artwork. It’s stunning. ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: See pages from the book—Click Here!
Spring Bonus: More Tying Tools Tested
- By: Ted Leeson
More from Ted Leeson's latest Field Test: "Fly-tying is all about building better mousetraps, so tiers are forever on the lookout for new patterns and materials, and tools..."
2010 Robert Traver Fly-Fishing Writing Award
- By: Fly Rod and Reel
The deadline is set: May 15, 2010. Send your original work of fly-fishing fiction or non-fiction to compete for the most important writing award in all of fly-fishing. Our judges are looking for "A distinguished original work of short fiction or non-fiction that embodies an implicit love of fly-fishing, respect for the sport and the natural world in which it takes place, and high literary values.”
Credit to Chouinard
- By: Fly Rod and Reel
