Category Archives: Tippets

While “A Deliberate Life” is currently touring with the International Fly Fishing Film Festival, the final edits are being crafted for the DVD release of the film, planned for for early May.  You can help out the creators by pre-ordering … more →

Analytics, defined as “the discovery of meaningful patterns in data,” is priceless on the water, writes Marty Sheppard, and in paying attention you’ll be adding important reference points to your memory. Taking some time out from guiding and teaching, Jonah … more →

For the nation’s rivers, bull trout are the canary in the coal mine.  And as they are on the rebound in Montana thanks to habitat restoration and non-native fish management, USFWS field supervisor Mark Wilson reflects: “If you can do … more →

Dressing up a classic, Clark Pierce provides a new recipe and instructional tying video for The Prince Nymph, changing up royalty. Denver Water’s plan for the expansion of the Moffat collection system, which would reside in diverting even more water … more →

Maker of the fly fishing movie “Thai One On,” Travis Lowe is bringing the film and the Fly Fishing Film Tour to his hometown, Kelowna, B.C. He talks about the journey of bringing footage to film with Kevin Parnell of … more →

As hard as it is to wait before setting the hook when fly fishing for bonefish and permit, that just might be the key, writes Greg Thomas via Angler’s Tonic. A bighead carp has been found near Lake Michigan, past … more →

If you have not been following Ulf Hagström’s caddis fly project, now is the time as he rounds the bend on his goal of twenty. With diversity of style and location, each post is worth a read, and each fly … more →

Playing luck as long as he can, Scott Heywood experiences a day almost too good to be true, and he writes about this day-outside-the-norm on the Fly Paper blog. The season of small flies is still in full swing, and … more →

Traditional nymphing might take a little extra work, attention, and getting used to, but it’s worth it, wrote John Merwin in Field & Stream, “Nobody brags about watching a bobber.” Tier of classic salmon fly patterns, Austin Clayton sits down … more →

Within the span of a week, Chris Hunt and Bjorn Stromsness both featured interviews with April Vokey, but focused on very different topics, from the love of her dog, Colby, to a life-changing car accident, to saltwater flats and bonefish. … more →