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The 2024 ICAST show wrapped up last week, and the winners of product awards have been formally announced. Aside from the new Hardy Averon reel, most of the winners for new products were affordable, especially in the fly fishing world. While the more expensive gear is obviously nice to have, it's good to see the budget-conscious stuff making an impression on...

Riversmith, makers of the popular River Quiver and other accessories, has announced the release of their new Convoy Gear Collection. The Convoy collection is a group of weatherproof travel bags purpose-built for a wide variety of fishing situations. “The Convoy Collection is something that Riversmith has been thinking about, designing and field testing...

According to a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG), anglers in the Gem State are asked to report any walleye caught from the Snake, Salmon, and Clearwater Rivers. IDFG installed a fish trap at Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River, and that information combined with reports from anglers indicate that walleye are increasingly more...

This week's Tying Tuesday is heavy on streamers, but these patterns should all put fish in the net. We've got a flounder streamer that looks like it'd work for bass, a smallmouth streamer, and a chironomid pattern, as well. Up first is the Flounder Snack, a great little streamer pattern from Tim Flagler. Tim uses this fly to fish for flounder in the salt...

Do you ever get stuck in a rut? You head to not only the same river, but the same stretch of it, parking at the same spots, hiking the same trails, and fishing the same flies. There's comfort in knowing you're doing something that works, but you can't stave off the feeling that you're missing out on something else. For a lot of us, we're stuck in a rut due...

This week's Podcast Roundup features an interview with a peacock bass guide in south Florida, a chat with competitive angler Mike Komara, and a discussion about Project Healing Waters with AJ Gottschalk. It's a diverse lineup of shows, with an episode for everyone. If you have a podcast you'd like to see featured here, please reach out. Orvis Podcast...

Situational awareness is one of, if not the most important skills for a fly angler. Regardless of the fish you're chasing, you absolutely have to be aware of what bugs are hatching, what the water is doing, or what food sources are available at a given moment. There's a ton of information to process, and the best anglers are the ones who can take all that...

Golden trout are one of fly fishing's more enigmatic characters, with their ostentatious colors and mercurial attitudes. And while they're doing relatively fine in places like Wyoming, goldens back in their native habitat in California still face many legitimate threats. A new story by Greg Fitz, of Trout Unlimited, was published in American Fly Fishing...

I've never been a big fan of wading shoes or sandals. I've tried a few pairs over the years, and none of them made a good enough case to be used over my wading boots, even for wet-wading small water that's barely shin-deep. They never felt comfortable, or durable, enough to merit the cost of yet another piece of gear. I have embarrassingly bad ankles that...

In a list of some of their more recent stories at Flyfish Journal, you'll find a short but sweet piece by Christopher Schaberg. It's about the confusion that sets in after not catching fish in a new place, especially after Schaberg felt he had the little sunfish pond figured out. After a move from New Orleans to St. Louis, he was relegated to city ponds...