History

A Brief History of Charles F. Orvis

Many people know that Orvis has been around since 1856—something of which the company is very proud—but do you know the actual history of the founder, Charles F. Orvis, for whom the CFO Reel is named? A story in the Vermont Daily Chronicle explains how the son of a general-store owner became a hotelier and then the preeminent fly-fishing tackle dealer...

Preserving Fly Fishing's Classic Films

Chris Hunt put together a great piece in Hatch Magazine which highlights some of the great work Scientific Anglers and The American Museum of Fly Fishing are doing to help preserve fly fishing history. The Museum and SA have worked together to preserve some of fly fishing's classic films online. They're now free to view, and feature videos from folks like...

50 Greatest Milestones of Modern Fly Fishing

If you're any sort of fly fishing history buff, then Ted Leeson's piece over at Fly Fisherman Magazine is for you. In it, he details the 50 greatest milestones in modern fly fishing history, starting way back in 1947 with the introduction of the Wonderod - the first fly rod built with a synthetic shaft material. This is a wonderfully fun trip down memory...

New PBS Course on Carrie Frost

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Throwback Thursday: The First Marlin On a Fly

Catching a marlin on a fly rod has long been a dream of mine, even before I read Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea. So, for today's Throwback Thursday, I figured why not look to the past for examples of catching these massive fish on a fly rod? What I found is a video that supposedly shows off the first marlin ever caught on a fly. Check it out, and...

Catskill Museum Gets a Redo

The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum, located in Livingston Manor, NY, is getting work done, according to The River Reporter.  online pharmacy synthroid for sale with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy purchase aciclovir online no prescription The main goal of the work is to expand the museum to include more of the history and artifacts...

Collectors Help Preserve the Past

I'm a big fan of vintage fly gear. I own a fair number of old graphite rods, bamboo, and classic reels. A few years back, I even picked up an early-70s Hardy Princess at a pawn shop for $40. So when I saw this story from Steve Woit online pharmacy buy zoloft without prescription with best prices today in the USA in Hatch Magazine, I knew I had to run it...

Throwback Thursday: Gadabout Gaddis Fishing in Maine

The old classic film Fishing USA was released in 1969, starring a fellow by the name of Gadabout Gaddis. With a name like that, you're sort of destined for the hallowed halls of fishing fame, aren't you? This is a clip from that Fishing USA,  buy proscar online proscar no prescription buy zoloft online buy zoloft online no prescription where Gadabout...

Mary Orvis Marbury - A Fly Fishing Legend

If I asked you to tell me what Mary Orvis Marbury did for the fly fishing community, could you answer? I couldn't, when I first came across her name. I reckon most anglers can't. But she's someone you absolutely need to know about. Mary's contributions to fly fishing are varied, but perhaps her greatest achievement was creating a classification system for...

Fish Facts: Lahontan Cutthroat

The Lahontan cutthroat trout captures the imagination of anglers everywhere, for two reasons. The first being that it's just incredible the fish even exists today (it's a true conservation miracle) and the second, of course, being that these things grow pretty damn big. Thankfully, you can get your Lahontan fix without the trip to Pyramid Lake in a recent...