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This week's videos start down deep and work toward the surface. First up is Miller's Hard Body Leech from Charlie Craven at Charlie's Fly Box, a jig pattern that wraps a black pine squirrel strip over a tungsten underbody to ride deep. Next, Madison at Fly Fish Food ties the Coq de Minneaux, a quick jig streamer built around Whiting Coq de Leon hen saddle...

The second annual RISE: A Fly Fishing Festival returns to Asheville, North Carolina, on Saturday, September 26, with a full day of casting, tying, music, and river-community fundraising along the French Broad. Photos courtesy Uproar Concept The one-day event runs 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wrong Way Campground in West Asheville, is free and open to the public...

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks closed one section of the Madison River to fishing and expanded hoot-owl restrictions to six more river segments across southwest Montana this week, all in force as of Wednesday, July 15. The new hoot-owl restrictions took effect at 2 p.m. the same day. Photo: Adobe Stock/TSchofield The closure runs from Madison Dam at...

This week's slate opens with the biggest thing in the box and works its way around. First is the Buford, tied by Kyle for AvidMax, an oversized bucktail-and-schlappen streamer on a 3/0 hook, the kind of fly you reach for when you want to move a big fish. Next comes a realistic baitfish from tiesflies, a size 12 tie with a squirrel zonker tail and a...

The Salmonfly Project will hold Bug Fest, a free public event built around aquatic insect identification and ecology, at Three Dollar Bridge on the Madison River on July 25, 2026, from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. MDT. The Missoula-based nonprofit is pitching the afternoon as a way to reconnect anglers with the bugs their fishing depends on, at a point when the group...

The Golden State Salmon Association is asking Governor Gavin Newsom, the State Water Resources Control Board, and Attorney General Rob Bonta to intervene before fall, warning that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's operation of Shasta Dam could again warm the Sacramento River past what next season's Chinook can survive. Shasta Lake and Dam. Photo: Gary...

A federal judge in Anchorage heard nearly 150 minutes of oral arguments on June 25 in the case that will decide whether the EPA's 2023 veto of the Pebble Mine stands or goes back to the drawing board. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason, an Obama appointee, thanked the parties for their "thorough" remarks and said she would issue a decision in the near...

This week at the vise runs from the bottom of the water column to the top. Starting down deep is the Jig Sticker, an Umpqua signature pattern from Dylan Gonzales, designed on New Mexico's San Juan as a slim, tungsten-beaded nymph that sinks fast and covers a range of hatches. Then comes the Perdi Pheasant Tail Nymph from Lucian Vasies, a heavy perdigon...

California Trout and The Conservation Angler announced a partnership this week to study salmon and steelhead recovery on the Klamath River, and it gives anglers and guides a defined job in the science: collecting the samples and observations the research depends on. Photo: Conrad/Adobe Stock The work follows the removal of the four lower Klamath dams, which...

Fly-fishing author and instructor George Daniel will join FlyFest 2026 as a Headline Presenter, Fly Fishers International announced. Photo courtesy Fly Fishers International From September 24–26, FlyFest will bring together fly anglers from all over North America for three days of education, conservation, and community. Set to take place at the Redding...