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This week's Tying Tuesday stretches across roughly five centuries of fly tying. We open in 1496 with the Hawthorn, a wet fly that appears in one of the earliest written texts on angling and is still simple enough to wrap up in a few minutes at the bench. From there, Charlie Craven walks through Bob Quigley's Cripple---an emerger that has earned its...

Four Senate Democrats introduce S. 4455, which would amend the Byrd Rule so that any reconciliation provision selling, transferring, or disposing of federal land can be struck on a single senator's point of order. Colorado Senator Michael Bennet introduced the Public Lands Integrity Act on April 30, joined by three Senate Democrats: Jeff Merkley and Ron...

The Park County stillwater closes after May 13. CPW has lifted all bag and possession limits in the meantime for an emergency public fish salvage. Photo credit: Denver Water. Denver Water will move water from Antero Reservoir to Cheesman Reservoir over the coming weeks and shut public access to the Park County stillwater after sunset on May 13, the utility...

This week's Tying Tuesday is an eclectic one: a simple stillwater leech that crosses over to river duty, a damsel nymph built around a modern bead-and-bug-band system, an articulated bass crayfish that rides hook-up to stay out of the rocks, and a stripped-down midge in the same family as the Zebra Midge but easier to tie. So clear off the desk, queue up...

Promoters of the venerable Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2026, are proud to announce the launch of the Tennessee Fly Fishing & Whiskey Festival. This one-of-a-kind event will be held on Friday, January 15, and Saturday, January 16, 2027, at the Farm Bureau Expo Center in Lebanon, Tennessee. Held...

Image courtesy of Umpqua Umpqua Feather Merchants has launched Swiftlink, a four-pack collection, alongside Link, a modular magnetic accessory system that connects pack and tools through a proprietary baseplate. The system centers on the Link Base Station, a magnetic mount that clips onto Swiftlink packs or any standard webbing. From there, anglers snap on...

The first caddis appear on warm afternoons, blue-winged olives scatter through the cloudy ones, and every hard rain sends a fresh batch of worms into the current. This week's Tying Tuesday leans into that shift with four patterns suited to spring flows and the hatches starting to show up. Ryan at Trident Fly Fishing walks through a clean version of the San...

This year marks the 5th anniversary of the Battenkill Fly Fishing & Arts Festival in Arlington, Vermont, held from April 30 to May 2. Featuring expert presentations from the likes of Tom Rosenbauer, Thomas Ames, and Phil Monahan, plus live music, vendors, casting competitions, and local food and drink, the festival brings together anglers, artists, and...

Image by Daniel Thornberg The resolution heads to President Trump's desk, clearing a path for Twin Metals' long-stalled copper-nickel mine in the Rainy River headwaters of the BWCAW. The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 on Thursday to pass H.J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act measure that nullifies the 20-year mineral withdrawal protecting 225,504 acres of...

This week's Tying Tuesday we're starting on the surface with the Taco Tuesday, a bi-visible variation born from a decade of father-daughter tradition and a conversation about what colors belong in a taco. From there we drop into the drift with a Gradient Perdigon, a clean thread-body nymph whose color-stacked abdomen does the heavy lifting subsurface. Back...