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MidCurrent Plus Live Event - June 24, 2026 Synopsis This MidCurrent Plus live event pairs host Phil Monahan — former editor-in-chief, now ambassador for MidCurrent — with Tom Rosenbauer, one of the most recognizable voices in American fly fishing and a friend and fishing partner of Phil's for many years, for an hour-long master class on dry-fly fishing...

Green Highlander, Bomber and Black Bear salmon flies Three flies cover most of what an Atlantic salmon angler actually needs in the first three weeks of June on the Gaspé and Maritime rivers — a Bomber, a Green Highlander, and a Black Bear Green Butt. The selection isn't sentimental: each one solves a specific problem a fresh-run salmon presents in that...

MidCurrent Plus Live Event - May 13, 2026 Synopsis This MidCurrent Plus live event pairs host Phil Monahan (Vermont) with guest Hilary Hutcheson — Montana guide, outfitter, and one of the most thoughtful voices on the native fisheries and conservation challenges of the Crown of the Continent — for a wide-ranging conversation on guiding the Flathead...

Get your gear ready for steelhead season! The steelhead off-season checklist that actually matters is short and calendar-driven: ship waders in May (Patagonia averages up to 12 weeks), service your reel now rather than in July (Hatch runs 7–9 weeks from arrival), inspect every tip loop and stinger tether, reverse your mono running line, and tie compact...

MidCurrent Plus Live Event - April 23, 2026 Synopsis This MidCurrent Plus live event pairs host Phil Monahan (Vermont) with guest Landon Mayer — Colorado guide, author, and one of the most recognized voices in modern Western trout fishing — for a wide-ranging conversation on spring runoff tactics, high-water strategy, and the often-overlooked...

Image courtesy of video produced by Outdoor Highlife, featured below. The spring white bass fly fishing run is one of the most productive — and most overlooked — opportunities in freshwater fly fishing, putting aggressive, schooling fish into wadeable tributaries across more than a dozen states from February through June. When water temperatures reach...

MidCurrent Plus Live Event - March 25, 2026 Synopsis This inaugural MidCurrent Plus live event pairs host Phil Monahan (Vermont) with guest Tim Flagler (New Jersey) — one of fly fishing's most recognized tying instructors, known for his YouTube channel and appearances at consumer fly fishing shows. The conversation covers three early-season fly patterns...

Dead-Drift Techniques for Cold-Water Trout There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over a trout stream in January. Snow dusts the banks, ice rims the slower eddies, and most anglers have long since hung up their rods until spring. But for those willing to brave the cold, winter offers something valuable: the chance to become a genuinely better nymph...