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Dropping Water Levels Signal Prime Season for Amazon Peacock Bass The Amazon basin is delivering exceptional peacock bass fishing as 2026 begins, with multiple lodge operations reporting what veteran guides are calling ideal "dropping water" conditions across the Rio Negro and Agua Boa watersheds. Reports from the final two weeks of December confirm that...

Late-December Weather Window Delivered Trophy Fishing Across Virginia Virginia anglers made the most of a brief warm spell in late December, with multiple reports of trophy musky, brown trout, and bass coming from waters across the state. A combination of unseasonably mild temperatures—reaching 60°F in some areas—and timely precipitation after an...

Trying to choose the 7 best anything in a country as large as the United States is quite a task, but writing in Outside, angler Robert Annis shares his choices for best areas for fly fishers. There are certainly some noticeable omissions, but how could there not be? How many of these have you fished, and what would you add? Click here for the full story in...

Catching a big bull trout is a bucket-list item for many anglers, but there are few places left in the U.S. where it is still legal to target these gorgeous char. Writing in Game & Fish, David Johnson offers a primer on finding and catching big bulls in Oregon and Idaho, but it's not a game for the faint-hearted: "The truth about DIY trophy bull trout...

We don't hear much about fly fishing in Japan, but the gorgeous rivers of Hokkaido—the country's northernmost large island—hold some remarkable fish, including rainbow and brown trout. But for me the magic would be in catching the more exotic species, such as white-spotted char, cherry salmon, and Sakhalin taimen. In this great video, a team of French...

One of the more powerful influences that fly fishers have is their economic impact, something confirmed by a new study published by the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Poring over the numbers from 2024, the study's authors found that coldwater anglers—those chasing trout, salmon...

The Utah Cutthroat Slam launched in 2016, giving anglers a chance to challenge themselves to land all four of the state's native cutthroat subspecies: the Bonneville cutthroat, Bear River cutthroat, Coloroado River cutthroat, and Yellowstone cutthroat. Nine years down the line, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has announced that 2,000 anglers have...

The reporter in this video offers the understatement of the year when he says, "Oklahoma isn't at the center of the fly-fishing world," but there are some very cool opportunities—such as chasing the elusive Neosho bass, a river-dwelling fish that fights like a trout. The Illinois River serves up some excellent fly fishing when the water cools in fall.

It seems remarkable that, in this age of nonstop Internet fly-fishing coverage, there would be a world-class fishery that remained under the radar. But it seems that most folks haven't heard of a particular gem in the northwestern highlands of Iceland. Writing in Hatch Magazine, Chad Schmukler writes about a new fishing operation on Iceland's Blanda River...

Last September, historic rains brought by Hurricane Helene caused devastation in communities across western North Carolina, destroying homes, infrastructure and river courses. As the region begins to rebuild, the future of the fly-fishing industry is still a big question mark. According to an article on Blue Ridge Public Radio, trout generated $1.4 billion...