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Video spotlight: Corazon
R.A. Beattie's film about the tarpon of Mexico's Holbox (pronounced HOLE-bosh) Island is a lively feature on the legendary guide Sandflea, and it's a pleasure to watch. But sometimes, it's the little things that get me interested in today's fly fishing films. As mentioned in the trailer, Holbox used to be a great fishery for…
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Trout Tips: 40 feet in four seconds
I stood there, thigh-deep in the green waters of Long Island in the Bahamas, staring intently through polarized lenses at the pod of bonefish working way happily my way. I'd never caught a bonefish, and this was clearly my best chance. Standing beside me was Rod Hamilton of DIY Bonefishing fame—he'd taken pity on the…
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Voices from the River: Rethinking my fishing vocabulary
A brook trout falls for a Royal Coachman, a fly many believe is a "killer pattern" for backcountry trout. Should we redefine our angling lexicon? By Kirk Deeter I received an interesting message the other day from a good friend of mine, who basically asked me to reconsider words like “killer” or “deadly” in my…
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Fly tying: Get it Down Pat’s
About 15 years ago or so, I weaseled my way into the fly fishing competition when the ESPN Great Outdoor Games came to the Henry's Fork. I managed to win the pre-competition casting accuracy event on the first day, but on a slow fishing day in April, I landed only a single trout—a 13-inch rainbow.…
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Voices from the River: It’s up to us to get the lead out
Cameron Hunt cradles a big mirror carp from the Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho. By Chris Hunt My conservation mentor is a hunter who occasionally fishes. I, on the other hand, am a fisher who will tote a gun around looking for birds on occasion. Both of us have had the same conservation epiphany…
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Short casts: Zinke rides in, clean water takes a hit, salmon-flavored Iditarod
Photo NBC News New U.S. Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke literally rode to work on horseback today, where he was greeted by Interior staffers for his first day on the job. Zinke is now charged with managing about 500 million acres of public lands all across the country, and the best news of the day…
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Video spotlight: Tarpon in Belize
There's a lot of good fisheries conservation work being done in saltwater these days, what with the appreciation anglers have developed for fish like permit, tarpon and bonefish over the last two decades or so. Angler science is becoming a mainstream idea—just a few years ago, I helped catch and tag permit in Mexico's Ascension…
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