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Gear test: Costa Montauk Polarized Sunglasses
You have sunglasses and you have sunglasses. Perhaps the most underutilized angling accessory, shades provide protection from the sun as well as a rogue cast that could cause a potential injury. Much like your most beloved hat, fleece or any other piece of fishing gear, sunglasses are particular to the angler. You might have one…
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Voices from the River: Getting Wet
Taking a break for a warm coffee on a dreary day on Virginia's Smith River. (Sam Dean photo.) By Mark Taylor My friend Aaron reached out the other day with an invitation. “Got a seat in the boat for you.” A couple days later we were floating down Virginia’s Jackson River in Aaron’s new Boulder…
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Tie like a chef
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Forest Service honors TU’s Darek Staab with Rise to the Future award
Darek Staab (far right) with volunteers, Whychus Creek project, Oregon. Darek Staab, Project Manager for Trout Unlimited’s Upper Deschutes Restoration Program, was recently honored by the U.S. Forest Service with a “Rise to the Future” award in the Partnerships category. The regional Forest Service award recognizes “outstanding contributions towards fisheries and water resource conservation in…
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Fly tying: The Parachute Hendrickson
The venerable Hendrickson, the fly tied to imitate the famous hatch that's well under way on rivers in the East, is more than just a match-the-hatch pattern. Here in the West, we use the Hendrickson as an attractor mayfly pattern starting in spring and early summer, because it does a serviceable job imitating one of…
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Voices from the River: Season kickoff
By Eric Booton A handful of my fellow Southcentral Alaska trout bums manage to fish year-round on one of the larger river systems that remains mostly open. Frigid waters flow between ice shelves, their invitingly shallow depths a recipe for cold toes and frozen boots. The sun creeps above the ridgetops providing a brief amount…
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Fly tying: Mixing hackle fibers for tails
Tying small-ish mayfly patterns might be one of the most common fly-tying applications, but it doesn't mean it's super easy. Like any tying activity, it takes practice, particularly for the more detailed aspects of your average mayfly pattern, including the hackle fibers use for the tail. Video of How to Make Mixed Hackle Fiber TailAbove,…