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Fly tying: UV resin for parachute posts
Over the last couple of weeks, we've focused on parachute posts, largely because they can confound some folks at the vise. First, we showed you a traditional method, then we showed you the 90-degree method. Now, Tim Flagler offers up still another method for tying effective parachute posts, this one involving UV resin. Video of…
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Short casts: Loving New Zealand to death; Wyoming women anglers; fighting a hatchery in Michigan, and more
Photo courtesy of Mike Kirkpatrick Imagine hiking for hours through dense brush, over ridges and bluffs among a Jurassic setting, your fly rod tucked into your backpack, along with a day's provisions—maybe even a tent for an overnighter—just to get to your favorite fishing hole. You arrive, string up your fly rod and start walking…
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Caption contest winner announced
"It's just ten minutes of dirt, and then we'll be able to fish all day!" The photo above is particularly painful for me. This shot was taken on a TU media tour a decade ago, when I and a host of TU staffers hosted several reporters, photographers and TV personalities on trip into the Wyoming…
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Video spotlight: Easy rigging for sharks
A few weeks back, I was lucky enough to spend several days on the Mayan Riviera, way south along the Mexican border with Belize. I was chasing bonefish and permit, mainly, but I tied a few flies for bigger, toothier critters—sharks and barracuda. I'm of the mind that, because I was prepared for these fish,…
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Trout Tips: Be stealthy
'Tis the season for tailwater angling, even in the coldest of mountain climes, and Garrison Doctor of Rep Your Water has some simple advice for anyone taking to the river this shoulder season: be stealthy. Trout Tips | Be Stealthy from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo. In the video above Garrison offers up some great advice…
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Gear test: Simms Sungaiter Cool
When I was a kid working landscaping jobs to put myself through school, I was indifferent to the sun's harmful rays. I'd burn once at the start of summer, and then I'd just tan and be good for the rest of the work season. I know now that it's those early sunburns that catch up…
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What’s in the Omnibus?
By Kate Miller Nearly halfway through fiscal year 2018, Congress finally approved an appropriations bill to fund government ag encies for the remainder of the year. Last week, President Trump signed the bill into law, bringing to a close months of tense negotiations, two government shutdowns, five continuing resolutions and lots of high drama and…