Video
I Will Die Here, My Friend
Sea-run Brown Trout on the Fly in Tierra del Fuego
Conservation
The River Brings Everything
Between 1918 and 1965 five dams were built on the Klamath River, cutting off access to the upstream spawning habitat for Steelhead, lamprey and five species of Pacific Salmon. In 2021 crews will begin removing four of the five dams,...
Conservation
Stop Pebble 2019
Take Action Now! Despite over a decade of opposition, the agency reviewing the permit application for the massive proposed Pebble mine in Bristol Bay, AK, recently moved the mega-project one step closer to reality. The rivers and streams of Bristol...
Contest and Video Exclusive
Off Season - Montana
Every angler knows about Montana in the summer: long days, abundant bug life, willing trout. But, what about the off season? "Montana in the fall is more mellow," says Hilary Hutcheson. "After all the people are gone and you have...
Anniversary
The Flyfish Journal Turns 10
Though the idea had been lodged earlier, it was one particular moment 10 years ago that led to our steep launch on the Upper Rubicon. At one of the first Fly Fishing Film Tours, bumping elbows with a couple hundred...
Cutbank
Christmas Queens
The lodge transport fetches us from the airport—a once-weekly commercial stop—and places crowns made of intricately woven flowers and palm fronds on our heads. We are unapologetically excited and can’t help but laugh because nearby a truck full of male...
Photo and Video Exclusive
Love & Water
Supported by Patagonia, 10 Barrel Brewing and Yakima. Win a Patagonia Stormfront Pack - $149 Value - Enter Below To celebrate the release of "Love and Water," Patagonia has teamed up with The FlyFish Journal to give away Stormfront Roll...
Culture
Shutterbuggin' with Austin Coit
Shutterbuggin’ is a regular web feature where we chat with photo contributors, talking about photography, fly fishing and whatever else happens to come up. In our latest installment we caught up with photographer Austin Coit. The Flyfish Journal: Hi Austin,...
Open Water
Concentric Circles
Grandpa sent me out into the yard in search of a stick, “about yay big,” as he held his index fingers four inches apart. He carved off the bark, smoothed the surface, and pushed a sewing pin into the tip...
Photo Essay
Oman is Open
A pronouncement that you’re going flyfishing in Oman usually elicits a “that sounds rad,” followed by a lengthy pause and finally a quizzical, confused expression. “Wait—where is Oman again?” And that, for the geographically challenged (which, let’s be honest, is...
Cutbank
Fishing by Thumb
After two weeks of fishing across the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Montana and Wyoming, I was desperate for a taste of civilization. The food I brought for the journey had dwindled and I’d been living on a diet of couscous and...