9 Guidelines for Fly Fishing Etiquette
Here are nine ways you help make the fly fishing experience positive for everyone on the water.
Forward Motion: How Guide Lionel James Continues to Evolve With the Industry
From Alaska to Destin, fishing guide Lionel James has built his career on being one step ahead of the times—and that’s not changing any time soon.
Field Guide Series: Fly Fishing for Carp
In our Field Guide series, we’re offering quick tips you can use on the water to catch more fish on the fly, species-by-species. In this edition: the elusive and misunderstood carp.
Field Guide: 5 Principles for Targeting Panfish
In our Field Guide series, we’re offering quick tips you can use on the water to catch more fish on the fly, species-by-species. In this edition: We’re defending the often-overlooked panfish. On th...
Pack Light, Fish Farther: 6 Tips for Backcountry Angling
As fly anglers, there’s nothing more exciting than planning a backcountry trip. It’s full of potential, with opportunities for far-away rivers, hungry trout, and nights spent under the stars. But, ...
9 Common Fly Casting Problems (And How to Solve Them)
Tangles, whip-cracks, tired arms, and lost flies. None of us are perfect fly-casters, but renowned guide and instructor Susan Thrasher has key tips for solving some of the most common problems.
How to Be a Better Client: Fishing Guides Share Their Perspective
Being a fishing guide is a hard job. Just like any other service industry, you have to put up with all sorts of things—inclement weather, a slow bite, mechanical issues with the boat. But, as it tu...
How to Find a Great Fly-Fishing Guide
How to Find a Great Fly-Fishing Guide We could write a whole blog about why fishing guides are great. They’re one of the fastest ways for you to learn how to be a more effective angler. They can h...
Guide Dan Towsley Gives a Glimpse Into His Remote Wyoming Lifestyle
There’s a saying from Goethe that’s a few hundred years old: “Haste not! Rest not!” It’s a motto that seems to have faded over time, particularly in our culture, and we’ve definitely lost the first...
7 Conservation Organizations Worth Supporting
As anglers, we talk a lot about responsibility. And we should. We drive some of the highest usage and degradation of our waterways by our sheer numbers—there were more than 29 million fishing lice...
How 5280 Became the Front Range’s Leading Outfitter
Moonshine Colorado Trip from Moonshine Rod Company on Vimeo. Jay Baichi has come a long way in the past ten years. As the owner of 5280 Angler, he’s built a roster of fly-fishing guides who cover...
Moving Forward: How Austin Rappuhn Found His Physical Therapy in Fly Tying
Any experienced angler will tell that their experiences run much deeper than catching, or not catching fish. They’re out there for different reasons and some of those reasons are harder to pin down...
5 Underrated Fly-Fishing Destinations
Fly-fishing is not immune to trends. Maybe more than most outdoor pursuits, there tend to be locations that earn favor in the general zeitgeist, while others remain overlooked for no good reason. L...