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Bass tournaments have arguably given competitive fly fishing a large part of its existing framework, which makes the fact that a fly angler won a recent bass tournament a certain kind of sweet irony. As reported by Fly Fisherman Magazine, Ryan Williams used only his fly rod to help his team win ...

The pandemic has cancelled thousands of events since it started nearly a year ago, and yet another is falling victim – the Eastern Idaho Fly Tying Expo. This tying expo is one of the biggest ones in the Mountain West, with up to 3,000 people attending in-person each year. This is the second year ...

Todd Tanner tackles a subject that’s a bit tricky in a recent story over at Hatch Magazine. In it, Tanner discusses whether you can tell a bad cast from a good one. You can read all of his thoughts here. The post Can You Tell a Good Cast From a Bad One? appeared first on MidCurrent.

Fishpond has released a new video that’s one of the best ones I’ve seen this year. It highlights guides – but not in the way you’d expect. Fishing guides, in this short film, are portrayed as having the positive impact that we all know they can, even if it rarely gets represented in media. This is ...

SOMERSET, Penn. – Five of the six scheduled 2021 Fly Fishing Shows have either been postponed or cancelled, with the event in Lancaster, Penn., still on track for their original date, announced Ben Furimsky, president and CEO of the annual events. The updated Fly Fishing Show schedule: ...

Loon Outdoors is proud to present Tools of the Trade, a series of videos featuring Loon Outdoors Ambassadors and their use of Loon’s tools. The videos were made in partnership with Dominic Bruno of Wade Deep Media. The goal of the videos is to remind viewers that these are tools used by ...

This is a unique story by a fellow named Paul Smith, who writes for The Telegram in Newfoundland. This story centers on Smith’s usual winter routine of cutting spruce for firewood, but he can’t access his usual area because a certain lake isn’t frozen over. So, he “resorts” to fly fishing the ...

The folks over at Meat Eater have started a new series called Trash Fish Tuesday, in which they discuss fish that we all usually regard as not good for sport fishing. The most recent edition focuses on the Colorado pikeminnow, a fish that has sparked some serious debates in the Colorado River ...

Shame Around Money to $15 Million Annually with Adi Arezzini Founder of Teami Blends Raised by a single mom, Adis earliest memory of money and hardship was at just the age of 9. She remembers asking her dad for $10 and feeling shame with his response. From that young age on, Adi felt like it was ...

Kent Klewein, over at Gink & Gasoline, wrote a great piece lately about how to cover a hatch. It all starts with carrying the right flies and knowing when to use them. You can read the article in full here. The post Covering a Hatch appeared first on MidCurrent.

The R.L. Winston Rod Company, based in Twin Bridges, Montana, announced the release of their new AIR 2 fly rod series. The AIR 2 comes with a sticker price of $1,095.00 The AIR 2 features an all-new S-2000 high-modulus graphite, which Winston says leads to faster recovery speed and a smoother ...

Fly Fisherman Magazine announced this week that Charles Charlesworth has won the 2021 Conservationist of the Year award. Charlesworth won the award for his role in restoring the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania to its former trout glory. The entire story is really interesting, and you can read it ...