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Alaska, a land renowned for its wild, untouched landscapes and abundant wildlife, offers some of the most spectacular fly fishing experiences in the world. But with increasing popularity and looming...
A Portland guide breaks down the welded T-8, T-11 and T-14 sink tip he built for winter steelhead, and the sight-fishing program he runs for Columbia River carp.
Three years of solo weekly episodes come to an end. The outgoing host explains what the show cost him, what kept it alive, and the stillwater chironomid rig he fishes.
A husband-and-wife team who built a musky-only online fly shop break down rod weights, fly sizes, river versus lake fish, and the figure eight at the boat.
The shad hatch, the shelf, and the streamer rig that works on the White River in Arkansas - plus how a marketing habit turned into a fly fishing brand and...
Butane torches instead of a burning pen, kitchen spatulas as masks, and a 17-foot great white on a restaurant wall - how life-size wood burned fish art gets made.
A fly shop in a northern BC town of 3,100 imports tying materials from France, Italy and the Czech Republic, and ships flies and thread worldwide.
Two years into selling a telescoping fly rod that stores its line inside the blank, Reyr Gear added a lighter model, sold 2.5x more in one summer, and started building...
A year after his first interview, Freestone Fly Company's founder had four membership options, a premium box, a tying starter kit, and a full-time job at his own company.
One returned camera, one rented theater, and a tour that now runs 26 stops across seven states - built on films about people fishing close to home.
Five tiers, one streamer-only catalog, and a fly that shows up in nearly every order. How a northern California family turned a drift boat plan into a business.
Search visibility decides which fly shop gets the booking. A digital strategist turned fly fisher on SEO, paid search, ambassador fit and online negativity.
A conversation on the river about not wanting to buy a $1,200 saltwater setup for one week became Rent This Rod, a mail-order premium fly rod rental service.
Two university scientists cut slits in a silicone incubator gasket, spent years on prototypes, and launched Tacky Fly Fishing on a Kickstarter campaign.
Chris Ritter walks through building a wooden landing net by hand: 1/8-inch hardwood strips, 15 minutes of steam, inner tube clamps, a drum sander, and the nets that never make...