Hardcore Fisherman of Sea Fishing

Trout fishing is a pleasure. Fly fishing for salmon is one of the most enjoyable ways to spend a day. When it’s raining, freezing or doing anything that makes you feel fishing is unpleasant spare a thought for the true hardcore fisherman of sea fishing who risk life and limb in pursuit of the catch to cater for their families…
Fly Fishing News - MidCurrent

Tarpon: The Hillary Clinton Fish
As I was explaining tarpon behavior to Patagonia fishing product designer Steve Straqualersi earlier this week, it occurred to me that a hooked tarpon behaves very much like a certain presidential candidate. "Give a tarpon any amount of leeway," I...

Kayak Vests: Extrasport Osprey PFD
Detroit Free Press columnist Eric Sharp recommends the Extrasport Osprey PFD -- which looks very simply like a fly fishing vest with an integrated PFD -- as a great vest for kayak fishing. "The Extrasport Osprey PFD, which can be...

Connecticut's Eightmile Watershed Gets Federal Protection
For only a second time in the history of the program, an entire watershed received "Wild and Scenic" designation, meaning that local communities must limit development and runoff that might impact Eightmile and its tributaries. "The Eightmile is one of...

Stillborns: "The Saddest Story of All"
"Mayfly nymphs live a life in the cold, rocky dungeon of the floor of a trout stream only to emerge for a few brief moments of glory before breaking down into their elemental parts. But the stillborns never make it...

John Shewey Travels Far for Spey Flies
For his upcoming new edition of Spey Flies and Dee Flies: Their History and Construction, Oregonian John Shewey traveled to northern Scotland in search of flies tied by the legendary ghillie Geordie Shaw. He found them, after years of searching,...

California Bans Salmon Fishing on Central Valley Rivers
Yesterday California's Fish and Game Commission banned salmon fishing on most of the Sacramento, and on all of the San Joaquin and American rivers. The action follows similar moves by California and Oregon last month to close commercial salmon fishing...

Swiss Ban Catch-and-Release
Yesterday Fly Talk's Kirk Deeter turned up a classic example of animal rights activism run wild. In Switzerland, new legislation designed to improve animal welfare includes a provision that "it is not permitted to go fishing with the 'intention' to...

Gary Loomis Announces Retirement from G. Loomis
"Since selling his fishing rod company in 1997 to Shimano American Corporation, Gary Loomis has spent the last eleven years at G.Loomis, Inc. in a promotional capacity and assisting when needed on new rod designs. Now, Loomis has decided it...

"Spey's the Way"
Associated Press writer Keith Ridler managed to sneak a story on two-handed rods by the discriminating eyes of the AP editors. I guess that means two-handed rods and techniques are here (in the U.S.) to stay. "Two-handed rods are intended...

1973: Jim Harrison on Florida Keys Guides
Looking again at a copy of "Tarpon," the 1974 film by Guy de la Valdene and Christian Odasso of UYA Films, got me wondering more about the slice of time that produced so much interest in tarpon fishing and conservation...

RIO to Be Distributor for C&F Design
RIO has just taken on the role of U.S. and Canadian distributor for C&F Design, a maker of fly boxes, fly fishing and tying tools, luggage and other gear. Read the extended entry for the full press release....

New $25 Second Bag Rule Frustrates Fly Fishers
Heading off to your favorite Montana retreat or bonefishing destination this summer? Thanks to the major airlines joining the charge-for-everything club, be prepared to pay $25 for each extra baggage item you carry. That includes rods and the wet/dry bag...

Fly Fishing Videos: "Kate and Mark"
This week on MidCurrent, guide and filmmaker R.A. Beattie shares his terrific short film on the relationship between Alaskan guide Mark Rutherford and his daughter Kate, who is also a guide. Not only does the film showcase the young filmmaker's...

Advantages of Clear Fly Lines
This week on MidCurrent long-time Wyoming guide Paul Bruun -- who has also done more than his share of saltwater fly fishing -- describes what he's learned from using clear fly lines for more than a dozen years. Bruun likes...

Outlets Demand Different Strategy
That's 'outlets' as in 'factory outlets,' which have proliferated across the U.S. landscape to the point at which they now straddle Blue Ribbon trout streams. Tom Ross notes that he can't quite get right with the notion of shoppers in...

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