On the set of Looking Though Water in Belize. / photo provided by Paul Dixon In 1992, Robert Redford’s A River Runs Through It changed the scope of fly fishing in America — becoming the first ...
The rest of the main cast — Perry Mattfeld, Patricia Heaton, and Wes Studi — are all very good in this film as well. But the focus is primarily on John and Ike. Dr. Burke (Heaton) is the therapist who ...
Fly-fishing, as its name suggests, makes use of an artificial lure — as opposed to live or processed bait — that typically resembles an insect. It's distinct from spin fishing, which also uses lures, ...
Fly fishing is synonymous with trout. When most people think about fly fishing, they conjure images of mountain streams and fish sipping mayflies and caddisflies off the surface. It’s true that the ...
Step back in time ten years or so and fly fishing for carp was exploding. It became so popular that it served as fodder for fly fishing films, spawned new guide services, turned previously unknown ...
Two sad tidings were waiting for me upon my return from my Alaska trip. Early September marked the loss of two of the giants of the New York fly-fishing scene. Fran Betters and Ed Bendl both passed ...
On a Wednesday morning in mid-December, Cari Ray drives her dark green Toyota Tundra into the parking lot of Lazy L&L Campground in New Braunfels. There’s a hockey puck–size Zen Fly Fishing sticker on ...
AS A KID growing up in Athens, Alabama, Brandon Bailes used to spend a lot of time in his grandfather’s woodshop. His grandpa would cut a block of cedar for Bailes, then sketch something on it—the ...
If you’re driving down Main Street in Bozeman, it’s hard to miss Montana Troutfitters – thanks to the bright blue vintage Ford Ranger parked outside the fly shop, wrapped in the distinctive spotted ...