Winter weekends are meant for sleeping in, slow coffee and – no, scratch that. Winter weekends are for chasing trout. Even in sub-zero temps, fish are still hungry and we still have the itch for that tug. So, as any…
Weekend Chase: New Year Trout
Author: Ryan Scavo
4 Tips for Surviving the Holidays
It’s snowing across much of the country, rivers are starting to ice up, and your monster trout photo DMs are being replaced with photos of friends holding cocktails in Fishmas ugly sweaters. All of this can only mean one thing:…
Mix it Up: 3 Fishing-Ready Cocktails
The fishing can get finicky this time of year. The air temperature is dropping, the fish are getting pickier when it comes to the food they’re willing to chase (or not chase), and the season can really start to slow…
Weekend Chase: Fall Browns on the Rio Grande
I’m woken by the sleep talking of a three year old “where are you going with that?…let’s take the horses down to the river”. Once he falls silent, I lay in this ocean of a bed remembering last night’s tequila…
5 Must-Haves in Your Fall Fishing Kit
As the seasons change, you will quickly start to notice you need to acclimate to a “new normal”. Temperatures dip in the early morning and evenings, the days get shorter, food sources and fish behavior change and readying yourself for…
5 Low Water Fishing Tactics
This time of year, in the west especially, water flows tend to be on the lower and slower side with smaller creeks running well below 100CFS (cubic feet per second) and larger rivers ranging from sub-100 to a few hundred…
5 Brews to Fly Fish With
What’s your favorite thing about fly fishing? Is it the thrill of the chase? Or maybe it’s the constant sound of water flowing or lapping against the rocks as you cast to another riser? Or even still, maybe it’s the…
5 Tips for Fly Line Maintenance
There are a lot of things to consider when caring for your gear – including fly lines. After all, it’s one of the three critical components to any setup (rod, reel, line) and it’s the main artery connecting you and…
Weekend Chase: Seasonality
I loaded up the car and headed north; it wasn’t the first time, but something felt inaugural about it. The cloud cover game was strong, but it was a welcome contrast to the blue skies and sunshine-filled days I so…
Support Bahamas Recovery: Three Ways to Help with Hurricane Dorian Relief
On September 1, 2019, Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm. Making landfall at Elbow Cay (located along the east coast of Great Abaco), this was the first Category 5 storm to hit in over twenty…