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Does Fly Fishing Need a Women’s Brand?

Founders trying to build in the fly-fishing space often describe the same problem Cassie Abel identified in bikes: gear designed for men and shrunk down and colored-up.

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Part One: The Vise

Webb and Cheryl had married in their late twenties after meeting at a friend’s oyster shuck in New Smyrna Beach, where Cheryl had arrived with another man, a cell-tower technician named Garrett...

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Alone in the Absarokas

The deliberate, unglamorous, sometimes painful process of fishing, writing or building a business is the work.

Hand drawing of a fly box and man's hands.

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Why Social Media Marketing in Fly Fishing is Dying

That’s because fly fishing is all about authenticity...

Green River Dam in Dutch John, UT. It's a cold spring day.

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Well, I’ll Be Dammed

Dam removal is a hot topic within fly-fishing and conservation circles these days, with very good reason.

Rainbow trout from Argentina. Man holding the fish above the river.

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New Books: A Fishable Feast Has Arrived

Food and travel. When I’d come home, sure, I’d fondly remember the fish battles, but what really stuck with me were the flavors...

Man fly casting in the mountains. There are olympic circles transposed on the photo.

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Could Fly Casting Be An Olympic Sport?

Granted, fly casting isn’t exactly born of the warrior tradition of the ancient Greeks, but it’s still about a stick and a string.

Two young girls sitting in a drift boat with a rainbow trout in the net and water.

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Take a Kid Fishing

Why is taking a kid fishing so transformative, and why should you do it?

Two anglers wandering a bonefish flat on Christmas Island.

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Fly Rod Sweet Spots

Talking about oversized heads (no, not talking about casting instructors or magazine editors) and fast-action graphite fly rods.