Hatch Magazine - Fly Fishing, etc.

On Colorado’s Front Range, essentially a high desert, longtime trout anglers tend to be more tuned into the realities of drought, low water, and rising temperatures — all things that are fundamentally bad for trout fishing and, more importantly, the fish themselves. Many anglers around the country may have never experienced a “real” drought firsthand or simply haven’t been fi...

With the summer season upon us, fly-fishing manufacturers are prepping their customers for better weather. This month’s offerings includes a new streamer fly reel, new sunglasses from a well-known lens crafter, a new collaborative inflatable boat offering, a new line of on-the-water packs, and a somewhat surprising entry into the flip-flop market from a company likely best kn...

If only Spider, the hapless character played by Michael Imperioli in “Goodfellas,” could have danced. If he did, he might not have taken a bullet in the foot by Tommy, who then provoked him to mouth off one last time. For Spider, let’s just say it didn’t end well.

But spiders can dance. Particularly when twitched on a 4x leader. And when they do …

I guess I should blame my high school buddy Mark. I had stumbled along without a mentor in my early fly fishing adventures, fishing small mountain streams on family camping trips but most of my early fly fishing was spent dragging a Woolly Worm behind a primitive float tube in southern Idaho’s desert reservoirs. When Mark and I discovered our common interest in fly fishing, w...

At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of Montana’s Crazy Mountains, a simple sign warns visitors they are now entering private property.

For fifth-generation Montanan Brad Wilson, the notice marks a defeat with implications far beyond the Crazies.

“The fate of our public lands and our rights are in jeopardy right now,” Wilson told Floodlight.