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Mongolia: Good for the Soul

Article3 dage ago33Views 1Like 0Comments

There it was. The image that would open a door to a whole new world for me. Some guy, standing in the river with his fly rod slung over his shoulder, holding an enormous silver fish with a deep red tail; like a super-sized salmon. I had only been flyfishing for a few years but…

Kangia Season Report 2024

Article12. november 202466Views 0Likes 0Comments

Kangia River Lodge was originally constructed by a Norwegian businessman in the late 1990s. The fishing on the Kangia was outstanding from the start, but the business model—focused heavily on the Norwegian market and mixing spin and fly fishing—proved less than ideal. Running a fishing camp in such a remote spot was also ahead of…

Understanding the Contradictions of Atlantic Salmon Conservation

Article4. november 202474Views 0Likes 0Comments

I have five years’ experience fishing for Atlantic salmon. Back in 2018, I admit, I ate farmed salmon and had to be educated and persuaded as to why I should stop. I have been very lucky; I have picked up the odd bit of fishing here and there while looking after clients in Iceland for…

The Midas Touch: How to Tackle Indo-Pacific Permit

Article30. oktober 2024128Views 0Likes 0Comments

Among fly fishermen with salt in their veins, permit have historically been considered the ultimate flats trophy. But permit aren’t just permit. In fact, there are four different species of permit dispersed across the sub-equator oceanic realm – and while all of them are elusive and challenging to catch, one of them requires a particularly…

Fly Tying: Bob Popovics’ Surf Candy

Article22. oktober 202450Views 0Likes 0Comments

Bob Popovics introduced the Surf Candy in the 1980s. Originally, the fly was tied with polar bear or bucktail. Soon, however, it switched to synthetic materials like, for instance, Ultrahair. Popovics pioneered the use of epoxy to create durability and translucency in saltwater flies. The durability was important to Bob as his local bluefish would…

No Guarantees

Article7. oktober 202465Views 0Likes 0Comments

The stoke had certainly diminished a bit as the north state was being pummeled with unseasonably huge storms. The week had been spent constantly checking flow charts, scrutinizing weather reports, formulating plans B, C, and D, and a whole lot of finger-crossing. No fishing trip is ever guaranteed, especially when it comes to steelhead. The…

Cuttys Close To “Home”

Article, Uncategorized23. september 2024131Views 1Like 0Comments

For the last year I have been building a home in SE Idaho. I didn’t want to do it. It would take too much of my time away from fishing. It would be too much work—work that I had been doing for a living for decades and that I was trying to get away from.…

Ann Britt Bogen: Gaula and the Decline of the Atlantic Salmon

Article16. september 2024142Views 0Likes 0Comments

We are all well aware of the challenges facing our precious Atlantic wild salmon these days. For those of us who are passionately engaged in salmon fishing and concerned about the well-being of wild salmon, and who have witnessed the negative trend for many years, it came as no surprise that salmon ended up on…

Destination Spotligt: Chelatna Lake Lodge

Article13. september 2024124Views 0Likes 0Comments

Chelatna Lake Lodge sits at the foot of Denali National Park, one of America’s true national treasures. Nestled a hundred miles northwest of Anchorage, and within a one-hour flight, our lodge provides breathtaking vistas of Mount Denali and the Alaska Range. With a maximum capacity of 16 guests nightly, Chelatna Lake Lodge presents a variety of diverse…

Chase the Silver: Fly Fishing for Salmon on the Skeena River

Article5. september 2024148Views 1Like 0Comments

In the wild heart of British Columbia, where the mountains loom like ancient guardians, and the waters shimmer with the promise of adventure, lies the Skeena River—a living testament to the untamed beauty of nature. I drive here from my home in British Columbia every August in the hopes of hitting the right run of…

Advanced Taxidermy: Trophies for Catch and Release Fishermen

Article2. september 2024192Views 0Likes 0Comments

Fly fishing, to a great extent, is about memorable experiences; about tapping into a fleeting realm of rare beauty and excitement that, perhaps, is precisely so wondrous and fascinating to us because it is temporal in character – out of the ordinary, magical in its escapist character. BY RASMUS OVESEN It’s no wonder that, throughout…

The Threat to Wild Atlantic Salmon

Article23. august 2024106Views 0Likes 0Comments

Norwegian farmed salmon threatens the small wild population of salmon left in the country's rivers. Instead of buying salmon farmed along the Norwegian coastline, consider choosing salmon farmed on land, writes Tobias Lindroth. BY TOBIAS LINDROTH The situation is critical for wild salmon in Norway due to several factors: obstacles to their migration, increased consumption,…

Mongolia: Good for the Soul

Kangia Season Report 2024

Understanding the Contradictions of Atlantic Salmon Conservation

The Midas Touch: How to Tackle Indo-Pacific Permit

Fly Tying: Bob Popovics’ Surf Candy

No Guarantees

Cuttys Close To “Home”

Ann Britt Bogen: Gaula and the Decline of the Atlantic Salmon

Destination Spotligt: Chelatna Lake Lodge

Chase the Silver: Fly Fishing for Salmon on the Skeena River

Advanced Taxidermy: Trophies for Catch and Release Fishermen

The Threat to Wild Atlantic Salmon

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