Few people have inspired and meant so much to so many as the American flyfishing legend, industry insider, outdoors writer and fly tyer extraordinaire, René Harrop. A bottomless well of wisdom, René resides in Montana where he spends his time catching finicky and selective, wild rainbow trout on flies that he has conceptualized and perfected…
That crucial moment, getting that fish into the net. So much hard work has been put in to get to this moment, from the early planning stages pouring over maps, the new gear, the travel, cast, hook set and strenuous battle. Now’s not the time to fluff it up...
BY CHRIS DORE
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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…
A strike on my Royal Wolff in the russet water and a dart of adrenaline hits me like an atom splitting. Raising my rod, I set the hook on a sardine, a fry really, and inadvertently fling him thirty feet downstream. Shin deep in the current, there’s an unmatched vigor in my unspooled line, even…
When you’re fishing deep the risk of losing a fly is always greater than when fishing closer to the surface or dry. If you’re fishing really deep you must expect to lose a handful or two of flies on a long fishing day. With that in mind – keep the flies simple and maybe even…
“Cast there,” Fabian says as he works the oars to hold the raft in place. It’s a shadowy inlet under a tree with logs scattered below the surface. The black sex-dungeon lands in a pocket of dark, crystal clear water and I strip once, twice and then boom, the take. “Muy bien”. A hungry brown trout…
I remember a story my dad told me about when he fell in love with fishing. He was as young as you can be to really hold a memory, fishing with his mom. They had the ol tried and true hook and worm, and while everyone was catching blue gill, he hooked into a nice…