Category Archives: Industry

Thomas named Fly Rod & Reel’s New Editor

Thought all of you would like to know that I’m taking the helm at Fly Rod & Reel. This is going to be a blast to do and it will be good for Angler’s Tonic, too. I’ll continue to produce Tonic … Continue reading

Posted in Industry, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Canada Media Market and Street Food at 3 a.m.

Burning up Manhattan There’s been an absence of new posts for a few days and I’m sure you may have wondered why. The answer is I was in New York at an event called Canada Media Market, rubbing shoulders with the … Continue reading

Posted in CANADA, Cocktails, Industry, Travel | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Idaho’s Clearwater River Spey Clave

Spey claves offer great instruction and a chance to catch steelhead. Learning to Spey cast and having a blast on Idaho’s Clearwater As you may have read in my most recent post, I got skunked and dunked on the Clearwater … Continue reading

Posted in Idaho, Industry, Northern Rockies, Spey | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Hatch Reel’s Custom Shop

Hatch’s Bad-Ass Custom Reels I’ve been fishing Hatch reels for four or five years now and other than one minor glitch with a prototype I’ve found them to be super-reliable and about the best looking piece of machinery you can … Continue reading

Posted in Gear, Industry | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Fly Max Films Fish Like a Pro

April Vokey and a cast of Canadians If the Adventure Angling Group, a Seattle-based fly-fishing film company that dominated the genre for several years, failed in one capacity it’s that its work lacked storylines and relied completely on beautiful landscape … Continue reading

Posted in Industry, Northwest, Videos | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Bobblehead This

Bobblehead Envy at DIA Brooks Montgomery is one of the good guys in the fly-fishing industry and he happens to be one of the most respected fly-fishing representatives in the country. He gets paid to talk fishing, to go fishing, … Continue reading

Posted in Industry | Tagged , | Leave a comment