Once Chipper Jones, the famous third baseman of the Atlanta Braves and future hall-of-famer, retires at the end of the season, he’ll likely have a lot more time to go fishing. And, according to USA Today, now he’ll have a rod to do it with. The Miami Marlins, as a parting gift to the retiring [...]
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Best New Fly Fishing Gear. IFTD Best of Show Winners and Recap
Friday night of the American Fly Fishing Trade Association’s International Fly Tackle Dealer Show always brings out copious amounts of beer and some big announcements. The past two years, it’s included the big reveal of where next year’s show’s going to take place. That didn’t happen this year, and many believe it will never happen. [...]
First Fly Tying Attempt
Well, we're coming up on the annual shad run in Washington, D.C., and I decided it was time to cross tying my own flies off the bucket list.I purchased the Orvis Clearwater Fly-Tying Kit at the National Capitol Angling Show almost three years ago. And last year, I bought a bunch of flashy materials to [...]
The Best Flyfishing Gear of 2011
Back in August, GoFISHn was busy manning the Social Media Lounge at the American Fly Fishing Trade Association's International Fly Tackle Dealer show in New Orleans. But that doesn't mean we didn't get to check out all the awesome new gear there. While this is very late, here is the list of all the best [...]
Our Favorite Photos from the June 2011 Flymage
Flymage is an online fly-fishing phtography magazine that's celebrating it's first anniversary. More than 100,000 people in 90 countries glanced at their last issue, which is impressive for any fishing publication. This June they cover fly fishing for European sea bass, the most famous roosters whose feathers are used for fly tying, and fly fishing [...]
Michigan Fishing Reports, Pere Marquette River
The Pere Marquette is fishing very well with lots of steelhead in the system. I would expect good fishing for the near future but it is impossible to tell how long or how good it will get. There were rumors of a big run of steelhead moving through the lower river a few days ago. [...]
British Feather Thief Gets Year in Prison
Twenty-two-year-old Edwin Rist robbed a museum exhibit of nearly 300 birds, including Cotingas, Quetzals and Birds of Paradise, in hopes of selling the materials to fly tiers and thereby raise money to — get this — buy a flute purchase.Now, he'll spend a year behind bars. Rist, a student in North London and originally from [...]
Michigan Fishing Reports, Ludington Pier and Near Shore
The weather has been perfect for early morning fishing for brown trout and other big silver fish around the piers and beaches. I wouldn't say the fishing is good yet but it has been good enough to make for a fun morning.Visit Indigo's Michigan Fishing Reports page or Third Coast Fly for more area reports [...]
Michigan re-legalizes salmon snagging.
In less cheery news, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, in cooperation with the Pure Michigan campaign, announced Wednesday that Michigan will be re-legalizing salmon snagging on the Pere Marquette, Manistee (only below Tippy Dam), and Grand Rivers effective August 1 2011. Snyder said, “The economy was in such good shape back then. And people just love [...]
