Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 8:33PM Rare footage of legendary guide Steve Huff and famed angler Paul Bruun fishing together somewhere in the Everglades. This is a bi-annual trip that they have done together for almost 20 years.
(via: Patagonia Fly Fishing)
Friday, May 30, 2014 at 12:05AM 
Photo: Tim Davis
A riverside chat with Yvon Chouinard, gear pioneer, founder of Patagonia and author of the book Simple Fly Fishing.
LINK (via:mountainonline)
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 12:01AM 
Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually elder, fisherman and key figure in the fight to protect Native American fishing rights and salmon habitat, passed away at home on May 5, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission announced.
Mr. Frank was first arrested for salmon fishing as a boy in 1945. He was beaten and jailed repeatedly as he and others staged “fish ins” demanding the right to collect Chinook and other salmon in their historical waters, as guaranteed under treaties when they ceded land to settlers in the 19th century. By the time celebrities like Marlon Brando showed up on the Nisqually River to assist them in 1964, the salmon wars had raged for decades.
In 1974, U.S. District Judge George Boldt affirmed the tribes’ right to half of the fish harvest — and the nation’s obligation to honor the old treaties. In 1993, another court decision extended that affirmation to the harvest of shellfish.
By then Mr. Frank already had become one of the nation’s most eloquent and influential tribal champions.
LINK (via: Seattle Times)
Just last week Billy had this to say about the recent Puget Sound hatchery steelhead agreement.
“Lost and damaged habitat, not hatcheries or harvest, is what’s driving wild steelhead and salmon populations toward extinction,” Frank said. “The focus needs to be on fixing and protecting habitat, not fighting over hatcheries and the fish they produce.”
billy frank jr, boldt decision, rip in Legends Monday, April 28, 2014 at 12:00AM 
23 years ago today Lee Wulff died when the light plane he was piloting crashed into a wooded hillside near Hancock, N.Y.
Here is the NY Times obituary of one the world's best known and most respected sports fishermen.
Monday, March 17, 2014 at 12:00AM 
In addition to a starring role in one of the 2014 F3T films, and cameo in another, John Geirach is soon to be out with a new book.
In All Fishermen Are Liars, Gierach travels across North America from the Pacific Northwest to the Canadian Maritimes to seek out quintessential fishing experiences. Whether he's fishing a busy stream or a secluded lake amid snow-capped mountains, Gierach insists that fishing is always the answer-even when it's not clear what the question is. All Fishermen Are Liars covers fishing topics large and small: the art of fly-tying and the quest for the perfect steelhead fly; fishing in the Presidential Pools previously fished by the first President George Bush; and the importance of traveling with like-minded companions when caught in a soaking downpour. ("At this point someone is required to say, 'You know, there are people who wouldn't think this is fun.'")
Gierach may occasionally lose a fish, but he never loses his passion for fishing or his sense of humor.
