Small fly fishing community emerging around Pierre and Fort Pierre

Every year tens of thousands of fly fishermen flock to the Missouri River. All of them are hoping to catch trout out of the legendary river’s cold, clear water. Of course that’s in Montana where the river is made up almost entirely of glacier and snow melt.

Around Pierre and Fort Pierre there’s a slightly different character to the Mighty Mo.

LINK (via: The Rapid City Journal)

The father of the large arbor

A profile of Bauer Fly Reels from the Ashland Daily Tidings.

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Is there something fishy with the Fryingpan?

It appears a combination of low flows, anchor ice and rock snot have caused a measurable decline in hatch occurrences on the Fryingpan resulting in lower catch rates. As a result the Roaring Fork Conservancy will conduct the first major assessment of the Fryingpan in more than a decade.

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There's no salmon fishing in Yemen

The Yemen tourist board has warned would-be British holidaymakers that it does not have a salmon fishing industry, after a surge of interest due to the film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

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High Tech Runs Through It: The New Fly-Fishing

Fixated by bits and bytes, we sometimes forget the importance of innovation in 'stuff.'

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Class teaches kids how to build their own fly rods

Photo: Bob Zellar

Eight boys have been getting a hands on introduction to the sport thanks to the Magic City Fly Fishers.

LINK (Via: The Billings Gazette)