2013 Red Bull Illume Image Quest

The Red Bull Illume is the world's premier action and adventure sports photography competition. Here is a gallery of the 250 finalists that are competing to be one of the 50 selected to attend the final award ceremony on August 29th in Hong Kong. While there's no fishing to be seen, the gallery offers up incredible images and some serious creative inspiration.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT5 Review

The Lumix DMC-FT5 is Panasonic's new freeze, shock, water and dust proof camera. The FT5 also features built-in GPS, wi-fi and NFC functionality, a compass, altimeter and barometer, 4.6x zoom, 1920x1080 full-HD movie recording and a 16 megapixel sensor.

How does it stack up against its main rivals in the category?

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Swing the Fly Photo Contest

Submit your favorite spey/swung fly photo for a chance to make the cover of Swing the Fly.

A panel of judges will select the top image to grace the cover of the October 1 issue of Swing the Fly and the winner will receive a $100 gift certificate from the Red Shed. The Runner-Up will receive a $75 gift certificate and third place $50 and both will be published in a later issue of the magazine.

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Manga Monday

Fly Fishing The East Cape, Baja, Mexico

Photographer Nick Price beautifully captures the essence of the East Cape.

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Catch #29

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