Vermont State Fly On Display at American Museum of Fly Fishing

This just in! Vermont has an official state fly.

LINK (via: Angling Trade)

Credit for this new addition to the menagerie of state tree, fossil, reptile, fish, insect, bird and so forth, goes to Rhey Plumley, a fly tyer, trout activist and man about Vermont's streams and lakes.

(via:VPR)

Begs the question as to what the other 49 states would adopt as their state fly?

Is fly fishing skiing's latest off-season trend?

Mikey Wier Indy to Backflip, split boarding in the Tahoe backcountry. 

When not ripping ripping big lines in Tahoe, Alaska and beyond, Cody Townsend is just one of a handful of professional skiers who are turning to the streams and rivers for off-season fun.

LINK (via Freeskier)

It's not just skiers, Mikey Wier and John and Eric Jackson are professional snowboarders who are as passionate about their angling as they are their with snow driven pursuits.

Teton Gravity Research, which was founded by 4 friends with money they earned from commercial fishing in Alaska, and produce progressive, cutting edge films, has a very active fishing forum.

I'll say it one more time, the fly fishing trade should be actively developing strategies to partner with the broader outdoor community. Patagonia Alpine Climbing Ambassador Kelly Cordes sums it up brilliantly in this review of Eastern Rises.

Spring tradition: Anglers vied to catch Penobscot’s presidential salmon

One hundred years ago, a local fly-fisherman decided to send an Atlantic salmon, the first one caught in the Penobscot River, to the president of the United States. This is the story of that fisherman, and the tradition he began, compiled from newspaper archives and interviews with anglers.

LINK (Via:The Bangor Daily News)

From Atlantic Salmon Angling on the Penobscot by John Burrows (PDF)

Since the dawn of the recreational salmon fishery on the Penobscot, there has been an informal competition every spring among anglers to be the first to catch the season’s first bright salmon. Local hotels paid top dollar for the first salmon angled from the river and undoubtedly there was great pride in being that first successful angler. A twist was added in 1912 when Karl Anderson decided to send his salmon to President Taft. The Presidential Salmon Tradition was born, and from that day forward the first salmon caught in the State of Maine (often in the Penobscot, but not always) was sent to the President of the United States. What Mr. Anderson began as a way to generate civic pride and to show respect for the President soon grew into a spirited annual competition among anglers to land the year’s first bright salmon.

In 1992, President George H. W. Bush was the last President to receive a Presidential salmon.

The event is expected to draw hundreds

Bend has been tapped to host the 2012 U.S. Fly Fishing National Championships October 18-2

The event is expected to draw approximately 100 anglers to the area, as well as 100 family members, fans, and event organizers. Participants will fish a combination of lakes and rivers on a catch-and-release basis.

LINK (Via: KTVZ)

The 2012 World Fly Fishing Championshops will be taking place in Slovenia in June.