Stream Lines | No Clear Solution
Fly Fusion’s founding editor, Derek Bird, recently invited all the world leaders to join him on a fly-fishing trip to one of his favourite streams in the Canadian Rockies. Though no one took him up on his offer, the invitation is well worth investing the time it takes to read.
Stream Lines | Fly Fishing Sucks
Sometimes the best way to say something difficult is just to say it. So here it goes. Fly fishing sucks. It’s actually really hard. The visuals presented in fly-fishing films and Instagram photos are quite misleading. Sure it looks inviting, but there’s so much you don’t see…like how many mosquitoes and black flies the […]
Stream Lines | Oh, the Places You’ll Go…Fishing
Outwaiting a fish has never been a problem for me. Patience of this variety is not a superhero’s quality, but if it were, I’d be fighting crime rather than writing about fishing. So when I first stumbled upon Dr. Seuss’ book Oh, the Places You’ll Go! as a university student on a late-night outing to […]
Stream Lines | Life Like Evan
Evan is an elderly gentleman I’ve run into at least five times in the last three years. He walks the paths near where I fish for steelhead and cutthroat through the late winter months. I actually don’t know his name, though we’ve spent enough time talking now where I feel like I should know his […]
Stimmies Virtual Vote: After the Man
The next finalist for the 2020 Stimmie Awards is: “After the Man” from Alec Salisbury. After over two decades on the beaches of Baja, renowned roosterfish guide Grant Hartman has refined the hunt for the legendary “grande” roosterfish. An insanely difficult fish to catch, the roosterfish requires an angler to spend hours in the hot […]
Stimmies Virtual Vote: Belize Buffet
We have another finalist for the 2020 Stimmie Awards: “Belize Buffet” from Gilbert Rowley. Belize reveals its amazing tarpon and permit fishery to us! Phil and I had one of the most outstanding saltwater fly-fishing adventures with El Pescador Lodge based in Belize. Each day we targeted tarpon, and each day we jumped and landed […]
Stimmies Virtual Vote: The Art of Fly Fishing
Meet one of the finalists for the 2020 Stimmie Awards: “The Art of Fly Fishing,” from Bluff Line Media. Brooke Belohlavek is an artist and educator living in small-town Wyoming who found a love for fly fishing one day after an ascent atop the Grand Teton. Before long, her newfound passion made its way to […]
Stimmies Virtual Vote: A Winter Passion
Up next is another finalist for the 2020 Stimmie Awards: “A Winter Passion” from Callum Conner. Winter fly fishing for grayling is one of the hidden gems of Scotland. Grayling are arguably one of the species we have the most prolific and consistent wild fishing available to travelling anglers. If the Atlantic salmon is the […]
Stimmies Virtual Vote: Born to Fish
Up next is another finalist for the 2020 Stimmie Awards: “Born to Fish” from Bouva Media. Storytelling is a priority for Bouva Media, both through our projects with clients and through videos like Born to Fish. For us, our passion of cinematography and the outdoors are a natural pairing and although we have filmed fishing […]
Stimmies Virtual Vote: Through His Eyes
Up next is another finalist for the 2020 Stimmie Awards: “Through His Eyes” from Spencer McCormack. Have you ever seen something so beautiful it affected you deeply? In some people’s eyes, art is the apex of existence. Take a peek though the eyes of world-renowned artist of the fly-fishing industry, Derek DeYoung. As one of […]
Stimmies Virtual Vote: Imperfect 10
Here is the next finalist for the 2020 Stimmie Awards: “Imperfect 10” from Ben Fields. Ten years. Eight countries. One lousy budget. What promised to be a trip focused on catching enormous game fish quickly pivoted to a masterclass in cultural immersion the moment their flats-boots hit the ground. As one of the finalists in […]
Stimmies Silver Award: Rendezvous
We’d like to congratulate “Rendezvous” by Ed Sozinho for receiving a Silver Award in the 2020 Stimmie Awards. You can watch the full film over at Fly Fusion Streaming (flyfusionstreaming.com/video/128). From the filmmaker: Since the mid-80s a group of friends have been gathering together for the Rendezvous. These trips around the west have been held […]