Winston Releases the 2018 Kairos Rod Series
The Winston crew has been busy designing rods. Check out the specs on the Kairos rod series by clicking here.
Buster Midge
It may seem odd to think of midges as robust attractor patterns, but believe me it’s definitely worthwhile tying this delicate insect as an attractor. I realized this in early spring of 2010 on an afternoon when there were millions of midges hatching and drifting down a riffle and into a nice deep run. There […]
RIO Products Fly Fishing Film Awards – 2018
Fly Fusion Magazine and the International Fly Fishing Film Festival are stoked to partner with our friends at RIO Products around the 2018 RIO Fly Fishing Film Awards! This is a great award contest for amateur fly fishing film makers to showcase this wonderful sport by entering a short film into this online film competition. […]
Save Endangered Thompson River Steelhead
The legendary Thompson River steelhead once numbered in the thousands. But today only a few hundred remain. Tell the Canadian government that they must remove gillnets and other non-selective salmon fishing methods that kill Thompson steelhead from British Columbia’s Fraser River and Johnstone Straight during Thompson steelhead migration. In the autumn of 2017, while […]
RIO Amateur Fly Fishing Film Awards–Cast Your Vote
The RIO Amateur Fly Fishing Film Awards is in full swing. The field is now reduced to ten finalists, and you get to cast your vote for the 2018 grand prize winner. Voting starts April 30 and closes on May 11, so make sure you click here to preview the finalists and cast your vote […]
Fly Fusion Streaming
Did you know, you can now stream previous seasons of IF4™, along with tons of other fishy content right in one place? Catch all the official selections and so much more by visiting flyfusionstreaming.com today!
12-Steps to Tying with Mallard Wings
Mallard Wings: How to Choose Them, Shape Them, and Mount Them Will Bush Tying with feathers is mechanical form of art. You take parts (feathers), that already have a certain shape and texture, combine them in a sequence to create something else entirely – something beautiful, something functional. To me tying is akin to building an engine. In […]
The Unseen Waters
When asked about their future careers, many kids give one of a few common responses: doctor, athlete, astronaut, scientist. But when I was a kid there was something different in my mind – something that’s still there. My thoughts were gripped by stories of harsh and unforgiving landscapes in Alaska and northern Canada. Secretly I […]
Self Diagnosing Common Casting Flaws
Casting editor, Jeff Wagner, discusses common casting faults and how to fix them.
The Fly Fishing Community Loses Lefty Kreh
Today the fly-fishing community mourns the loss of Bernard Victor “Lefty” Kreh, who passed away at the age of 93 at his home in Cockeysville, Maryland. It’s unlikely fly fishing is ever going to see an individual who will contribute as much as Lefty. Because of his contributions he earned numerous achievement awards including the […]
Brian Chan Shares Early Season Stillwater Tip
The Life of a Bug in a Day | Al Ritt
Fly anglers don’t always have access to in-depth bug charts when they’re out on the water, and sometimes entomology’s Latin terminology doesn’t stick all that well in the long term memory. One of Fly Fusion’s fly-tying editors, Al Ritt, provides a quick-reference entomology framework with ideas and patterns for anglers who want to go deeper […]