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RIO Fly Designer Patrick Kilby
3.22.2021
"Gum Drops are colorful, soft, fruit-flavored candies that are enjoyed by people all over. RIO’s Gum Droppers are colorful, soft hackled flies with fruit flavor colors that are enjoyed by trout all over."
Read The PostFreshwater
- Untouched Mongolia
- Make a Plan
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- Why Aren’t More Kids Fly Fishing?
- Night Time Brown Troutin
- This Can't Be Spring
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- Make Your Fly Lines Work For You: Why the Right Line Matters
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- THE GHOSTS IN THE FLATS
- So You Want to Start Kayak Fishing in the Salt
- Fishing with a Purpose
- Rigging Up for Billfish on the Fly
- Tips for Locating Winter Redfish and Spotted Seatrout
- The Bimini Twist
- Flats Freaks
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- Winter Steelhead, the Journey by Jason Hardwick
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- Getting “in touch” at the Skeena River Lodge
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Blog LIBRARY
RIO's Gum Dropper
RIO Fly Designer Patrick Kilby
3.22.2021
"Gum Drops are colorful, soft, fruit-flavored candies that are enjoyed by people all over. RIO’s Gum Droppers are colorful, soft hackled flies with fruit flavor colors that are enjoyed by trout all over."
Read The PostTackling Yokanga
RIO Ambassador Matt Harris
3.15.2021
"I’ve been fishing for the big Atlantic salmon of Northern Russia’s Yokanga River for 20 years. Swinging flies for these magnificent fish is one of the highlights of my fly-fishing year, and over the years, I’ve honed my approach to get the very best from this special fishery."
Read The PostRIO's Tung Tied Baetis
RIO Fly Designer Patrick Kilby
2.23.2021
"I remember a fly-tying mentor telling me years ago that the thickness of the hook shank is the proper size for their bodies, so any thread you add to it makes it too thick. This may have been slightly exaggerated, but not much. The main point is to keep the body as slender as possible. I originally was going to call this fly the Skinny Baetis but later opted for the name RIO’s Tung Tied Baetis to highlight the tungsten bead."
Read The PostRIO's Animal
RIO Fly Designer Patrick Kilby
1.25.2021
"Another thing you will appreciate about this fly is the unique way the materials move in the water. The materials are soft and have tantalizing movements in the current, but they do so because of they way there were tied in. Backwards."
Read The PostFlats Freaks
William Service
1.21.2021
"We weren’t targeting the fastest or the biggest fish on the flats or those whose sexy fish faces have made the most magazine covers; we went after the freaks."
Read The PostRIO's Participation Trophy
RIO Fly Designer Patrick Kilby
12.28.2020
"Shrimp eyes are a prominent feature, and we believe these serve as another trigger point."
Read The PostRIO's Hopedale Crab
RIO Fly Designer Patrick Kilby
11.24.2020
"Our group of 6 anglers fished for 5 days. The quick estimate of fish landed by our group for the week was about 70+. Of those, about a quarter of them were over 20 lbs. With a few exceptions, the fly of choice was RIO’s Hopedale Crab. Named after nearby Hopedale, Louisiana."
Read The PostMETERED SHOOTING LINE
Dax Messett
11.05.2020
"For sure, hucking mega casts with a spey rod is definitely a fun undertaking, but the angling part of the process calls for a great deal of focus, awareness, and having the proper tools for the job."
Read The PostRIO's Foam Run Caddis - October Caddis
RIO Fly Designer Patrick Kilby
10.28.2020
"The October Caddis is the largest of the caddis species at about one inch long and thick bodied."
Read The PostRIO's Precious Metal
RIO Fly Designer Patrick Kilby
9.23.2020
"The color schemes in the flash, the cone, the stainless hook, they all work together to attract our reward."
Read The PostChubby Chernobyl
Patrick Kilby
8.26.2020
Chris said, “it sure is a fat bastard.” (Likely since seeing the Mike Meyers character from Austin Powers.) And I blurted out, “what about Chubby Chernobyl?” Chris smiled and said, “That’s it.”
Read The PostBeware Of The Wolf
Barry Beck
3.23.2020
"It’s hopeless says our guide, Malcom Jeffrey, the dorado will never see our flies. What about wolf fish we ask?"
Read The PostSeptember 2019
Derek Humphrey
9.09.2019
"In no more than 5 casts I hooked and landed a 15 3/8 inch rainbow that won the award by a 1/4 of an inch. That was the first and probably only time I have actually called my shot in fly fishing."
Read The PostAugust Fan Of The Month
Mike Eicker
"My favorite waters include the Driftless area of Wisconsin and Iowa, and the mountain streams of Utah (Uinta Mountains, Provo River)."
Read The PostJuly Fan Of The Month
Sam Peters
7.08.2019
"Nothing beats throwing Chernobyl ants on the San Juan when they are biting."
Read The PostSingle Handed Spey Line Love
Mark Raisler
7.03.2019
"My unabashed love for this line gets stronger everyday!"
Read The PostJune 2019
Andrew Todd
6.10.2019
"And though he was never hooked, we somehow landed that bull trout, a 33 inch beauty. I will never forget the incredible look on Sam's face in that moment. Complete and total satisfaction."
Read The PostMay 2019
Bobby Norgard
5.13.2019
"We drifted 8 miles downstream with a bottle of floatant as the only thing keeping us afloat."
Read The PostRIO IN ACTION - NEW ZEALAND
Simon Gawesworth
4.22.2019
"New Zealand had been top of my bucket list for a number of years, and this was my first opportunity to go there and sample the legendary fishing."
Read The PostApril 2019
Michael Spaulding
"All the best things start with the letter ‘B’…bonfires, beers, buddies, beaches, and the beautiful outdoors."
Read The PostTHE GHOSTS IN THE FLATS
Brita Fordice
3.25.2019
The bonefish were amazing, the scenery was beautiful, and the company was some of the best I’ve had on a trip.
Read The PostMarch 2019
3.11.2019
Growing up in the Northwest, Nick now has the opportunity to share his love for the outdoors with his son.
Read The PostBABY MAHI FROM THE BEACH
Katka Švagrová
Mahi Mahi are usually associated as being a Pelagic species. In Croatia, things are a bit different.
Read the PostFebruary 2019
Chris Erwin
2.11.2019
Raised in Florida fishing for Tarpon and Shark, Chris Erwin now resides in the heart of Steelhead country.
Read The PostJanuary 2019
Samantha Brophy
1.20.2019
I grew up fishing with my dad, and when I moved to San Francisco for college he gifted me a membership at the Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club where I started fly fishing.
Read The PostTrout Spey Simplified
Whitney Gould
12.13.2018
Here is a clear and simply way to set up your trout spey rod.
Read The PostDecember 2018
James Reese
12.10.2018
I cut my teeth while fishing the rivers of Central Oregon and got to know the rivers pretty well. I moved to Central Texas 4 years ago and now fish the clear hill country rivers for largemouth bass, Rio grande cichlids, and Guadalupe bass, the state fish of Texas.
Read The PostNovember 2018
Jasen Shebib
11.12.2018
My greatest memories were fishing with my Dad, who has since passed on. He had installed in me the love of the outdoors.
Read The PostBig Fall Stripers
Gene Quigley
10.04.2018
Now that the cooler months are upon us most people are spending their days preparing for the fall season.
Read The PostDredging
Peter Morse
9.18.2018
Dredging in most cases is done because it’s the only possible game in town, and the alternative is to not go fishing
Read The PostSeptember 2018
Jacob Benton
9.17.2018
I guide and fish most often on my home waters of Jacksonville, Amelia Island, and St. Augustine. But whenever I can, I travel with a fly rod tube in hand or even better, a skiff in tow.
Read The PostJuly 2018
Bruce TenHoeve
7.18.2018
Living here in the Fraser Valley offers almost any Northwest fish species you could ask to target, from small streams for trout, to back waters for carp and bass, to excellent steelhead and salmon waters.
Read The PostThe Threat of a Line
Matt Dort
6.13.2018
This proposed pipe would dump 70-90 million liters of toxic effluent into the Northumberland Strait EVERY DAY.
Read The PostJune 2018
Anne Susemihl
6.11.2018
I love fly fishing because you can never stop learning and I hope to inspire more women to get out on the water!
Read The PostThis Can't Be Spring
Barry Beck
4.17.2018
I'm having trouble believing the calendar, this is all wrong – it's raining and cold and what's this....snow showers?
Read The PostNight Time Brown Troutin
Matt Dort
4.17.2018
The world of night time fishing was one I didn’t consider until about 7 years ago when my typical fishing times changed once my first child was born.
Read The PostApril 2018
Dan Miller
4.22.2018
Being from St. Louis, Dan's fishing has him traveling across the State in the pursuit of different species.
Read the PostDelta Stripers
RIO
4.04.2018
We started the day off with a hot cup of coffee at the truck stop off the 5 somewhere north of Stockton before heading to ramp for what was supposed to be a tough day of fishing on the Delta.
Read the postMarch 2018
3.18.2018
I have been fly fishing since the early 70s & my interest in it really took off when I started using double handed rods, Spey/Switch! Living now near the Salmon River in New York I get plenty of time to swing the fly to Steelhead.
Read The PostFebruary 2018
Tom Kollodge
2.19.2018
Tom's fly fishing addiction began on small streams in the driftless region and today it has completely consumed him.
Read The PostJanuary Fan of the Month
Brian Pendergrass
1.14.2018
I'm avid fly fisherman, conservationist & longtime member of TU from southeast Tennessee.
Read The PostTough Times on the Horn
CATHY AND BARRY BECK
11.08.2017
From fifty thousand cfs to 5X flouro, this past season's large snow pack made for tough fishing on some of Montana's most famous trout rivers.
Read The PostDecember Fan of the Month
Stephen Roberts
12.02.2017
Stephen feeling the effects of unrestricted pollution from the industrial revolution of 18th Century that killed all the Atlantic salmon and native brown trout on his local waters is now finding himself with no local water.
Read The PostLow Water Bass
Jon Cave
11.08.2017
Those flyfishers who target the unique Florida strain of largemouth bass (Micropterus floridanus) must adjust their tactics to the changing conditions if they expect to have the same success they enjoy when the water is higher.
Read The PostNOVEMBER FAN OF THE MONTH
Mike Marler
10.29.2017
Making Austin Texas his base camp, Mike is close to both saltwater and freshwater fishing.
READ THE POSTOctober Fan of the Month
Seth Cline
9.30.2017
Living in the Eastern Sierras, Seth enjoys stillwater to high alpine fishing and everything in between.
Read The PostBehind the Scenes
Mark Stedel
9.27.2017
For those wondering what it’s like to go fishing with them: It’s a bit like fishing with guides, but it’s a lot like fishing with your friends.
Read The PostDrowned Spinners
John Barr
9.06.2017
After mayflies hatch and lay their eggs, they will fall to the surface of the water creating what anglers call a spinner fall. This can create a feeding frenzy of rising trout, that are consuming spinners off the surface.
Read The PostTips for Temps
Scott O'Donnell
8.23.2017
Late summer and autumn brings an entirely different set of temperature related circumstances. For many years now, this is the time of year you’ll find me on the Grande Ronde River.
Read The PostUntouched Mongolia
By April Vokey
7.27.2017
Mongolia had been on my list of fishing destinations for as long as I could remember. Several plane rides, two overnight stays, countless permits, a twelve hour truck slosh… The tricky travel only added to the appeal; clearly a sickness prone to the adventure seeker.
Read The PostMahi Mahi: Colorful Acrobats
By Brian Horsley
8.10.2017
Dolphin, dolphinfish, mahi-mahi, dorado—or whatever name you wish to call them—are almost the perfect quarry to target with fly tackle. These colorful fish are extremely aggressive feeders, and also are known for making acrobatic jumps and blistering short runs when hooked. Sound like fun? Read on.
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