Matt Stansberry of the The Caddis Fly Shop is leading the charge to help protect the North Umpqua’s wild steelhead population from harvest. To help the cause, sign the petition on the North Umpqua Wild Steelhead Coalition site. Read more about it all at the Cadddis Fly Blog.
Posts tagged “steelhead”
Done properly, catch and release is an awesome conservation tool. Mishandle the fish and you’re throwing back dead meat. Hannah Belford over at Flyfishergirl.com is holding a contest to promote proper fish handling and why its important to let big fish keep swimming. Check it out and maybe you’ll win a reel while you’re at it.
Tagged: catch and release, ethical anglers, fly fisher girl, steelhead
We here at Fishing Jones are enjoying the maturation of the fly fishing video genre into something beyond the instructional or extreme categories. From Red Gold, to Drift, to the rediscovery of Tarpon, we like where things are going. Add to this our expectations for the upcoming documentary-style movie Rivers of a Lost Coast, which focuses on California’s rich fly fishing history. After viewing the Vimeo trailer and reading the pre-release information on the blog, we decided to ask the filmmakers, Justin Coupe and Palmer Taylor, a few basic questions: It’s not often we get a fly fishing film that focuses on the past rather than the present. What inspired you to tell this story? It started when we first started going over to…
Short but sweet
Tagged: chrome, flies and fins, steelhead
Sumbitch
Type “too drunk to fish” into the Flickr search function and you get this photo of my buddy Quinn. This is what’s become of the kid who talked me into skipping Sunday school to steal candy from 7-11 and throw key limes at cars. Son, Mr. Knep says you are going to burn in hell.
Joey from Flies and Fins and Lateral Line Media put together this taste of summer steelhead fishing in Washington.
Tagged: flies, steelhead, Washington
“I want ‘em to look in the eye of that fish.” The moment the first spey cast jumps from the screen in high definition, and the fly line falls over the currents of the Deschutes River, the viewer is hooked. The film’s vibrancy strikes an immediate chord, and it’s easy to settle in thinking Drift will progress as a collection of high quality destination pieces. Not exactly. The new fly fishing film from Confluence Films takes the viewer to intriguing places, sure, but Drift isn’t really about where to fish, it’s about people and why they fish. The destinations provide the backdrop. Drift is comprised of five segments that have the feel of magazine profiles brought to life. In Oregon, it focuses on John and Amy Hazel…
Tagged: Andros, Bahamas, Belize, bonefish, Confluence Films, Deschutes, Drift, Drift Movie Review, flyfishing, Kashmir, oregon, permit, steelhead, The Drake
