Fishing outside the UK
Bonefish on a budget
The Bonefish of the Bahamas. Geoff Maynard suggests you empty the piggy bank, cheat the kids out of their inheritance, sell non-existant TVs on eBay. Whatever. Just get hold of the money somehow and DO IT!
The twenty/twenty club
Read Bernard Lunel’s fabulous story from Umba, how he became the first and so far, the only double member in the Twenty / Twenty club.
Chasing Rainbows in the Wild West
I have to admit I’m biased, Montana is one of my favourite places on earth. I got married there a few years back and spent a blissful honeymoon exploring the wonders of the ‘Big Sky’ state.
Hooked: The Confession of a Fly Fishing Virgin
Let me set the scene with a statement of fact: until this year, I had spent considerably less time fishing than I have, say, living in Kathmandu.
Terry Lawton is..... Lost in France
The chalkstreams of Normandy such as the Risle provide a wonderful and attractive alternative to our own UK waters for those fly fishers willing to make the trip across the channel.
Tackling Tasmania's Wild Trout Fishery
Flying south for the winter (or anytime from August to May actually)? Tasmania off of Australia's southern coast beckons to fly fishers searching for excellent fishing in beautiful surroundings.
"The Real Spanish Fly" - Ringing the Bells!
We are pleased to welcome a new columnist to Fish&Fly. Jose H. Weigand is a guide and fishing TV presenter in his native Spain and will be writing a series of articles titled "The Real Spanish Fly".
Fantastic fishing in Cuba
The Jardines de la Reina has become known as one of the most exciting fisheries in the Caribbean, especially because of the variety of fish you will see and catch on the flats.
Budget Costa Rica - a costcutters guide to adventure fishing
It is said that a bad day fishing in Costa Rica is better than a good day fishing anywhere else. This is a bold claim, but one that sees large numbers of satisfied fishermen return to Costa Rica yearly. The realistic chance of a record weight sailfish in the pacific or a truck sized tarpon in the Caribbean has a huge incentive to the would-be trophy fisherman, but at a price. Often exorbitantly overpriced all-inclusive fishing packages see only anglers with the biggest wallet at these venues. Well it looks like it’s going to take a Brit to dispel this myth and introduce you to Budget Costa Rica. While this story is not about fly fishing, I hope you will still enjoy the fishing adventure and understand that there is no reason why the same trip cannot be undertaken with a fly rod too!
Learn how to fly fish like the Norwegians!
A new fly fishing course has been created on the banks of the Orkla, Norway, by ex Liverpool football star Vegard Heggem. The course focuses on the Nordic style of fly fishing for salmon.
Hunting Giants by Dylan Tomine, Photos by Tim Pask
Oh, sure, you can sharpen hooks, double- and triple-check your knots, buy the biggest rod you can cast, practice throwing huge flies into the wind. But you still won’t be ready. Not by a long shot.
Everything Gets Funky in the Bahamas by Brian O'Keefe
The Bahamas bring me back. By that, I mean the whole experience, both on land and on water. The combination of great fishing, fantastic guides and killer scenery is just the beginning of a Bahamian flats trip.
Poon-Tastic by John O'Hearn
I live and work in the Florida Keys for one single reason: I love tarpon. I love the heavy tarpon fly rods; I love the fanciful tarpon flies; I even love the arcane knots. But most of all, I love the fish....
Kicking Back on the Kennebec by John Van Vleet
The Kennebec River, flowing through central Maine, is a well-known—yet surprisingly underused—trout fishery. Holding healthy populations of both rainbow and brown trout, the Kennebec is undergoing drastic environmental changes, which makes it both unique and dynamic—but certainly not devoid of fish.
Keep Talking About Those Mosquitoes by Brian O'Keefe
AROUND 1968, while at Chinook Junior High School in Bellevue, Washington, I first heard about Minnesota’s Boundary Waters. Our library had both Field & Stream and Outdoor Life—one of them had an article on canoe camping there for smallmouth bass, walleye and pike.
Treading lightly
Without a shadow of a doubt, my near annual trip to Mongolia is always the highlight of my fishing year. More from John Bailey.
Have rod, will travel!
John Bailey, well known globe-trekking angler, fills us in on some recent travels and experiences including the magnificent Huchen!
The Glass Half Full
Jerry Flay is editor of "Reel Life", the anglers newsletter from Fish & Game in New Zealand. He takes a wry look at the current economic meltdown being touted around the world and what effect if any it may have on us fly fishers!
The Streamside Guide - Return to Elkhorn
We all have memories of rivers, lakes and streams visited in our youth that seem to sparkle with pools full of trout we wished we could revisit. Well Peter Cammann reports on just one such trip he made this year back to the Gallatin River of his youth at the Elkhorn Ranch in Montana.
The Streamside Guide - Mid-Winter Fly Fishing Doldrums
It's been a while since we shared a 'Streamside Guide' article from Peter Cammann so I was delighted to receive this recent entry which includes a fly fishing poem by one of his readers which sums up how many of us are feeling right now I expect.
