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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 03/09/2025

Carp Slam (Denver, CO) September 13th, 2025 – Denver Trout Unlimited (DTU) has unveiled the new format of the 2025 Carp Slam fly fishing tournament. The annual tournament is designed to raise funds for the Denver South Platte (DSP) fishery and users of the river corridor. #denver #carpslam

YouTube video by Denver Trout Unlimited

DTU CarpSlam

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 02/09/2025

Hooking injuries to fish and angling pressure is taking a toll on Wyoming's North Platte River. There lies the problem—more anglers going after a large amount of fish and releasing them. The results have shown more hooking injuries to fish that could be detrimental to the fish population.

wgfd.wyo.gov

Being loved to death | Wyoming Game & Fish Department

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 02/09/2025

On Norway's vast salmon farms, a parasite is causing mass deaths of fish. Factory farming is threatening to wipe out wild salmon populations in Norway, due to the dramatic spread of parasitic salmon lice. Can the wild salmon still be saved?

Can Norway’s wild salmon be saved? | DW Documentary

YouTube video by DW Documentary

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 29/08/2025

Sometimes someone else says it better than you ever could. Our friend Eddie Nickens wrote these words about Flip’s passing, and we’re grateful he’s allowed us to share them.

anglingtrade.com

Legendary Outdoorsman Flip Pallot Passes Away

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 29/08/2025

Take Action on the Roadless Rule: Join BHA in opposition to rescinding the Roadless Rule in its entirety and ask your member of Congress to instead support the Roadless Area Conservation Act, legislation that would codify the Roadless Rule as law.

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Take Action

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife.

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 29/08/2025

Striped Bass Economic Survey: “The Striped Bass Survey gives us the chance to quantify the scale of this coastwide fishery. That data is critical for decision-makers at the local, state, and federal levels, showing just how much recreational anglers contribute to the economy." #savestripedbass

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Striped Bass Survey

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 26/08/2025

Rudy Babikian, co-founder of Los Locos, in Oman chasing GTs on fly rods with Ed Nicholas. #oman #flyfishing

Los Locos: Oman | Fly Fishing Giant Trevally

YouTube video by Los Locos

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 26/08/2025

Wolves of the River: a bull trout revival and the cumulative (positive) effects of thoughtful resource management on the Squamish River. #bulltrout #squamishriver

YouTube video by Simms Fishing

Wolves of the River

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 24/08/2025

What do you have against bobber fishing? I think the thing about bobber (strike indicator) fishing that gets under the skin of many dedicated fly anglers who have been doing this for a long time, is that the bobber-weighted-nymph rig is just so effective. It affords “instant gratification.”

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The True Cast - What Do You Have Against Bobber Fishing? - Trout Unlimited

That’s a very fair question, and it isn’t easy to answer, but I’ll do my best.

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 21/08/2025

Keep Fish Wet Giveaway Flylab is partnering with Keep Fish Wet, Fishpond and Small Craft Sales to promote better, science-based best practices for catching, handling and releasing fish. Enter today. #keepfishwet #fishpond #flyfishing

Enter the Keep Fish Wet Giveaway today!

Keep Fish Wet Giveaway

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 19/08/2025

Wild fish. Wild Places. Emilie Björkman explores some of America’s most iconic trout rivers: the Blackfoot near Missoula to a spring creek outside Bozeman, the Madison at Three Dollar Bridge, and a drift down the Missouri River by Craig, MT. #montana #flyfishing

Loop Presents: Wild fish. Wild Places. | Ep1 Fly fishing in Montana with Emilie Björkman

YouTube video by Loop

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 11/08/2025

This week’s Flylab newsletter is headed to an inbox near you. Deeter writes about fly rod warranties: “I’d be curious about what kind of reaction consumers would have if they were given the option of buying warranty coverage or not at the time of purchase...” #flyrods #warranties

I found it interesting that some companies still try to decipher the degrees of carelessness that led to the rod breaking in the first place.

Fly Rod Warranties

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 05/08/2025

Mat Leonard, an Atlantic salmon guide on Quebec’s famed Bonaventure River, makes the decision to pause his guiding season and head north to Labrador. With declining salmon runs and growing uncertainty back home, he sets out in search of wild rivers that still thrive: the Flowers and Hawke Rivers.

LABRADOR - PALM FESTIVAL 2025

YouTube video by HOOKÉ

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 05/08/2025

Midwest based artist Jake Keeler and photographer T.C. Worley are out to document the smallmouth playground of Jake’s backyard, the Upper Mississippi River. #smallmouthbass #mississippiriver

BACKYARD BRONZE: Flyfishing for Smallmouth Bass on the Upper Mississippi with Jake Keeler

YouTube video by The Flyfish Journal

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 30/07/2025

Bucktail Flies: “Beastly bucktail baitfish flies tied by Andre van Wyk, aka Dre, a South African Chewbacca. Some say each one is tied with a signature strand of his beard…” #bucktails #flyfishing

themissionflymag.com

BUCKTAIL FLIES | The Mission Fly Fishing Magazine

Beastly bucktail baitfish flies tied by Andre van Wyk, aka Dre, our very own South African Chewbacca, are available for purchase.

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 29/07/2025

In Wyoming, the North Platte River goes barbless and bans some bead rigs. “We’re concerned that the advent of this technique overlaps with the appearance of these more massive and severe injuries,” Mark Smith, Game and Fish’s fisheries management coordinator. #wyoming #northplatteriver

wyofile.com

On the North Platte, where anglers maim 1 in 4 trout, Wyoming goes barbless, bans some bead rigs - WyoFile

‘Pegged attractors’ on fly fishing leaders, which caught on in the last decade, will no longer be allowed in Gray Reef and Cardwell sections of the popular fishery.

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 28/07/2025

Marina Gibson and many others have dedicated their lives and careers to ensuring that fishing for wild Atlantic salmon is more than “a beautiful waste of time.” #wild #atlanticsalmon

YETI Presents | Wild Atlantic Salmon: Restoring The Run

YouTube video by YETI

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 28/07/2025

This week’s Flylab newsletter is headed out. Deeter writes about how to Select, Rig and Fish the Right Fly. Plus gear news from ICAST, a Pebble Mine update and a recent podcast from Oliver White. New partner spotlight: LOGE Wolf Creek in South Fork, Colorado. #logecamps #southforkcolorado

Select, Rig and Fish the Right Fly

To figure out what fly to fish, and when, follow these three steps.

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 24/07/2025

New Zealand fly-fishing guide Cory Scott heads back to some home waters he hasn't fished in forty years. #newzealand #browntrout

Fly Fishing New Zealand 'THE RETURN'

YouTube video by mikefsher

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 18/07/2025

Learn About The Yellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation: Yellow Dog Flyfishing donates a portion of every trip booked and every product sold to YDCCF to support important conservation work. #YDCCF #yellowdogflyfishing

Angling Trade | Learn About The Yellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation

Yellow Dog Flyfishing donates a portion of every trip booked and every product sold to YDCCF to support important conservation work.

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 18/07/2025

Winston Fly Rods and Bauer Fly Reels hire Jay Beebe and Tyson Webb to accelerate their sales operations. Jay Beebe will take on the role of Sales Manager, while Tyson Webb will become the new Northern Rockies Sales Representative, covering Montana and Idaho. #winstonflyrods #bauerreels

Angling Trade | Winston and Bauer Strengthen Sales Force with Key Hires

Winston Fly Rods and Bauer Fly Reels hire Jay Beebe and Tyson Webb to accelerate their sales operations.

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 16/07/2025

Smart way for a rising truck storage system brand, DECKED, to manage the inevitable haters: “Everyone loves a five-star review (and we’ve got a truckload of ‘em). But the one-stars are way more fun to read. Let’s hear a few top picks with Ambassador Danny Bolton.” #DECKED

DECKED | Bad Reviews | With Danny Bolton

YouTube video by DECKED

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 14/07/2025

Road Access Update For CO’s Blue River: Road 1812 near Green Mountain Dam to reopen August 1, 2025. The BLM will reopen Summit County Road to vehicles and pedestrians. Periodic road closures may occur in the future if rain or snowmelt cause unsafe conditions below the slope. #blueriver #colorado

Road Access Update (Again) For Colorado’s Blue River

Summit County Road 1812 near Green Mountain Dam to reopen August 1, 2025.

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 14/07/2025

Natives Fly Fishing Sales and Marketing Representative. “The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for fly fishing, combined with skills in sales, marketing and customer engagement.” #salesrep #marketing #flyfishing

anglingtrade.com

Natives Fly Fishing: Sales and marketing Representative

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 14/07/2025

This week’s Flylab newsletter is headed to an inbox near you. Deeter writes about Fish Handling 101: “I’m just not going to take five minutes to stage dopey photos with the rod and reel balanced delicately on my shoulder (logo out!), so I can fawn over the fish…” #keepfishwet #smallcraftsales

More Evolved Ways to Handle Fish

Good “fish handling” practices begin well before you actually touch a fish.

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 12/07/2025

More Evolved Ways to Handle Fish. “Let’s get real. People want photos of fish. I’m also not going to stop taking photos of fish. But I’m just not going to take five minutes to stage dopey photos with the rod and reel balanced delicately on my shoulder..." #keepfishwet

flylab.substack.com

More Evolved Ways to Handle Fish

“How we approach, fight and release our fish is in and of itself a conservation issue.” – Kirk Deeter

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 11/07/2025

Cutthroat Trout Fishing: A Beginner’s Guide. “William Clark described cutthroat trout in his journals from his expedition with Merriwether Lewis in the early 1800s: Cutthroat subspecies vary substantially in size, appearance, behavior, and favored habitat...” #cutties

fieldandstream.com

Cutthroat Trout Fishing: A Beginner’s Guide | Field & Stream

Our trout fishing expert discusses the differences in cutthroat subspecies, favorable cutthroat habitat, and specific fishing techniques for these colorful trout.

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Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 11/07/2025

Casting Style vs. Technique: Ninety-eight percent of us have major fundamental flaws in our casting strokes… "All too often, 'style' is used to describe what is actually poor technique..." #castingstyle #castingtechnique

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Casting Style vs. Technique

Ninety-eight percent of us have major fundamental flaws in our casting strokes…

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 10/07/2025

St. Croix Fly announces the return of Legend Elite and Legend Elite Salt rods for 2026. Designed and precision crafted with the objective of helping all anglers “rule their water,” these all-new fly rods are rolled on the original angler-favorite LE and LE Salt mandrels... #stcroix #flyrods

Angling Trade | St. Croix Fly Brings Back Legend Elite and Legend Elite Salt Fly Rods

St. Croix Fly announces the return of Legend Elite and Legend Elite Salt rods for 2026.

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 10/07/2025

Gulf Menhaden Bycatch Study Offers Fish Mortality Insights. A 2024 Gulf menhaden bycatch study suggests that 22,000 or more redfish, and a host of other sportfish and forage fish, are killed annually by pogy boats off Louisiana. #redfish #louisiana

Angling Trade | Gulf Menhaden Bycatch Study Offers Fish Mortality Insights

A 2024 Gulf menhaden bycatch study suggests that 22,000 or more redfish, and a host of other sportfish and forage fish, are killed annually by pogy boats off Louisiana.

Road Access Update For Colorado’s Blue River: access below Green Mountain Reservoir to remain closed indefinitely. “One of the few public access points for fishing and floating on the Blue River has been closed since mid-April 2025 due to unstable slope conditions...” #blueriver #colorado

Road Access Update For Colorado’s Blue River

Blue River road access below Green Mountain Reservoir to remain closed indefinitely.

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The Best Fly Reels of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

The Best Fly Reels of 2025. “While it’s true that they play no role in casting (as conventional reels do), the best fly reels serve a number of other important purposes. This is especially true when you step outside the trout stream and start chasing bigger fish...” #flyreels #flyfishing

outdoorlife.com

Monte Burke has fished the best fly reels for trout to big game, and he shares his top picks in this review.

Quick Strike Podcast: Is Euro Nymphing Right for You?

Joe Cermele on the Quick Strike Podcast: Is Euro Nymphing Right for You? “This highly effective and polarizing fly technique can be a confidence booster or crutch depending on how you approach it.” #euronymphing #isitflyfishing

outdoorlife.com

Euro nymphing is polarizing in some circles, in part because it's so effective. Consider integrating these techniques into your fly game.

YETI Panga Backpack 28: A Long Haul Review - Flylords Mag

YETI Panga Backpack 28 Review: “The YETI Panga 28 is a premium waterproof pack designed for harsh, wet environments. It’s not built for casual commutes–it’s built for situations where keeping your gear dry is essential.” #yeti #backpack

flylordsmag.com

Long Haul Gear Reviews are based on time spent in the field, not in the showroom. For this review, let's dive into the YETI Panga Backpack.

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The Drift: Expensive Fly Rods Are Worth The Money - Flylords Mag

Spencer Durrant considers the age-old question: Are Expensive Fly Rods Worth The Money? “By and large, the high-end rods of today are incredible. I run out of adjectives to describe them...” #flyrods #flyfishing

flylordsmag.com

Are expensive fly rods really worth all that money? Will you even notice a difference? The answer is yes - sort of.

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The Best Wading Boots of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

The Best Wading Boots. “There’s more that goes into choosing wading boots than just finding the right size. You have to consider weight, materials, traction, sole type, and lacing. Plus, the boots should be comfortable and durable enough to last for multiple seasons.” #wadingboots #flyfishinggear

fieldandstream.com

We've spent years testing the best wading boots on the market. Here are our favorite picks for all types of fly fishing scenarios.

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A Temperature Guide for Trout Fishing | Field & Stream

A Temperature Guide for Trout Fishing. “Most trout anglers have heard the phrase 'hoot owl restrictions' at some point or another. It refers to state wildlife agencies putting fishing limitations on certain rivers due to low water levels and high water temperatures.” #trouttemps #hootowl

fieldandstream.com

Learn how different water temperature affect trout behavior, location, and forage. This guide offers tips and tactics to catch more trout in five different temperature ranges.

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The Magazine | The Mission Fly Fishing Magazine

The Mission Issue 52 is out: Wayne Haselau, Samburuland Yellowfish, Touchy Feely in Mongolia, Mooi Guerilla Browns, Booze, Beats and more. Plus African guide David Taylor: “Soft spoken yet armed with a 12-weight for big fish...” #africa #flyfishing

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Home / Magazine Stockists The latest print edition of THE MISSION is available for free at these stockists Subscriptions You can subscribe to THE MISSION.

Flylab Fly Fishing @flylab.fish · 07/07/2025

Catchflo, fly fishing’s first and only “fishy” casual footwear DTC brand, is shutting down. CEO Day Moyers noted: “The journey has come to an end, as I’ve made the difficult but necessary business decision to close Catchflo and thus end our run as the ‘fishiest footwear on the planet.’”