Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
Fly Fishing The Yucatan
By Rod Hamilton Standing beside our overheated car, an hour north of Cancun, my three-week fishing adventure to the Yucatan was off to a rocky start. Weeks of preparation and planning had gone into this trip and with military precision three of us were going to explore...
Beefcake Stone
By Bob Reece As the winter snows of the Rocky Mountains begin to thaw, a change is set in motion. The landscape breaks loose and emerges from a crisp exoskeleton of winter. For many fly fishers the pinnacle of this yearly change is the transformation of Pteronarcys...
First look at the Ibera Wetlands
By Louis Cahill Every now and then I have to remind myself that a redfish tail isn’t going to pop up along the edge of the grass. The scene looks familiar but what lurks below the surface is a bit more sinister. The Ibera Wetlands, in northern...
Study Shows Salmon Farming Results in 20% Loss of Wild Atlantic Salmon
By Jason Tucker Farm raised salmon may represent a serious threat to wild fish populations. A recently released Scottish study has demonstrated that salmon farming in estuaries used by wild salmon results in a 20% loss in returning wild salmon, mostly as a result of sea lice...
The River… Why?
By Justin Pickett A FAINT FOG ESCAPES ME AS I EXHALE A DEEP BREATH OF MOUNTAIN AIR. I can hear the tumbling waters of my favorite north Georgia stream just off in the distance. They are surely running super low and crystal clear as expected. My angst...