Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Allison Olmsted covers lifestyle for active women as The Gear Diva. Founded in 1856, the Orvis Company claims to be the oldest ...

Social media is credited, in part, with the rising number of women in fly-fishing, due to the aspirational nature of the photos as well as the tangible illustration of women in the sport. Looking for ...

Many fly anglers today don’t realize that fly fishing has a fascinating history–one that starts with the first book of fly fishing, written by a woman in the 15th century. Dame Juliana Berners penned ...

Jen Ripple didn’t know what fly-fishing was when she stepped into a fly shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan, ten years ago. She was working for the University of Michigan and, with little else to do during ...

The nature of Eastern Washington and North Idaho is one of the top reasons many live in the Inland Northwest. Countless recreation groups and clubs take advantage of that beauty to create like-minded ...

Kim Brannock became fascinated by fly-fishing after watching “A River Runs Through It,” a 1992 film starring Brad Pitt. Years later, a co-worker taught her to fly fish during lunch breaks, when she ...

"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, sweet, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Enjoy it as a morning ...

Let’s say you’ve experienced world-class dry fly fishing on the Fryingpan, Big Horn and the Madison, conquered the spooky cutthroat of alpine lakes, and have floated the Green River to the Roaring ...

There is a bit of Ahab in every angler. The mythical fish, elusive piscine adversaries that remain untamed and untackled, swim through the pools of the mind, ever in sight, ever out of reach. As a ...