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Really Big Trout!

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
I've never caught a really big trout. A few real dandies here and there have made their way into my net for a quick snapshot and release, but nothing even close to the absolute monsters we've seen from Silver Creek over the past few years. These fully mature fish are what dreams are made of. After all, the anticipation before…
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At It Again

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
It's been a little over a year since Dr. Robert Franklin "The Doc" and SCO fishing guide turned friend and companion Pete Wood shared their brown drake experience with us on film. http://vimeo.com/28285715 Life has taken the two of them many places since then. Doc has been to the Mississippi Delta after red fish, dove hunting in Argentina, Dartmouth for…
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100 Trout

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
Not that long ago while uploading a batch of new images to my photography site, I noticed a milestone approaching. Within my album of trout images titled "Trout Glam" one hundred images of our beloved trout were just a few fish away. As a fisherman, photographer, and filmmaker, stories seem to appear all around me. Even in something as simple…
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GoPro Fly Fish 101

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
"GoPro/POV" videos are every where now and fly fishing has not been overlooked. They are the single easiest kind of video for anyone to make for a couple reasons. One is the ease of use and the other is the functionality of available mounts. Literally the cameras are going everywhere. Strap one to anyone or anything and Let'er Buck! The simple…
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Fine Art

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
  Travis Sylvester can really draw. Most people who see the artwork he has created are shocked when they realize what they are looking at is not a rich photograph or painting, but hand drawn with color pencils. Here on the left is the original photo I took of this thick brown that slurped down a big black beetle pattern…
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Cross Pollination

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
Every photographer has an eye for different things in any given scene. Over time a certain look, style, or feel develops that becomes recognizable. Even more prevalent than a photographers signature look, is the art created entirely from the mind, hand, and instrument of the artist. "Spotted Fever" from A.D. Maddox Passing by the camera, a high desert brown trout…
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A Trade For The Difference

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
There can be a stark difference in outcomes between DIY (do it yourself) vs guided when it comes to just about anything. The learning curve and success rates can swing like a pendulum. Hoping to catch rooster fish on the East Cape of Southern Baja on the fly is certainly obtainable. Several experienced and talented guides around the area have…
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Why Catch & Release Matters

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
There are pros and cons to most any regulation. Here is an example of one benefit of releasing fish in good condition. Last summer this gorgeous brown slurped my low-riding terrestrial along a shaded bank of overhanging willows. He fought hard, and took me down stream and around a corner in order to land him. Over a year later, (just…
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