Fly Fishing Communities & Clubs | Current Flow State Fly Fishing

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Conservation

Making it

Where can you hang your mug on the wall?

A salmon swims into a viewing tank and is tracked by a faint white computer-generated line and surrounded by a bounding box with its ID, species name, and confidence score percentage

Environment

Salmon Vision: The AI revolution comes to salmon conservation

Bringing the power of artificial intelligence to bear on monitoring anadromous salmon populations for faster and more efficient counts, toward more resilient watersheds

Community

How to make your kids hate fishing

Re-writing the old tired playbook of fishing as achievement and productive time in favor of something more curious and explorational.

Community

CFSQ&A: What I Wish I'd Known Before My First Guided Float in Montana

Impressions, insights, and lessons-learned when an Intro to Fly Fishing alum takes her first guided float trip in Montana.

A lab-grown block of salmon sits in the middle of a white plate, with curiously rounded edges.

Conservation

Salmon without fish: Lab-grown seafood earns FDA approval, and a spot on the menu at Portland's Kann

With recently-granted FDA approval and a summer slot on the menu at Portland hotspot Kann, lab-grown salmon is in the spotlight. I talked with Justin Kolbeck, co-founder of cultivated seafood startup Wildtype.

A sequence of skateboarder David Gravette riding a miniramp with fly-fishing waders on, and then riding to catch a fish.

Community

Skate or Fly: How two outsider sports foster the same creative flow state

From boardslides to redsides, meet a few notable skaters who fly-fish, and identify the big areas the sports have in common, built around getting into the flow state.

A black and white book book cover is overlaid onto a backdrop of a river at sunrise. The book is titled Wisdom of the Guides and features a grizzled-looking man with a white beard looking

Technique

Tap into the Wisdom of the Guides

Gleaning advice for taking your first guided fly-fishing trip from legendary fly-fishing guides and a tome that's stood the test of time.

Mindset

Fish around and find out

Ten ways to make fly fishing a bigger part of your life

Learn

Pillar 6: Community

Building your support network inside the sport by connecting with like-minded people.

Learn

Take your time: Ten ways to make fly fishing a bigger part of your life

We have a motto around here: "Make fly fishing a bigger part of your life." Here are ten ways to work in more time on the water, and time spent feeling fishy.

Tools

This season's most essential piece of fly-fishing gear

The dirt-cheap wonder-tool any angler can use to become legendary.

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Technique

No drag, just drift

Striving to get even with the flow

A caddis pupa with a stone case crawls on a rock while a salmon smolt looks on. OPB watermark is visible in the lower right

Environment

Vivid indicators of life

Wading for caddis, fishing nymphs with suspenders

Writing

The Oscars: CFS' 2025 Fly Fishing Film Tour Awards

There are four questions a pretty good fly-fishing film has to answer in order to be considered truly great.

Conservation

Creek Freaks and Trout Whisperers: Advocacy from the Deschutes to the Chattahoochee

100 subscribers, Maupin in May, the DRA's Deschutes fight expands, a new blueprint for anadromous activism, and a club report from ATL.

A rainbow over the broad Deschutes river, with foliage in the foreground and a big bluff in the back

Events

Maupin Meetup 2025

Come one, come all, to the 2025 Current Flow State summer meetup at TroutFest in Maupin, Oregon!

Icons

From runway to river

Fly-fishing fashion icons, Joe Pera, final slots for winter classes, and more.

Community

Fly fishing fashion: Streetwear goes streamside

Are kook fits in? Honestly, the only drip I know is when you're wading deep and you dunk your hat.

Newsletter

Avoid this one mistake when buying your first fly rod

How's that for a clickbait title? CFS' first-fly-rod buyers' guide, Winter classes open now, and a push against crude fly names.

Community

Invest in your angling, and your community: Join a fly fishing club

There's a great new documentary out about the wonderful benefits of joining a club. Guess what? Joining a fly-fishing club is even better, and will make you a better angler.

Learn

The Five Permissions: How to be a great fishing friend

Take me fishing. A simple request, a schmaltzy commercial, a pivotal role. Here are five permissions you can give yourself and your fishing friend to create space for connection.

Environment

Finding your Home Waters with the Big Here Quiz

Start your journey to find your home waters by grounding yourself on your home planet.

Learn

Setting your fly-fishing intentions: The CFS Check In

Check in with your goals and intentions at the start of every fishing season, or calendar year.

A photograph of a bulletin board featuring various photos of fishing exploits

Writing

If These Walls Could Talk: Fly-Fishing Guide Wisdom on the Rogue River

Proof that fly fishing guides have gotten no less droll and cynical over the years.

Writing

Stepping inside the Angler's Club of New York

If you get a chance to visit the Angler's Club in New York City, take it. It's the nucleus of the sport's North American origins.

Community

Lawfully Wadered: How to have a fly fishing wedding

Here's a "Top 10 things to remember when planning or attending a fly-fishing wedding" list. Because, one day, you too might wind up at one.