Travel News & Equipment Updates

PART TWO - ARRIVING AT THE LODGE As the sun dipped below the mangrove jungle to the west of the small fishing village of Punta Allen, our Yellow Dog anglers disembarked from the transfer pangas, which had delivered them from boat ramp south of Tulum. In the past, it was usual for the...

In a five-part series, Yellow Dog's Ian Davis gives us a full trip report and talks about being one of the first groups of anglers to fish Ascension Bay in months! The area is open to traveling anglers, and the fishing has been fantastic. Having been closed for the past five months, the...

The Yellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation (YDCCF) recently teamed up with the Androsia Batik Factory on Andros Island in the Bahamas to create colorful, washable COVID-19 masks. YDCCF donated the 3,000 masks to our friends at 28 fly fishing destinations throughout the islands, as well as all the airport personnel just in...

The realities of life with COVID-19 are not going to escape our partner guides, outfitters, and lodges for the upcoming summer and fall fishing seasons. Yet we cannot underestimate the necessity of time spent on the water for our own mental psyche. "River time" is important to nearly all of us. When the...

A new normal exists in the angling world. As COVID-19 impacts the entire global community, anglers around the globe are feeling the effects. When it is time to get back on the water, destination fly fishing travel will be changed for the foreseeable future. This doesn't mean trips won't be booked and your...

In our efforts to help our lodges throughout the world, we received the following letter last week from our friends at El Pescador Lodge in Belize. You can also download the letter using this link.   For more information on how lodges are managing this pandemic, please read "COVID-19 Through the Eyes of...