Fishing
Ken Baldwin

Ken Baldwin

Joined: Nov 6, 2024

Ken Baldwin is a Writer/Editor for Fishing On SI, where he writes stories about fly fishing and the lifestyle that surrounds it. His writing and photography have appeared in Men's Journal, Catch Magazine, Fish Alaska, and the American Angler. He also created and hosted the TV show Season on the Edge, which aired on NBC Sports and in seven countries, showcasing travel, adventure, and culture through the lens of fishing. For twenty years, Ken worked as a fly fishing guide in Alaska, which gave him opportunities to hang out with and photograph the Alaskan brown bear. His experience photographing the brown bear helped him land a job with the Netflix documentary Our Planet 2, narrated by David Attenborough. If you dig deep enough in Ken's resume, you will see that he played the terrorist "Mulkey" in the film Die Hard 2 before fly fishing took over his life. Ken is a graduate of the University of Washington.

Guide Jacob Thomason with a barely hooked smallmouth bass from Lake Ontario.
Fly Fishing

The smallmouth bass bite is entering one of its best windows of the year. Rivers are warming, fish are active, and fly anglers from the Midwest to the Northeast have their hands full with one of the hardest-fighting fish in freshwater.

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Fly angler and West Virginia guide Chase McCoy, throwing a tight loop while balanced on his kayak.
Fly Fishing

Learning to fly cast isn’t about more fishing—it’s about better practice. Here's a simple program to follow that will have positive long-term results.

Ken Baldwin
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Anglers working the riverbank for African tigerfish.
Destinations

On the Okavango River in Africa, I search for tigerfish, navigating hippos, bird-filled channels, and the kind of strikes that can yank your fly rod out of your hands.

Ken Baldwin
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Scott Finanger of Wild Fly with "fish on!" in Belize.
Fly Fishing

A review of Wild Fly Productions’ film “20 Days to Catch the Holy Grail of Fly Fishing,” following a 20-day permit pursuit in Belize and exploring the obsession, setbacks, and psychology behind chasing one fish on a fly rod.

Ken Baldwin
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