That right there is actually the morning sun rising over the Sea of Cortez and Bahia de los Angeles in Baja, Mexico, many years ago.

For those who have never been, Bahia de los Angeles offers amazing fishing for roosterfish, yellowtail, dorado and just about any Baja species you can think of.

And the fishing in Baja is as good in the winter as it is in the spring and summer, so now's a great time to head south to the Sea of Cortez.

For more, be sure to read my essay on fishing on the Sea of Cortez and Bahia de los Angeles in Baja, Mexico.

Bahia de los Angeles photo by Brian Milne.

The Fly Fishing Film Tour is back touring across the country in 2012.

The tour is scheduled to make stops in coming weeks to Montana, Colorado and Utah. Check the listings to see if the tour will be stoping in your neck of the woods this year.

Looks like they have another good roster of films on tap. Here's their latest trailer if you're interested. This short is entitled "Geofish: A Mayan Prophecy."

I'd be interested in hearing your feedback on any of the previous tours, as it looks like the tour won't be coming south of Santa Cruz, Calif., this year.

What's up with that, anyway? Guess I'll have to pack my pack rod for NorCal to take in the event this year.

Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

Steelhead anglers in the Pacific Northwest should take note that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will be ending its hatchery steelhead program at Snider Creek to allow for a wild steelhead management zone on the Sol Duc River.

"Establishing wild management zones is part of a broad effort aimed at modifying our hatchery programs to be compatible with conservation and recovery of naturally spawning salmon and steelhead populations," said Ron Warren, regional fish program manager for WDFW. "Shifting hatchery steelhead production away from the Sol Duc River - where we have one of the largest wild steelhead populations in the state - is an important step in that effort."

After next spring, no hatchery steelhead will be released into the Sol Duc River, which will be the first wild steelhead management zone formally established in the state under the department's Statewide Steelhead Management Plan.

We've written plenty about the lack of snow throughout most of the country and what it could mean to our favorite fisheries late in the year.

But for now, the fly fishing is great.

The folks at Simms, for example, point out Montana's Yellowstone River, among a handful of others out West, is floatable in early February for the first time in who knows how long.

And the Yellowstone has been producing some whoppers already this year.

If you haven't had a chance to fish the Yellowstone, you should give it a go. It's one of the most beautiful rivers you'll ever get to fish. And, oh yeah, the fishing's not too shabby there either.

Here's our breakdown on fly fishing Montana's Yellowstone River.