Aboard the F/V Arctic Lady: Self-Sufficiency on the High Seas

On the open ocean, there is no room for error. Traveling hundreds of miles from port, crews aboard commercial fishing vessels face an endless onslaught of crashing waves and rough...

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Trade Stories: Rich, The Bouncer at the Norwegian Rat

Perched in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, Dutch Harbor has been owned by Russia, settled by gold rush prospectors, fortified by the U.S. Navy, bombed during World War II and...

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Northern British Columbia, The Alaska Highway & Weak Coffee: Roadtripping with Circa 1983

CIRCA 1983 is Owen Perry, a Canadian interactive designer and photographer by trade. Specializing in landscape and travel photography, Owen wants to create a sense of wonder about the natural...

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Trade Stories: Building Boats at the Taylor Shellfish Fabrication Shop with Brian Omdahl

Taylor Shellfish Farms is our kind of company, a company founded on sweat, saltwater, and hard work. Despite punishing conditions and demanding physical labor, this 120-year-old, family-owned shellfish farm has...

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Hunting for Tom Brokaw with Covey Rise

Miles DeMott has been hunting compelling stories for more than three decades, writing across genres for a variety of audiences in print and digital spaces. The author of two novels,...

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Profiles

Trade Stories: Aleph Geddis, Wood Sculptor

Aleph Geddis, a wood sculptor from Orcas Island, WA, has spent the last four months in his carving shed working on a one-of-a-kind piece of art for our flagship retail...

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Fire and Ice: 3 Months Traveling with Photographer Tanner Wendell

Tanner Wendell Stewart is a Seattle-based Emmy Award winning photographer, born and raised in the small town of Enterprise, Oregon. He moved to Seattle in 2006 to more fervently pursue...

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Trade Stories: Basket Weaving with Bernadine Phillips

Using the ancient methods created by the Okanogan-Wenatchi bands of the Colville Tribe, Bernadine Phillips handcrafts coiled cedar root, bear grass and wild cherry bark baskets. She has always had...

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Fly Fishing on the Outlaw Trail with Michael Cevoli

Photography by Michael Cevoli. Michael is a commercial and documentary photographer. A graduate with honors of both the bachelor’s and the master’s program at the Rhode Island School of Design,...

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Guinevere's First Grouse: Learning to Hunt in the Olympic National Forest

Patrick Colleran has spent summers exploring the Wilderness of Oregon, Montana, and Idaho as a Wilderness Ranger and backpacking guide. Alison Riley is a former hiking and rafting guide who...

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Trade Stories: Robb Gray, Knife Maker

After a childhood spent being fascinated by knives, Robb Gray of Graycloud Designs in Seattle now lives his dream as a knife maker. His knives are shaped and built for...

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Fly Fishing the Yuba River with Chuck Ragan

Chuck Ragan is a family man, an outdoorsman, craftsman and musician. Ragan was raised chasing fish, game and adventures in the outdoors while at the same time, sharing music worldwide...

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In the Woods with a Purpose: Shed Hunting with Elias Carlson

Searching for the shed antlers of elk, deer and moose is another way to add to the enjoyment of exploring the wild. In this Filson Life photo essay, Elias Carlson...

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A Season Well Spent with Jillian Lukiwski

Jillian Lukiwski, also known as The Noisy Plume, is an independent metalsmith, freelance photographer and writer representing the indelible spirit of the interior West of Canada and the USA. She...

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Trade Stories: Anna Gulickson of Kenmore Air

Anna Gulickson is a pilot at Kenmore Air with over 14 years experience at the helm of a plane. At five years old, she was visiting her aunt and uncle...

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How To's, Food & Recipes

How to Shuck an Oyster with Taylor Shellfish

The 4 easy steps to open an oyster from the 120-year old shelfish farm

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Fly Fishing Through the Winter with Justin Salem Meyer

Justin Meyer is a photographer based in Des Moines, Iowa.He explores trout fishing his home waters of Northeast Iowa year round.—There is a solitude found on the winter waters.The hustle...

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How To's

Filson Field Guide: Spend a Weekend in the Olympic National Forest

One of Filson’s favorite destinations from Seattle is the Olympic National Forest, and with it the promise of old-growth hemlock and fir, as well as awe-inspiring and unbounded views of...

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Unfailing Dads: Three Generations of Filson Anglers

Father's Day is right around the corner and at Filson many of our employees wouldn't be the outdoors enthusiasts they've become without the guidance of their Dad. Our fathers have...

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Explore the End of Summer: 4 Late Season Hikes in the Northwest with the WTA

Washington Trails Association is a member-supported nonprofit that works to protect trails and promote hiking in Washington through volunteer trail maintenance, education and advocacy, and inspiring the next generation of hikers. Learn...

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Field Guide: Wingshooting in Central Washington with Red's Fly Shop

With sparse deserts and plains, sprawling coastal tidelands, and the only temperate rainforest in the contiguous United States, Washington is home to one of the most diverse climates of any...

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Field Guide: Winter Steelheading on the Olympic Peninsula

Winter Steelhead are some of the most difficult and rewarding fish to search for, as weather conditions and swollen rivers with low visibility all stand between the angler and their...

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Field Guide: Duck Hunting the Skagit County Coastline

A 3-hour drive from the Filson Headquarters in Seattle will put you knee-deep in slate-gray water throwing dry flies for Steelhead, forging through a marsh with duck decoys in hand,...

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How to Rewax a Filson Tin Cloth® Jacket

Learn how to rewax a Filson Tin Cloth® jacket to restore water resistance, extend durability, and preserve years of hard wear.

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Mastering the Art of Making with the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building

When Filson was founded in 1897, we outfitted loggers, miners and builders. Our garments gained a reputation for reliability and integrity, offering protection from harsh weather, untamed wilderness, splinters and...

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To The Top of Texas with Photographer Philip Anderson Edsel

Amidst the vast, monochromatic plains of West Texas, there rises up from of the arid earth a mountain range, seemingly out of nowhere. The Guadalupe Mountains span the border of...

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Chasing Ghosts: Himalayan Snowcock Hunting in Nevada with Larry McKurtis

Larry McKurtis is a writer and amateur photographer living in Northern Nevada. He prefers sleeping in the dirt, pushing himself to delirious exhaustion, and getting to the marrow of the...

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Reflections on a Northern Baja Quail Hunt with Sinuhe Xavier

Sinuhe Xavier is a commercial photographer and director invited to join the Director's Guild of America in 2008. When he is not telling stories for his advertising clients he can...

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Prepping for the Upcoming Hunt: Dog Training and Performance Tips

For over two decades, George Hickox has shown all levels of owners how to train great bird dogs. As the hunting season nears, it's incredibly important to reinforce good gun...

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Red Slashed Gills and Yellow Days: Late Summer Cutthroat Fishing in The Rockies

Blaine Peetso is a mill worker in Northern Alberta and a self-described daydreamer. With a penchant for the outdoors and for photography, he created The Borealist blog as an excuse...

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Unfailing Dads: R. Paul Hanson

Father’s Day is today and at Filson many of our employees wouldn’t be the outdoors enthusiasts they’ve become without the guidance of their Dad. Our fathers have endured many early...

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From SoDo to NoHo: Filson to open New York Store

We're pleased to announce the opening of the company’s first retail store on the East Coast. The approximately 1800 square-foot Filson store is located in the NoHo district at 40 Great...

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Camping at Enchanted Rock with Asher Moss

Camping in Texas is like camping in the fiery furnace of hell. Scorpions, spiders, red ants and mysterious creatures of the sky that appear as the sun drifts off to...

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Filson Field Guide: Exploring Glacier National Park

Eric Bowley & Ben Schuyler are explorers of the Pacific Northwest. Eric currently devotes most of his time indoors to handcrafting silver spoon rings. Ben manages a coffee shop in...

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Close to Home: Fishing McCloud Run with Justin Meyer

Justin Meyer runs the online store for Badowers, an Iowa-based Filson retailer. Photography by Justin Meyer and Austin Day When most people think about trout fishing, they likely picture the snow-capped...

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Winter Camping in the Eastern Sierras with Farhad Samari

Farhad was born in Iran, raised in southern California, and lives and works in Los Angeles. His love for photography grew out of his interest in all things creative. His...

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Behind the Scenes: Finback Films and the Story of Ed

Have you seen the feature fly fishing documentary Low & Clear? If so, you'll know exactly why it was hailed as 'the best fly-fishing movie ever made' by Field &...

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Unfailing Dads: Like Father, Like Son

Our fathers have endured many early mornings and painstaking days teaching us how to cast a fly rod, fell a tree, and to safely handle an over-and-under; and we couldn’t...

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Giving it All to the River: Fly Fishing the Sierras with Elias Carlson

The massive trout rose gently from a deep shadow between the boulders. A muscular shimmer in the green water. It seemed unconcerned with the unusual strength of the tiny nymph...

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Aeolian: Sailing the Washington Coast with Jamie Swick

Jamie Swick, an outdoor and story-telling photographer specializing in film, calls Oregon home. A sailor, writer, and life-long woodswoman, her ethereal perspective on the natural world aims to capture quiet...

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Fly Fishing the American West with Tyler Sharp

Tyler Sharp is a documentary photographer, writer, and filmmaker based out of Dallas, Texas.  Today, Tyler explores the American West in Montana with a fly rod and his family.

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Filson + Magnum Photos Contest Winners

After carefully reviewing the multitude of impressive photo entries we received, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Filson + Magnum Outdoor Photography Contest. We couldn't have been...

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Exploring St John USVI with Overland Empire

Waking up at 2:30am to catch a plane isn’t exactly at the top of everyone’s list of things they want to do. But here we are, throwing our bags in...

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Filling the Larder Down Under with Rohan Anderson

Rohan Anderson, of popular blog Whole Larder Love, is a modern-day hunter-gatherer living just outside the historical town of Ballarat in regional Victoria, Australia. He spent much of his childhood...

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Reflections on a Rhode Island Ramble: Fly Fishing with Forest Woodward

Forest Woodward grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. At the age of one he was fortunate to meet his best friend Jacob, and over the course of the...

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How To's

Tricks of the Trade: The 5 Best Travel Photography Tips with David Alan Harvey

  David Alan Harvey's photographs spark the human psyche. His books Cuba and Divided Soul capture the blood and sweat of a cultural migration. He shot 45 photo essays for National...

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Wagons West: Exploring Palo Duro Canyon with Tyler Sharp

 Tyler Sharp is a documentary photographer, writer, and filmmaker based out of Dallas, Texas. Traveling extensively on assignment, he has filmed and photographed a myriad of cultures and landscapes, and...

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Extinctions of the Pleistocene: Ice Fishing in Maine with Jon Levitt

Photographer Jonathan Levitt lives on an acreage near the village of Ducktrap, Maine and spends much of his time roaming the inlets and islands of Penobscot Bay. In his latest...

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Wooden Boat Building with Erin and Evan Walsh

After growing up in the Midwest and meeting in sprawling Chicago, Erin and Evan Walsh yearned for a life that was more connected to nature. After finishing design school and...

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Peter Marshall Sets Out to Retrace 1905 Historic Canoe Route

Since he was 16, Peter Marshall has paddled some 7,500 miles through remote regions of Canada and has been on two expeditions that have lasted over 120 days. He holds...

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'Trout Don't Live in Ugly Places' with Scott and Ashlee O'Malley

Photos by Scott and Ashlee O’Malley of The O’Malleys. I once had a fishing guide tell me, “trout don’t live in ugly places.” Nowhere is that more true than Central Idaho’s...

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The Blueprint for a Successful Bird Dog Training Program with George Hickox

For over two decades, George Hickox has shown all levels of owners how to train great bird dogs. Today, George details the blueprint of a successful bird dog training program....

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The Last Best Quail Country with T. Edward Nickens

T. Edward Nickens reports on conservation, the outdoors, and Southern culture for some of the world’s most respected publications. He is editor-at-large for Field & Stream and a contributing editor...

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Pouring Down the Bourbon Trail with George Barnett

George Barnett’s Polaroid photographs recount tales as timeless and storied as the woods themselves. Throughout the years of captured memories, Filson has become his weathered travel partner; a central subject in his...

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30 Years in Filson: A Musician's Story

John Roderick is an American musician, writer, and podcaster. Born in Seattle, Washington, he grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, where as a young man he worked as a sluice box...

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Last of the Season: Celebrating the Waterfowl Ender with Kyle Johnson

Kyle Johnson is a 30 year old editorial and commercial photographer hailing from the Pacific Northwest. During the ending days of the waterfowl season, Kyle and his good friend Jerry...

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Frio: Hiking and Fly Fishing the San Juan River, New Mexico with Halley Roberts

Halley Roberts is a photographer based in Portland, Oregon. This winter, Halley returned to New Mexico --her childhood home-- to fish the scrappy waters of the San Juan River. The...

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In Search of Arctic Grayling

Krystin Bablinskas is an environmental engineer with a penchant for adventure and travel writing. Her life partner, Bixler McClure, is a Geographic Information Systems analyst and amateur photographer. Always together,...

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Upland Bird Hunting in Eastern Washington with Elias Carlson

Elias Carlson is a 31 year old freelance photographer, graphic designer, and videographer from Seattle, Washington. He has a thing for mountains, road-trips, and his wife Theresa. He is easily...

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In Your Words: A Bag That is Tougher Than Me

‘In Your Words’ explores the incredible stories we’ve received from Filson fans across the globe.  Send us your own experiences with our clothing or product here for a chance to be...

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How To's

Afield Without A Dog: Hints for Dog-Free Hunting

While most serious upland hunters wouldn’t think of leaving their dogs at home, sometimes opportunities to hunt good land (or between big trips) are lost.  Plenty of other hunters may...

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Remembering the Duck Season Opener with John Ludlam

John Ludlam is a medium format photographer currently residing in Denver, Colorado. Two years ago, he started processing and printing his own photos in the darkroom and hasn't gone back...

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In Your Words: Filson in the Central Andes

‘In Your Words’ explores the incredible stories we’ve received from Filson fans across the globe, and it's safe to say that Dale Burns has become a Filson fan for life....

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Of Mountains and Mist: Surveying the Big Sky Winter with Brian Merriam, Part 2

Brian Merriam's photographs offer an earnest and eager appreciation for the outdoors. Each image acting as both an inviting adventure and a dramatic call to action, providing the necessary inspiration...

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December on the Wind: Welcoming Winter in the North Atlantic

In the latest Filson Life, Jonathan Levitt and Muwin Collective ramble along the North Atlantic coastline preparing for the upcoming cold season.Nov 10 The garden is covered in straw and...

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How To's

Tricks of the Trade: 4 Helpful Hints for Dog Injuries in the Field

For over two decades, George Hickox has shown all levels of owners how to train great bird dogs. Today, he reminds hunters of 4 ways to prepare for injuries in...

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Winter Steelheading on the Snoqualmie

 There's nothing like winter steelheading. The search for the elusive slivers of chrome in dark green water is wrought with frustration, undeniable joy, and constant anticipation. Much like panning for gold,...

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Fishing for Hawks: Trapping Raptors with Adam Baz

Adam Baz is a bird biologist, photographer, and outdoorsman based in Portland, OR. His fieldwork studying bird populations takes him throughout the mountains of the west. The photo essay below...

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In Your Words: Daniel Westbrook, Master Carpenter

‘In Your Words’ explores the incredible stories we’ve received from Filson fans across the globe.  Send us your own experiences with our clothing or product here for a chance to be...

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Frozen Rockies and The Treasure State with Tyson Edwards

Tyson Edwards is a photographer based in the Northwest that loves capturing nature and beautiful landscapes. Through his photography, he tells the story of life's great adventure. January isn't particularly the...

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Washington State Fire Lookout Project with Kyle Johnson, Part 2

Kyle Johnson is a 29 year old editorial and commercial photographer hailing from the Pacific Northwest. He strives to create images that are intriguing and classically executed. Kyle’s aesthetic pairs...

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Food & Recipes

Upland Game Recipe: Tim Hayward's Partridge Escabeche

Tim Hayward is a renowned food writer and photographer based in London as well as a long-time Filson fan. With the upland bird season upon us, we're always curious about...

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