I will admit that I am relatively new to throwing streamers for large trout. I only really started the streamer game at the end of last season and became quite obsessed with the idea of chasing large fish over the winter. Since I do a lot of tying over the […]
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By Spencer Mortensen I like catching fish. I think we can all agree that we really like catching fish. There are times when I go fishing that I don’t bother carrying a net with me. Fishing high mountain streams where I’ve never seen a fish over twelve inches is one […]
It seems that all the fly rods that are reviewed are 5 or 6 weights, as they are the most commonly rods fished for trout. In fly fishing, Trout is still the main species that fly anglers target, so it makes sense that these are the rod weights that everyone […]
Fly boxes are mysterious things. I always feel like the perfect one exists out there somewhere. That there’s some system of perfect storage that at some point I’ll tap into and my time on the water will elevate to that upper echelon of managed bliss, I am the same way […]
If you’re in the market for a new fly rod, new to fly fishing in general, or just don’t spend a ton of time drooling over gear (I may or may not have a problem with this myself), then you’re likely not intimately familiar with the subtleties of fly rod […]
If you already fly fish, you probably know how important fly line is. To me, all fly line is most certainly not the same! Personally, I am willing to spend quite the penny on a good fly line. Now, that’s not to say that I have always been this way. […]
I grew up in a family of fly tiers. My grandfather tied commercially for 27 years, my father tied for personal use for the better part of a decade, and once they both stopped tying I got lucky and inherited all their materials. Like any tier, I have my own […]
Like many things in fly fishing, selecting the proper tools can be an intimidating task. However, it doesn’t have to be. First of all any angler must be able to evaluate what type of fishing they will be doing. Chances are that as a trout angler you won’t ever find […]
A good buddy of mine, who’s a guide on the Green River in Utah, makes fun of me for being such a “gear nut.” Apparently, even a professional guide thinks having 14 fly rods is about 8 too many. That’s just the number of rods I currently own. I’ve fished […]
Ever since I started fly fishing, I’ve used Korkers boots. At first it was due to their lower-priced boots still being fabulous but as time went on I realized just how solid Korkers boots are. My favorite pair so far has been the Devil’s Canyon, a model I wrote a […]
I’ve fly fished for a long time. I think I started at the tender age of six or seven, but I don’t remember the first time I threw a fly rod. What I do remember, though, is my grandfather telling me that if a fish wasn’t caught on a dry […]
Fly lines are often overlooked by anglers when setting up a new outfit. The reel and rod are obviously important, but good fly line makes a rod perform that much better. For example: I’d never use a true-to-weight line on a Sage MOD or Bolt. Both of those rods are […]
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