(A detailed look at my experience with an OPST Commando Head…) Earlier in the spring, I returned to Minnesota – perhaps the walleye capital of the Union – to fish for trout in a small stream. It was a return engagement with the Clearwater River, just outside of Bemidji. A […]
As most of us move on in our years we choose to get married, buy a house and even have children. With that being said, the trusty pontoon float tube you have used for the past 10 years is not as effective as you thought with a wife and a […]
There’s like a billion of these, “Vice” reviews, so the main thing that I’m going to do to distinguish mine from the 999,999,999 million of them is this: I will not make a pun about fishing being a vice, or rod collecting being a vice and so on and so […]
By Dave S When pursuing a fishery or a species you haven’t fished before, many of us turn to local guides to help us quicken the learning curve and to make the most out of the trip. While some people believe that it’s better to figure it out themselves, it’s […]
By JC Weeks Blue water fly-fishing was something that I have heard about for many years but never thought that I would have the chance to do. My two days in the “blue desert” were eye-opening and even though I experienced a little success that trip has me definitely wanting […]
I am no expert, but I would say a couple keys components to great days of fishing are not falling on your butt and not having sore feet at the end of the day. I know I have had days where both have happened for sure. This is why finding […]
Here’s an awesome short by Jeremy Inman from his season up in Alaska showing how the guides relax on their days off. Big trout and salmon on mice and streamers, doesn’t get much better than that. Enjoy!
When it comes to tossing big, bushy flies on small, tight streams, Redington’s Butter Stick is undefeated. The new-age rod offers a fairly inexpensive portal into fishing with fiberglass rods, an older and more classic style of fishing that has recently been dusted off and put to use by the […]
For the second year in a row I had a chance to take part in the Fishwest trip to the Northern Yucatan town of San Felipe to fish for sabalitos (Spanish for baby tarpon) with the great guides and staff of Yucatan Fly Fishing Adventures at their outfit, the Tarpon […]
Winston took the fly rod industry by surprise this year, releasing two new rod families less than a year after bringing out the AIR. Their new rods – the Nimbus and Kairos – are meant to provide access to the Winston family at lower price points than their top of […]
This summer I was blessed enough to be able to load my family (including two kids under the age of 5) into the family van and start on the 700 mile drive to Southern California. Driving twelve-plus hours, when you include potty breaks, is ALWAYS (sarcasm) exactly how I want […]
By Dave S Materials: Hook – Daiichi 1770 Swimming Nymph Hook Size 12 Egg Sack – Veevus 10/0 Chartruse Thread – Veevus 10/0 Brown Body – Turkey Biot Quill – Mahogany Thorax – Hairline Micro Fine Dry Fly Dubbing Rusty Wing – Hareline CDC natural Dun Post – McFlyon Red […]
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