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Fly Fishing Report: November 2022
For Pete's sake, I know we've all been reluctantly performing a half-hearted rain dance after an amazingly pleasant extended fall but seriously? The skies opened up and the mercury plummeted nearly...
Fly Fishing Report: November 2022
For Pete's sake, I know we've all been reluctantly performing a half-hearted rain dance after an amazingly pleasant extended fall but seriously? The skies opened up and the mercury plummeted nearly...
October Fly of the Month: Reverse Cutthroat Spider
Mike Kinney's Reverse Cutthroat Spider goes back several decades to its proven inception as a heavy hitter in the sea run cutthroat hall of fame. It's been catching cutthroat on the...
October Fly of the Month: Reverse Cutthroat Spider
Mike Kinney's Reverse Cutthroat Spider goes back several decades to its proven inception as a heavy hitter in the sea run cutthroat hall of fame. It's been catching cutthroat on the...
Fly Fishing Report: October 2022
Here we are, early October and we're still donning shorts and sandals, daring to wet wade and sweating beneath the mid-day sun as it barrels into the 70's. Autumn 2022 is...
Fly Fishing Report: October 2022
Here we are, early October and we're still donning shorts and sandals, daring to wet wade and sweating beneath the mid-day sun as it barrels into the 70's. Autumn 2022 is...
Fly Fishing Report: September 2022
If variety is the spice of life, the past month has been ghost pepper spicy. One day I'm catching largemouth bass in the weeds, then alpine trout, wandering desert flats for...
Fly Fishing Report: September 2022
If variety is the spice of life, the past month has been ghost pepper spicy. One day I'm catching largemouth bass in the weeds, then alpine trout, wandering desert flats for...
September Fly of the Month: Duracell Nymph
Good flies come and go but the better ones eventually earn a permanent spot in your box. For me, a relative late comer to the popular Duracell Nymph, this pattern earned...
September Fly of the Month: Duracell Nymph
Good flies come and go but the better ones eventually earn a permanent spot in your box. For me, a relative late comer to the popular Duracell Nymph, this pattern earned...
August Fly of the Month: Thin Mint Bugger
The Woolly Bugger is a stillwater staple and most effective lake boxes are stocked with a variety of sizes and colors. Indeed, you'll find countless iterations of the Woolly Bugger and...
August Fly of the Month: Thin Mint Bugger
The Woolly Bugger is a stillwater staple and most effective lake boxes are stocked with a variety of sizes and colors. Indeed, you'll find countless iterations of the Woolly Bugger and...