Guys casting rods inside. Our coverage of the new gear at the Fly Fishing Retailer show continues this afternoon. If you’re getting tired of the ‘new gear’ posts, don’t worry – we’ll be back to our normal posting schedule on Sunday. This morning we got our detailed walkthrough of the new lineup from Sage, Rio…
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Archives for September 2009
Fly Fishing Retailer Day 1 – More Cool Gear
This is a new piece of gear that you’ll hear more about soon. This morning we continue our coverage of the Fly Fishing Retailer show with a couple more new product updates for our first day. Titan Rod Vault We spent some time this afternoon checking out the Titan Rod Vault. This product falls into…
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Fly Fishing Retailer Day 1 – Simms Roundup
Early afternoon fun in the Simms booth. Greetings from Fly Fishing Retailer in Denver! We’ll be posting a couple of times a day this weekend with reports on the new gear that’s being released at the show. We’re wrapping up our first afternoon – so far we’ve had a short walkthrough of the show floor…
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Casting Practice
Good casts are pretty too. Photo: Garrett Sullivan This post may seem like it’s about golf, but read on…trust us. You’re standing on the first tee at Pebble Beach with a buddy. You’ve been looking forward to this trip for a year. Your buddy mentions the time he’s spent at the driving range over the…
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Shore Lunch
Yum – farm-raised Atlantic Salmon flown in from Chile…actually, no. Photo: Cameron Miller One of your options during your week at Alaska West is to request a shore lunch. What’s a shore lunch? It’s pretty simple. Your guide brings a grill, side dishes and extra ingredients out on the river. You catch a fresh, bright…
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Daily Guide Rotations
Eeny, meeny, miny…actually a lot of thought goes into it. Photo: Cameron Miller At Alaska West and Andros South (our two operations with more than a few guides), we do daily guide pairings. Rather than matching guests up with a guide for the entire week, we talk to you at the end of each angling…
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How To Break Your Fly Rod – 10 Simple Options
They’re so pretty when they’re not broken. Photo: Cameron Miller Most fly rod manufacturers these days offer lifetime warranties, and we say you should do whatever you can to take advantage of such generous offers. Paying repair fees is awesome, ruining your fishing day is super cool, and having to wait for your rod to…
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Alaska West Fishing Report: August 28 – Sept 4
The final week of the 2009 Alaska West season has come and gone but we won’t soon forget the guests and the fishing that we experienced this week. Photos: Cameron Miller Guys like Mike Erickson, Craig Kruck, Brian Crowley, Mark Worthington and Larry Klein joined us again for some more great fishing on the Kanektok….
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Shallow Water Bonefish Pictures
This is a bonefish swimming in really shallow water. One of the neat things about our fishery on South Andros Island is that we target bonefish in some really shallow water. That makes not only for some incredible sightfishing, but also for some great photo opportunities. “Seriously, their backs were out of the water!” Actually,…
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Switch Rods – Why You Should Try One
Little Water + Little Rod = Big Fun. Photo: Cameron Miller We’re pretty shameless about the fact that we love spey fishing for steelhead, and spey fishing for king salmon, and more recently, spey fishing for trout. We fish in some places that are perfect for the two-hander…and two handed rods are fun! There’s been…
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