Today we’ve got a video tip segment for those of you who like to swing flies for steelhead and salmon. Tom Larimer, Oregon guide and host at Alaska West, BC West and Andros South, gives us a quick rundown on his approach to setting the hook. In the video, Tom covers Holding a loop when…
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Sage 6119-4 TCX Switch Rod Review
It’s another chapter in the story of the Short Spey Revolution! Background Earlier this year we posted our review of the Sage 8119-4 TCX Switch rod – the heaviest in Sage’s line of very fast “long switch/short spey” rods. We’re totally in love with this rod; in fact your fearless editor has had a very…
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Alaska West Video Slideshow
Last week at this time we showed you a little video slideshow from Andros South. Today – same story, from Alaska West! We strongly encourage you to spend 1 minute and 29 seconds of your life checking out our Alaska West video. Thank you. NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader,…
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Permit Fly Presentation – Wrap Up
Over the past month we’ve heard a bunch from Bruce Chard about how to present flies to permit. We got an introductory pep talk, details on presenting flies to feeding and cruising fish, and tips on when and how to set the hook. We’re wrapping up our mini-series today with some thoughts on weather and…
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Nice Vertical.
True to form, another silver salmon launches itself skyward. More on Silver Salmon 5 Reasons to Chase Silver Salmon 6 Ways to Catch More Trevor Covich’s Silver Rig
Top 5 Reasons to Book a Bargain-Basement Bonefishing Trip
If you’re planning a bonefishing trip, we think that it’s really important that, no matter what, you book the cheapest trip you can find. Don’t worry about reputation or logistics or the quality of the fishery or competition on the water or experience of the guides or any of that stuff. Just book the cheapest…
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Don’t Cast Too Far.
Jeff Hickman is back on our blog today with a very simple but incredibly important spey fishing tip. Don’t Cast Too Far. For some reason, people equate spey rods to long casts. Sure you can cast a spey rod far but that is not the main advantage of using one. Much of the time if…
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Casting for Recovery Donation
We try hard to support good causes. Since our resources are fairly limited, we’ve made the decision to focus our support and donations on organizations related to fisheries conservation. Casting for Recovery is such a great cause, though, that we bent our rules and donated a trip for 2 to Andros South to the Casting for…
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Andros South Video Slideshow
We put together a little video slideshow showing the fun at Andros South, and we thought you’d like to check it out. It’ll take less than 2 minutes of your day – have a look! NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our web…
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Permit Fly Presentation – Setting the Hook
It’s time for part four in our five part series from Bruce Chard on presenting flies to permit. At this point you’ve done a good enough job that a permit is interested in your fly…here’s when and how to bury it home. Like everything else associated with permit fishing, this stuff is often not simple!…
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