Muddy bottom – rod tip high, but bent to the butt. In the past we’ve covered how to spot bonefish, and how to set the hook on a bonefish. Great, you’ve done it all right and you’ve got one hooked up. Now what? Here’s what. Let him run. As soon as you’re confident that you’ve…
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Chile Fly Fishing Roundup
It’s not an ugly place to fish. We’ve got a whole bunch of posts on our blog about fly fishing in Chile, and we decided it was about time to round ’em up for you! In honor of the beginning of our second season at Chile West late this year, we present to you our…
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Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis – Why We Like It
You can cast it overhead too, but we almost never do. If you haven’t noticed, we really like spey fishing for trout, and for swung trout flies in smaller water, we think switch rods are pretty cool too. One of our favorite trout switch rods so far is the Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis. Here’s why. The…
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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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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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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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Sage Xi3 Rods
We couldn’t take pictures of the prototypes…so here’s a tarpon! Since 2004, the Sage Xi2 series has been the go-to rod lineup for many anglers fishing in saltwater. Powerful, versatile and fun to cast, these rods had a really successful run, for good reason. But the torch has been passed on! Sage has just announced…
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The Flyfish Journal
Right where it belongs – on the coffee table. Photo: The Flyfish Journal We’re pretty fired up about a new addition to the fly fishing media world, and believe it or not this one’s not a web site. It’s not quite appropriate to call it a magazine either – The Flyfish Journal is a super…
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Steelhead In Low Water – 5 Tips
John Martin and some low-water Dean chrome. Unlike the ‘throw out the rules’ Lower Dean below the Canyon, the section of the Dean at BC West that we call the Upper River fishes like most classic steelhead holding water. In the late summer of 2009 we had very low water conditions on the Dean, which…
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