Fly out fishing in Bristol Bay is the epitome of fly fishing adventure. My incurable addiction to it started many years ago. It starts with the sound of DeHavilland radial engines warming up in the morning and the romance of not really knowing exactly where you are flying too. All you know is that no…
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Timeless Tips// Benefits Of Short Tag Ends
When tying flies, start with a short tag end so that you do not need to go back and trim the excess thread. This won’t save you a ton of time at first but think of all the flies you have tied in your life and the extra couple of seconds you have taken on…
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Share Your Bristol Bay Media Content!
Attention Bristol Bay supporters! Our friends over at Trout Unlimited Alaska and the Save Bristol Bay campaign are asking people to take a moment this week to share some photos or videos from Bristol Bay to their social media accounts. If you have been lucky enough to visit this part of Alaska, you understand the…
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Spring Cleaning // Fly Fishing Edition
With the COVID-19 crisis causing many of us to be stuck at home, we figured we would go over some prep work you can do to allow you to spend as much time as possible on the water once the various stay at home orders are no longer in effect. Spring cleaning is not just…
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Fly Fishing Film // Beyond the Horizon
If you are anything like us right now, odds are you are fairly bored and looking for ways to pass the time. In order to help with this, we wanted to share with you this great story and full length film, Beyond the Horizon by Cold Collaborative. This movie follows Rankin, a man from Honduras,…
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Fly Fishing Lakes and Reservoirs
It is that time of year where lakes have iced off and the large trout that inhabit them are starting to cruise the shorelines looking to put on some weight. I will be the first to admit I am not the biggest fan of fishing stillwaters, I liken it to the game of baseball, a…
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“Gear” You Need // Chickabou
With my home state being placed under a Stay At Home Order fly tying has become even more of a central theme in my daily routine. In order to pass the time, I have been mixing it up with new patterns or trying to incorporate different materials into classic flies. One lesser used material that…
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Target Species // Trigger Fish
One of the more popular fish to target right now are the subjectively beautiful trigger fish. While not a species we get to chase at any of our lodges, we know our guests and readers fish worldwide so we figured we would discuss anyways. There are over 40 species of trigger fish, most of…
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Tying The Pink Squid Skater
We wanted to give you something to do this weekend so we figured we would share another fly tying video put together by our friends, Stuart Foxall and Jay Bartlett. Today Stuart is twisting up a Pacific Salmon skater fly designed by his good friend Stevie Morrow. The original pattern uses pink and black while…
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Umpqua Live Signature Tyer Sessions
Our friends at Umpqua have come up with a great way to help us pass the time as we quarantine. They have arranged live fly tying demos with some of the best tyers in the sport! Check out their press release below. “We feel that people need fly fishing now more than ever. The escape,…
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