Renowned fly tier, fisherman and friend of Deneki, Stuart Foxall, is back with Jay Bartlett of Fly Fish Adventures to share another fly tying video, this time of a classic Egg Sucking Leech but tied stinger style, not on a tube. Be sure to turn your volume up when watching! If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or…
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The Bimini Twist
Probably the most intimidating knot to tie but certainly one worth knowing. It is one of the only knots that does not weaken the line at all. The loop on a Bimini is actually stronger than the line itself. Our friends at netknots.com created the illustration above but if you click here then scroll down,…
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Traveling With Fly Fishing Gear
Packing for an adventure fly fishing trip is an art. With the limits on bag weight, numbers of bags, size, etc, the process can be exasperating. Not to mention the judiciary treatment we all receive by some of the airline personnel. I will never forget being accosted by the sweetest, most delicate looking fragile flower…
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Gear You Need // Thunderhead Submersible Pouch
With the nature of our sport, we will always be surrounded by water. Whether you are wading in a small creek or floating on a boat, when fishing you will be near water and more than likely, you will have some stuff on you that you want to keep out of the water. Dry Bags…
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One Fly To Rule Them All
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the classic chartreuse and white clouser minnow. I am running the tab as I go here but with this fly I have landed the following species: trout, bass, walleye, catfish, perch, panfish, striper, whiper, bonefish, roosterfish, multiple types of trevally, snapper, jack crevalle, juvenile tarpon, snook, and pompano. I…
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A Good Way To Clean Your Gear Of AIS
From zebra mussels to didymo, Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) are organisms that can be unintentionally transported to new waterbodies and quickly alter the ecosystem. This is the reason Alaska has a ban on felt sole boots. It is done in order to stop the spread of these nuisance species. The various species spread from people…
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Fly Fishing For Bass
In my home state of Colorado, the month of May is one I get excited for as that is when the bass fishing starts to turn on. That is right, in a state filled with trout water, I get excited to fly fish for bass. Largemouth and smallmouth are some of the most popular gamefish…
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Fly Fishing with Rapids Camp Lodge
None of us need and excuse to buy more fishing gear. None of us. However, there is always that special reason to indulge yourself or to let someone else indulge on you. At Rapids Camp Lodge, our fishing program is fairly diverse. As a Bristol Bay fly out lodge, we fly out to a variety…
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Pegging Your Squirmy Worms
If you are a purist you can stop reading now. I do not want to offend anyone with this post, just want to share a rigging technique that some trout anglers might find useful this runoff. Anglers peg their trout beads and anglers also fish san juan worms, why not combine them both? I find…
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How to Pack and Plan for your Rapids Camp Lodge Vacation
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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