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Spey Line Recommendations
It’s really, really important to figure out the right line for your spey rod. Much more so than with single-handed rods, two-handed rods (spey and switch) cast completely differently depending on which line you’ve got them set up with. Things have gotten a lot simpler in the past few years, but still…it’s not always obvious…
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We Love Puff.
We’re just going to come right out and say it: the recent proliferation of synthetic Puff options in baselayers is a welcome change from that heavy, sweaty old fleece we used to lug around in our drybags. And while there will always be a place for the legendary, highly fashionable Simms Guide Fleece Bib –…
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Serious Traction.
Want some serious traction on your rubber soled wading boots? Load ’em up with studs! You’ve got lots of options for studs these days, depending on who makes your wading boots. For the Simms boots pictured above with StreamTread soles, Simms makes 3 different kind of studs. HardBite Boot Studs – ‘traditional’ screw-type studs with…
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Quick Nipper Lanyards
Nippers on any fishing trip are key, no two ways about it, and if you think our recommendation of the Abel nippers and lanyard is totally ridiculous, you might enjoy a little tried-and-true guide tip for making your own system. Its pretty simple, really. First, go to your local supermarket or Walgreens and buy as…
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Making Loops on Sinktips
A second installation in our sinktip strategies novella, here’s a looping method that began as what Alaska West guide Jeff Hickman dubbed a ‘bush fix,’ and has since become one of the two main ways we’re custom building on-the-river sinktips to suit the current conditions. First off, get yourself about 40 feet of Rio’s T-whatever….
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This Should Work.
More on Bonefish Flies 5 Favorites for South Andros Readers’ Favorite Bonefish Flies Your Approach to Tying
Our Fly Fishing Gear Page
Did you know that this page on our web site neatly categorizes the posts about fly fishing gear on our web site – 168 of them so far? Reviews, expert rigs, gear-related tips, favorite flies…it’s all there. Our favorite lens for the flats? Check. How to rig tube flies? Got it. Dana Sturn’s steelhead rig?…
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Keep Your Hooks Sharp
Spencer Dixon was a first-year guide at Alaska West this year, and everybody who met him was blown away by his skill, his work ethic, his enthusiasm and his fishiness. Turns out Spencer can write too! Here’s the first what we hope will be a long series of posts from him. Thanks, Spencer! The Importance…
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Bulk Hooks
Big fish. Big water. Bigger grabs. You know you’re gonna go through more than a few hooks when fishing deep for salmon and steelhead. Here’s why we like to buy in bulk for rigging tube and stinger-style flies.: Cost savings. While the average cost-per-hook price is relatively the same for hooks purchased in 25 or 100…
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