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Getting Excited: Alaska Fly Fishing
Alaska Fly Fishing We can not help but get excited about the upcoming fishing season every summer in Alaska. Syncopated by the runs of salmon and trout in summer months...

Fly Tying: Larimer’s ES Loop Leech
Larimer's ES Loop Leech The beauty behind the Larimer ES Loop Leech is its simplicity with the materials. This super wiggly, swimmy pattern is effective for salmon, steelhead, and trout....

Fly-out Fly Fishing: A Target Rich Environment
The Rapids Camp Fleet. If you're asking yourself, "where have I heard the phrase A Target Rich Environment?" It's from Top Gun. The 1986 cult classic movie finally has a...

Guide’s Corner: Rapids Camp Lodge Guide -Mike Petersen
Born in Minnesota, then raised in Montana, Mike Petersen made a home in Alaska thirteen years ago. Mike got into the outdoor industry as an avid angler and hunter by...

Fly Tying: Blue Suede Shoe
Tie, Instructions, Photos, and Write-up By Kevin Foley. The Blue Suede Shoe came about in early June 2015 after a day of fishing tributaries of the Susitna River in search...

Andros South Lodge: We have Lean Bars
Andros Sout Lodge Hells Bay Professional with a Lean Bar. We've been getting a lot of questions about our boats. We got new boats last year, and people have been...

Gear Review: First Cast, Sage R8 Core & Scott Centric
First Cast- Sage R8 Core and Scott Centric We had the pleasure of casting two newly released six-weight fly rods from two premiere fly rod companies, the Sage R8 Core...

Fly Tying: Tyler’s Big Pheasant Tail
Every fly angler has tied on a pheasant tail nymph at one time or another. If you have not, you should. The pheasant tail nymph is a fly that has...