Thanks to Bill Lenehan for another cool guest post about useful fishing gear that you might not find at your local shop. Bill’s last post told us all about Kelly Kettles. Today, it’s worm wallets for big flies. Want to write a guest post for us? Great! Drop us a line. Worm Wallets! Intruders, Skagit…
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Guest Posts
Tying Confidence Flies
Today we continue our great run of guest posts, with an article on tying ‘confidence flies’ from Dan Huff, the guy behind Angling Obsession. Angling Obsession is a blog focused on fishing the Great Lakes, where trout, salmon, and steelhead provide opportunity for fishing adventure 365 days a year. Thanks Dan – we’re headed to…
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Field Modifications
Loyal readers of our blog might remember the name Bill Lenehan. He’s chimed in with some great comments in the past, and these days he’s sending in all kinds of super-useful guest posts. Today Bill shares some amazingly helpful advice. One of your editor’s most memorable fish ever was caught after modifying the fly with…
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An Evening on the Dean
Chad Jaques and his wife Marjorie own Trout Bum 2, a fly shop in Park City, Utah. Chad’s been fishing with us at BC West for a few years now, and in 2010 he finally talked with wife Marjorie in to joining him for the week. Chad and Marjorie had a pretty special evening on…
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Letter to My Son
We’re guessing that today’s post is going to hit home with a lot of folks. If you’re lucky enough to be able to share time outside with your family, Josh Mills’ post is probably right up your alley. Josh lives in Spokane with his lab Murphy and his beautiful (and very pregnant!) wife Kallie. He…
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Bonefish and Tides
Aaron Adams is one of the leading authorities on bonefish science. He’s the Director of Operations for Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, one of the organizations out there at the forefront of research on bonefish. Even better, Aaron’s an angler himself, and that means he’s written some great science pieces that can also help you catch…
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Cold Water Dry Line Steelhead Fishing
Tom Larimer, as you may know, is one of the top-shelf guides in the Northwest, spending a whole boatload of quality time on the Deschutes River and the surrounding area. Tom also leads group trips to Alaska West and BC West each year, which we’d be happy to tell you more about if you drop…
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Kelly Kettles
Last week we put out the invitation for guests posts on our blog – we love having outside perspectives, and we know our readers do too. The response was fantastic, and we can’t wait to run some of the quality stuff that our readers are sending in. Today we’ve got a great gear writeup from…
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Want to Write for Us?
We love running guest posts on our blog. If you’d like to write for us, we’d love to hear from you. Our blog covers all aspects of fly fishing – tips, gear reviews, trip reports, pictures, conservation issues, and stuff that’s even borderline funny sometimes. We really like having outside perspectives – there’s a lot…
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Things I Learned at Andros South
Pete McDonald was part of the elite (ahem) group of angling writers who fished at Andros South this past May at our inaugural FIBFest event. Among other things, Pete writes a super cool blog about fishing called Fishing Jones. Today Pete checks in with a few somewhat unusual lessons learned on his trip to Andros…
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