4 Things to Learn About Bonefish from this Picture They tip down when they eat. See how the nose on Billy the Bonefish is pointed and worn? That’s because he drives his nose into the bottom of the flat to root out food. When a bonefish is tracking close to your fly and you see…
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Lightening the Load
Today we continue our series of weekly posts straight from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – a new collection of 250 nuggets of fly fishing wisdom from Kirk Deeter and the late, great Charlie Meyers. We’re lucky enough to have gotten permission to post some excerpts from the book – read on! Our…
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Depressing Advice
This week you’re getting a double dose of posts straight from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – a new collection of 250 nuggets of fly fishing wisdom from Kirk Deeter and the late, great Charlie Meyers. We’re lucky enough to have gotten permission to post some excerpts from the book – read on!…
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The Difference Between a Good Fisherman and a Great One? A BB
Today we continue our series of weekly posts straight from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – a new collection of 250 nuggets of fly fishing wisdom from Kirk Deeter and the late, great Charlie Meyers. We’re lucky enough to have gotten permission to post some excerpts from the book – read on! Our…
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Trout Parts
Today we continue our series of weekly posts straight from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – a new collection of 250 nuggets of fly fishing wisdom from Kirk Deeter and the late, great Charlie Meyers. We’re lucky enough to have gotten permission to post some excerpts from the book – read on! If…
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When in Doubt (Set the Hook)
Today we start a series of weekly posts straight from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – a new collection of 250 nuggets of fly fishing wisdom from Kirk Deeter and the late, great Charlie Meyers. We’re lucky enough to have gotten permission to post some excerpts from the book – read on! If…
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Rigging Stinger Hooks
Tube flies and stinger hooks are very popular with anglers who chase salmon and steelhead with fly rods, for a few reasons. They allow you to change your hook without changing your fly. They allow you to fish a big fly without fishing a hook with a long shank, which helps you land more fish….
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Little Red Book of Fly Fishing
Here’s one of the coolest things that happened last month at Deneki FIBFest at Andros South – Kirk Deeter brought out some hot-off-the-presses copies of The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing, a great new collection of fly fishing wisdom written by Kirk and the legendary late Charlie Meyers. During the week and the plane ride…
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Fighting Bonefish – Rod Tip in the Water
Bonefish can swim really fast. If you spend much time chasing them, it’s bound to happen eventually – you’ve got a good fish on and you’re feeling pretty well in control of the situation, and then that little silver torpedo decides to swim right at you, much faster than you can reel. Slack starts forming…
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5 Non-Fishing Items to Bring on Your Trip
In the run-up to any destination angling trip, lots of attention gets paid to which fishing gear to bring along. Rods, reels, lines, waders, raincoats, pliers…all that stuff is really important of course, but bringing along a few key non-fishing items can make your trip just a little more enjoyable. Here’s our top 5. Disposable…
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