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Sage 7126-4 ONE Steelhead Spey Rod Review
We recently got the chance to spend some time fishing another one of Sage’s new ONE spey rods – the 7126-4. Today you get to hear what we thought about it. We’ve written up two other ONE spey rods – here are our reviews of the 8136-4 ONE and the 10130-4 ONE. Design The 7126-4…
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Twitching Skaters
Fishing a dryline and skater for steelhead rules. Hitched muddlers. Bombers. Big foam creations—whatever. Love it all. There’s just something magic about the way our big, hot, Dean steelhead respond to the dry and the fact they tend to absolutely crush them makes the whole business of surface fishing even better! For those who agree,…
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All You Can Eat Crab
And that’s just the crab box! More on Gear at Andros South Backing for Bonefish Quigley’s Bonefish Tickler Simms SunSleeves
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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Dean River Availability in 2013
2012 was an amazing year at BC West on the Dean River. When your humble editor has to start editing numbers out of fishing reports, you know the fishing is good. It was the best we’ve seen on the Dean in years. The dust has finally settled on our rebooking period, and as you might…
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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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