We’re not shy about it, we’re gear-heads. We love playing with the latest fly fishing gear and writing reviews on the stuff we really like. With that said, do we really NEED every rod, reel, gadget, or gizmo out there? Probably not.. We just like it! Regardless, every once in a while we come across…
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Fish Alaska with Stuart Foxall in 2015!
We’re excited to announce that our good buddy Stuart Foxall will be hosting not one, but two weeks during the 2015 season at Alaska West, and he wants you to join him! Stuart is a world renowned fly designer for Aqua Flies, Loop Akademi Fly Dresser, and part of Loop Tackle’s Development Team. He’s also a fantastic…
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Tying Steelhead Skaters
We like hearing about what you, our readers, want to see more of on our blog. We want to give you what you want.. After all, it’s your interest that allows us to do what we love to do! Therefore, we were excited when we received a comment last week from one of you, requesting a step…
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Tying Intruders with Trevor Covich
About a year ago, we shared a step by step video of Alaska West alum, Trevor Covich, tying one of his go-to sculpin patterns, along with the handy camera work of another Deneki alum, Ben Paull. The video was a big hit, and many of you expressed how much you enjoyed it! Therefore, we were…
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Dr. Slick Razor Scissors
We tie a lot of flies over the course of the year, and one thing we’ve learned after turning out hundreds (maybe even thousands) of flies each season is that quality fly tying tools make a difference. Good tools are not only more comfortable to use in most cases, but they usually turn out better looking…
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Stu’s Red Shrimp Intruder – Fly Tying Video
Our good friend and Deneki host Stuart Foxall just teemed up with Loop Tackle to put together an awesome video on how to tie Stu’s Red Shrimp Intruder, an awesome pattern anywhere steelhead or salmon can be found. Watch closely for some slick tips that can be used not only when tying intruder style patterns,…
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Stuart Foxall on Better Dubbing Balls
We recently ran a post asking you what topics you’d like to see more of. More posts on fly tying was a common request and guess what – we listened! In fact, we reached out to Stuart Foxall, world class fly designer and Deneki host for some state of the art tying content. Part of Loop Tackle’s development…
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Three Good Articles
It’s one of those days where we pass on some articles that we’ve seen online that we think you’ll like! Three Good Fly Fishing Articles Spey Casting Diagnostics Checklist. Jeff Hickman dishes on G&G. Al Ritt – 25 Best Most Versatile Flies. Interview on MidCurrent. Safe Wading Techniques. Video advice from Orvis. More on Fly…
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3 Ways to Cast Further
Casting a long ways is not anywhere close to the most important skill in fly fishing. We’d actually tell you that casting too far is one of the leading causes of not catching fish…but that’s a topic for another day! Bombing long casts is fun, and every once in a while, you need to cast…
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Pre-Rigging Nymph Rigs
Whether dead drifting flesh and egg patterns or tandem nymph rigs, if you’re not breaking off flies, odds are you’re not fishing deep enough. There’s no question that nymphing for trout is effective. However, it can be frustrating having to constantly re-rig new flies, tippet, and split shot every time you set the hook on…
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