If you read our blog much, you’ve heard a lot about Bruce Chard. Bruce is one of the premier guides in the Florida Keys. He teaches our bonefishing schools at Andros South. He’s one heck of an angler and a good friend of ours. Bruce is also a line designer, and he has a new…
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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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Airflo Skagit Switch Review
Back in September we told you about Airflo’s new Skagit Switch Heads – a potential solution to the “nobody makes a modern spey line for my switch rod” problem. Since the early version of the head that we got our hands on at IFTD, Airflo has gone through a couple more iterations. Last month we…
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Mending – Lift and Lay
Today we’ve got part 3 in our mini-series about mending your fly line, and we’re covering some of the finer points of mending. Is this the glamorous stuff? No, not really. Will this stuff help you catch more fish? Heck yes. Mending Part 3 Let’s say, for the sake of example, we are mending upstream….
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Belly – More on Mending Line
It’s time for part 2 in our series about mending your fly line. Today it’s all about ‘belly’! Fly Line ‘Belly’ and Mending We have talked about the word ‘mend’ and its meaning. So now that we know that the mend will affect the presentation of the fly, let’s talk about ‘belly’. Belly can be explained…
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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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Get the Right Line for Your Spey Rod!
At Alaska West and BC West, we spend a lot of time chasing anadromous fish with two-handed rods. We see this situation all the time: Angler arrives in camp with new spey rod. Angler sets it up with the line that his or her buddy/mentor/favorite author/shop guy/rep/mother-in-law said would work well. Angler fishes it for…
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Rio Tropical Clouser – Sage and Rio Drawing
OK, this is your last warning. One week from today, we’re doing a drawing from the list of folks who are signed up for our weekly newsletter. The lucky angler whose name we draw is going to get sent, at no charge – not even postage, a $1375 super-high-end bonefishing setup – a Sage 890-4…
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Free Sage Xi3 Setup, Anyone?
Everyone who is signed up for our weekly newsletter on June 25 has a shot at winning a (very slightly used) Sage 890-4 Xi3 rod, a Sage 6080 reel and a matching Rio Tropical Clouser line. Really? Really. If you’ve been reading our blog over the past few weeks you haven’t been able to get…
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Airflo Bonefish Ridge Line Review
Airflo’s Ridge lines are pretty popular in the freshwater fishing world. We’ve been hearing about their bonefish line for a while now, and last month we got the chance to try one out at Andros South. Let’s start at the very beginning. What’s A Ridge Line? It’s a fly line made by Airflo that has…
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