One of the great things about the fly fishing community is that most of us care a lot about rivers, lakes, oceans and their surrounding ecosystems. We want to make sure that our favorite fisheries stay healthy (or get healthier!) – for our own enjoyment and the enjoyment of future generations, but also just because…
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Good Luck Charms
On his trip to Andros South this past May, Michael White brought along his trusty hyena – a good luck charm that always seems to bring him good fishing. Have a look at the writeup Whitey sent us on his hyena, and then let us know what brings you good luck! Whitey’s Hyena Amulet/Talisman: Any…
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Fly Fishing Trips: Where Do You Want to Fish?
Today we’re starting a very simple conversation – if you could take a fly fishing trip anywhere, where would you go? Not many qualifiers here– It doesn’t cost you anything. You’re going for a week. You’re fly fishing for anything that you want to catch. Anywhere in the world. So? Where in the world do…
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Bananas in the Boat
Anyone who’s been around fishing for a while knows that many, many anglers believe that having a banana along on a fishing trip represents some seriously bad juju. A story we recently heard about a day of steelhead fishing is a classic example. Two friends were fishing and one of them caught a fish and…
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Favorite Steelhead Rod Roundup
Early last week we asked our loyal readers about which rods you like to fish most for steelhead. Just like we did with our polls about trout rods and bonefish rods, today we’re here to give you the results. Single Handed or Double-Handed? You guys like fishing two-handed rods! Note: there was one switch rod…
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Facebook Photo Contest Winner
We’re happy to crown Jason Burgett the winner of our first-ever Facebook photo contest. Jason visited us at Alaska West this past August to chase silvers and rainbows, and he submitted this gem of a picture on our Facebook page. Yes, we did say that hero shots of big fish aren’t necessarily what we’re looking…
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What’s Your Favorite Steelhead Rod?
Way back when we had some great discussion on our blog when we asked folks what their favorite rods were to use when fly fishing for trout and bonefish (err, not at the same time, of course). In fact we felt like we learned enough that we should write up some conclusions for each, which…
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What Is This Fish?
Early in our Research and Development program in Southern Chile, one of our guides, Garrett Sullivan, caught this exceptional fish. We took some shots and released it, thinking “man, that was an awesome brown”. When we got home, we sent some pictures around to a bunch of folks, and maybe half of them responded saying…
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What Do You Want From Us?
As you may have heard from us a couple of times recently, our blog just turned 1 year old. Right around 10,000 people are checking us out each month right now – we’d never have thought it, and we really appreciate the opportunity to give you a little dose of fishing in your day! We…
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What Do Wild Steelhead Mean To You?
Photo: MoldyChum.com Any of you out there who are interested in steelhead in the Northwest, particularly in the state of Washington, listen up. We’ve been doing some work with our friends at Trout Unlimited and MoldyChum.com to provide the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife with information about how important wild steelhead are to anglers…
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