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Nov 26 2013

RIO Skagit iShort Heads

RIO Skagit iShort

If you follow the progression of Skagit-style spey lines on our blog at all, you know that we’ve been pretty excited lately about two trends – the development of better shorter heads, and the development of intermediate density Skagit heads. Short Heads, Intermediate Heads We like fishing modern short Skagit heads (like the RIO Max…
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Oct 25 2013

RIO Fly Line Cleaning Towelette

RIO Fly Line Cleaning Towelette

Last week we ran a post about the thorough, effective way to clean your fly lines.  Today we present you with the ‘quick and dirty’ method.  If you’re a ‘throw all the gear in a bag the night before the trip’ kind of angler, today’s post is for you. RIO’s Fly Line Cleaning Towelettes are…
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Sep 06 2013

RIO Skagit Max Review

RIO Skagit Max

RIO has just started shipping the Skagit Max, their newest Skagit-style shooting head.  The Skagit Max replaces the Skagit Flight as RIO’s go-to floating head for most two-handed rods. We fished the Skagit Max for a week at BC West last month, so we’ll tell you what we thought about it on the Dean.  We…
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Jul 18 2013

RIO GripShooter Review

Rio Gripshooter

It looks like RIO  has just changed the spey running line game with their new GripShooter line.  It’s running line that combines Slickshooter with a PVC coated ‘handling’ section at one end.  More details shortly – let’s start with the background. Background Spey and switch anglers who prefer mono running lines like them for a…
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Sep 28 2012

Making Loops on Sinktips

Sinktip Knots

A second installation in our sinktip strategies novella, here’s a looping method that began as what Alaska West guide Jeff Hickman dubbed a ‘bush fix,’ and has since become one of the two main ways we’re custom building on-the-river sinktips to suit the current conditions. First off, get yourself about 40 feet of Rio’s T-whatever….
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Sep 11 2012

Rio Bonefish QuickShooter Line

Bonefish QuickShooter

The most interesting new fly line that we cast at IFTD in Reno last month was Rio’s new Bonefish QuickShooter.  We think it’s going to be a great line for chasing bonefish around South Andros Island. Background At Andros South we tend to prefer fly lines with fairly short, heavy heads and aggressive tapers.  That’s…
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Apr 26 2011

Rio Alloy Hard Mono

Rio Alloy Hard Mono

A few months ago, we ran a video featuring Bruce Chard that detailed his approach to tying leaders for flats fishing.  If you fish on the flats, you really need to check out the video – we’ll give you another chance with a link right here. The foundation of Bruce’s leaders is Rio’s Alloy Hard…
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Mar 24 2011

Gear Review Roundup

Fly Fishing Gear Reviews

We like fishing gear.  We even like trying out new fishing gear and then writing what we think about it. Right now there are 229 posts about gear on our web site, and we often hear from folks that they’d like to see more.  Not to worry – we’ve got a bunch in the works…
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Sep 10 2010

IFTD Gear – Sage, Rio, Redington, Tibor

…and the gear reports from IFTD continue!  This afternoon’s update covers the highlights of what we’ve seen so far from Sage, Rio, Redington and Tibor. Sage 589-4 Xi3 Sage is making the kick-butt Xi3 in a 5 weight.  The 8 foot 9 inch length helps it feel really light in your hand.  This rod would…
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Jun 19 2010

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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