April is quickly coming to an end which means we just have the month of May to get through and then we can be out doing our favorite thing in the world, swinging flies for fresh King Salmon on banks of the Kanektok River. In anticipation for the run, we wanted to share with you…
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5 Tips for Catching Educated Trout
I believe all fish are smart. If they weren’t, they’d be dead. With that being said, I think a fish being educated is different than a fish being smart. An educated fish (or trout for the sake of this article) is one that deals with a lot of angling pressure. As the popularity of fly…
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Timeless Tips // Get Low!
A stealthy approach when fishing is more important than most anglers think. Regardless of if you are on a heavily pressured tailwater or on a remote flat where the fish only see a handful of anglers a year, a more stealthy approach on the water will lead to more fish landed. In shallow or calm…
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Tips for the First Float of the Year
Across the country we are currently seeing snowmelt leave the peaks and head to the valleys. With this increase in river flow comes the start of a new float season! After standing in partially frozen waders the past few months, I could not be more excited to dust off the raft and hook the boat…
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Timeless Tips // See a Trout Move? Set your Hook!!!
When trout fishing, if you see a fish move (whether it moves erratically or just subtly in the water column) set the hook! I’ve had countless times when guiding where I see a fish move (yet the strike indicator remains undisturbed) and the client doesn’t set. More often then not, when you see that movement,…
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Timeless Tips // Be a Proactive Net Man
Fishing is often a solitary sport but teamwork really does make the dream work. This is especially true when targeting large trout/steelhead/salmon with a little fly pole. When you are hooked up to that trophy that would leave you devastated if it got off, you want a net man that you can count on. Here…
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Timeless Tips – Don’t Forget to Bring a Towel
Fishing in the cold? Here’s a little tip. Bring a micro fiber towel or just any small bathroom towel with you. I keep one stashed in my waders and use it to dry my hands after releasing fish. Wind on cold wet hands is brutal. Wind on dry hands isn’t quite as bad! It is…
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Timeless Tips: Presenting a Fly on your Back Cast
Like many saltwater fishing lessons, I first learned the importance of a back cast (aka over the shoulder cast) the hard way. I was fishing the Sea of Cortez side of Southern Baja for Roosterfish and Jacks. For those of you who have been lucky enough to experience this, you known what I mean when…
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Quick Sun Glasses Clean-Give ’em a Lick!
I have a routine before I start fishing for the day and the first thing on this list is to clean my sun glasses. I cannot stand having dirty glasses with big distracting smudges on them. I also cannot begin to tell you how many times I have started my day with nice clean sun…
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Timeless Tips: Fish Barefoot!
There is nothing more frustrating than going to finish your cast and shoot out your fly line just to find that it is wrapped on something. Adding salt to to the wound in this scenario is if you look down and realize it was you standing on your own line that ruined the cast. A…
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