Tom Larimer catches a lot of steelhead in Oregon and other parts of steelhead country, but he still gets pretty fired up when he lands big, fat chrome anadromous rainbows on the Dean River. Nice fish, Tom. P. S. This picture was featured as the Simms Catch of the Day not too long ago. P….
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Need a Pre-Game Warmup?
We have a whole bunch of folks headed to Alaska West and BC West this summer, looking forward to chasing king salmon and steelhead making spey casts with two-handed rods. We’ll have some of the best spey instructors in the world on site during our spey schools, but some (very wise) anglers may want to…
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Top Steelhead Fishing Posts of 2010
It’s part 3 today in our series of ‘most popular posts of 2010’ articles. We wanted to make sure that you’re not missing out on any of the good stuff! Having already seen which trout fishing posts were deemed cool, and which bonefishing posts went viral, today you get to see which 10 posts about…
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Cold Water Dry Line Steelhead Fishing
Tom Larimer, as you may know, is one of the top-shelf guides in the Northwest, spending a whole boatload of quality time on the Deschutes River and the surrounding area. Tom also leads group trips to Alaska West and BC West each year, which we’d be happy to tell you more about if you drop…
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Rigging Stinger Hooks
Tube flies and stinger hooks are very popular with anglers who chase salmon and steelhead with fly rods, for a few reasons. They allow you to change your hook without changing your fly. They allow you to fish a big fly without fishing a hook with a long shank, which helps you land more fish….
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Larimer’s Reverse Marabou Tube Fly
One of Tom Larimer’s go-to flies these days for winter steelhead, summer steelhead and king salmon in Alaska is one of his own designs – the Reverse Marbou Tube. NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to hear Tom talk about his steelhead and salmon fly on YouTube. The…
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Selecting Steelhead Flies
In the past month we’ve had Tom Larimer stop by our blog to give a 6-minute master class on spey casting anchor placement, and a 1-minute diatribe (well, for Tom it was a diatribe) on fishing your fly actively. Today we hear Tom’s thoughts on picking which steelhead fly to fish – especially which color to…
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Fish Your Fly
Today we present a short video featuring Tom Larimer, Oregon steelhead guide and spey guru extraordinaire. Tom thinks that one of the biggest mistakes people when fishing for steelhead is fishing in ‘remote control’ mode. NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on YouTube. Tom…
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Spey Casting Tips – Anchor Placement
Anchor placement is one of the keys to any successful spey cast. Tom Larimer spends a few minutes today giving us 3 tips related to anchor placement. If you like spey casting, you can learn something from this clip. Trust us – it’s worth 6 minutes out of your day. NOTE: if you’re viewing this…
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Airflo Skagit Compact – From The Source
Tom Larimer is more than a good buddy of ours – he’s one of the top handful of guides in the Northwest, and he also hosts a couple of trips each year to Alaska West and BC West. Tom also happens to have worked directly with Tim Rajeff at Airflo on the design of their…
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