Flood Tide Reds Part 2, Flies and Leaders

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By Owen Plair "What kind of flies and leaders do you use for these flood tide redfish?" "Doesn't the grass foul your fly constantly?" "Don't the oyster shells cut your leader?" "How do you even fish a fly in that thick grass?" I get questions like these...



Sunday Classic / New Treatment for Casters Elbow

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Ok, it tennis elbow but it might as easily be casters elbow. If you've spent much time on the cork end of a fly rod you've felt that burning in the elbow. Probably while you were fighting a big fish. That's when it usually gets...



Saturday Shoutout / Tobey Fishes With Thoreau

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JON TOBEY OF "GO INTO THE LIGHT" HAS BEEN READING, AND FISHING. It turns out the Jon shares his home water with Henry David Thoreau. And what he has learned from Thoreau about this place is quite enlightening. It's also a riveting perspective on action and...



Innovative New Rods From Tenkara USA

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IF YOU HAD TOLD ME A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT TENKARA WOULD BE THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF FLY FISHING IN 2014 I'D HAVE SAID, "WHAT'S TENKARA?" I'm not sure anyone other than Daniel Galhardo saw it coming but tenkara has spread like pink eye...



Look More and Fish Less on Small Streams

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When I'm not in my drift boat on the river I'm wading fishing on small streams. Most large rivers don't provide much sight-fishing opportunities for the fly angler unless they have low enough flows, clear enough water or plenty of rising fish. On the contrary,...