Saturday Shoutout / Low Country Lournal

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REDFISH! REDFISH! REDFISH! I just got home from a week of muddy water, high winds and spartina grass on some of the souths best low country. Even though all I can boast about is one good day of fishing, four days of driving and three soggy...

Bruce Chard’s Palolo Worm

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THE PALOLO WORM HATCH IN THE FLORIDA KEYS TRULY MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED. Tarpon go completely crazy when these bright red worms pour out of the sand by the millions. The fish gorge themselves on worms and quite a few of those worms are...

Sunday Classic / Bruce Chard’s Double Haul Drill

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Today begins a special five part video tutorial on building blinding line speed. Line speed is the most important component in successful salt water fly fishing. There's plenty of finesse involved but line speed is the cost of admission. If you can't build the speed...

Saturday Shoutout / Silver Linings

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EVEN IF YOU'VE NEVER LIFTED A FLY ROD IN PURSUIT OF A TARPON, SILVER LININGS WILL MAKE YOUR HEART SKIP A BEAT. Silver Linings is a film from the good folks at World Angling. It showcases some great Key West tarpon fishing and sheds light on...

2014 Fly Fishing New Years Resolutions

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YET ANOTHER YEAR HAS SLIPPED AWAY AND LEFT ME WITH THE FEELING THAT SO MUCH REMAINS UNDONE. It's not that I did not accomplish what I wanted in 2013. Quite the opposite, in fact. It's been a great year. I set some very high goals for...