A Goodbye To Winter

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By Johnny Spillane GOD DAMN ITS COLD. I have been standing in 38 degree water for almost 4 hours, the temperature is 15 degrees and the wind-chill is brutal. My fingers stopped working a while ago; the upper legs on my waders are frozen solid and...



Just When You Think Your Dialed In

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IT'S A NINETEEN HOUR DRIVE AND A THIRTY MINUTE WALK TO THE SPOT WHERE THE SYCAMORE TREE IS DOWN ACROSS THE RIVER, MAKING THAT SWEET SEAM. Flies are tied in the truck on the drive up. The color and size that worked last year but with...



Don’t Put Off Your Bucket List

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YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR. On more occasions than I care to count I have found myself the subject of judgment if not out right scorn from strangers, colleagues and even family over...



Fly Fishing Provides Great Health Benefits

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I tell my clients, all the time, that I'm grateful for all the benefits fly fishing provides anglers. It provides us with one of the funnest ways to exercise, and it has the ability to completely wash away the stress of everyday life, from its...



The Secret Spot

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Dirty little secrets. We all have them. Well, maybe they're not so dirty, and if they are, I guess we have ourselves to blame. But everyone who ever owned a fishing rod has one. The spot that we think of as ours. It's human nature I...