Category Archives: Fly Fishing Lifestyle
Saturday Shoutout / Cohen Made
Pat Cohen puts his soul into fly tying. There are few tiers out there as original as Pat Cohen. His techniques and the creations they yield are stellar. Bloomberg recently did a great interview and companion video on Pat. It's a great sneak peak into his...
You Can’t Fix Everything With A Fly Rod
THIS STORY DOES NOT HAVE A HAPPY ENDING AND YOU SHOULD NOT FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO READ IT. But it's Thanksgiving and I feel like I need to share something personal. At the same time I feel like I need to apologize for doing it....
Kirk Deeter’s One Man War On The Bobber
I love Kirk Deeter like a brother, but I'm afraid he has lost his mind. Im his recent article, "We Need Some Bobber-Free Water, Now" Kirk calls for a ban on strike indicators on some trout rivers. I can't help but respond to this idea, partially...
Social Media, The Best Thing To Ever Happen To Fly Fishing
THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF INK HAVE BEEN SPILLED AND BILLIONS OF PIXELS HAVE FLASHED ABOUT THE EVILS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE INTERNET IN GENERAL, ARE PERPETUATING ON THE SPORT OF FLYFISHING. I can’t tell you how many rants, posts, articles, captions and blurbs I’ve read...
Nymphing in the Discotheque
by David Grossman I am not now nor have I ever been European. Like a lot of my red-blooded American friends, I nymph a lot of ways, but always with an indicator. Always. There’s something comforting about having a colorful (and in my case cylindrical) point of...