Category Archives: Fly Fishing Photography
Gink and Gasoline’s Photo Contest v.2020
By Justin Pickett We are excited to bring back Gink and Gasoline’s annual photo contest for 2020! It has been an insane year so, again, we wanted to bring a little fun into the mix and give people another reason to escape the chaos and go have...
Not Just Anybody’s Saint Vrain
By Louis Cahill "IF YOU CLIMB INTO THE CAB OF THAT PICKUP WITH JOHN YOU'LL FIND THAT WHERE YOU WIND UP CAN, ONLY IN THE MOST EXISTENTIAL TERMS, BE CALLED A FISHING TRIP." It's about seven-thirty on a Saturday morning. It's mid-September and the chilly Colorado air...
Don’t Get Mad, Get Even
Five long years had past since I'd last set foot on a flats boat in the Florida Keys. My previous trip I had left the keys vowing to not return until I was a more capable saltwater fly fisher. A few things were in my favor...
My Grandfather’s Clinch Knot
DO YOU THINK ABOUT TYING YOUR SHOES, BRUSHING YOUR TEETH, PUTTING ON YOUR SHIRT? I'll bet I've tied the Improved Clinch Knot more times than I've done any of those things. But I like to think that I pay more attention to my fishing knots than...
Johnny’s Shark
A perfect cast right on the big shark's nose gets nothing but a sniff and a refusal. In a low and stoic voice the guide says, "the fish ain't gonna eat if he don't smell blood". Johnny Spilane gives him a hard look, takes his fly...