Category Archives: Gear Reviews
Keep your thirst quenched without the baggage
It's late spring and everyday we're moving one step closer to summer. Air temperatures are climbing into the 70s and 80s on most days and will soon be even higher. These conditions make it extremely important that anglers are staying properly hydrated while they're on the...
Prolong the Life of Your Leaders with Tippet Rings
Leaders have got quite expensive over the past couple decades. Recently, I saw a pack of two fluorocarbon leaders retail for $20.00 in a fly shop. That's a pretty good hit to the wallet if you get out on the water to fly fish regularly. One...
Hardy Averon Fly Reel, Performance Meets Legacy
I don’t see a lot of anglers in the US fishing Hardy gear, and, the more of it I fish, the more I wonder why. I recently got my hands on a Hardy Ultralite X in a 7wt and an Averon 7000 reel. Both are...
Calling After Water: Book Review
By Jason Tucker Dave Karczynski started out as a fiction writer. Luckily for us he discovered fly fishing. “From the moment I took it into my hands I knew that I was dealing with something amazing, something exceptional, something no legal schedule of plasma donation...
No-Tech Flats Boots
Want to do a little wading on the cheap? A few years ago I was fishing in the Bahamas with my friend Kirk Deeter. We stopped to get out of the boat and wade to some tailing bonefish and Kirk pulls out a pair of Converse...