Category Archives: Gear Reviews
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...
Saturday’s Shoutout / Fly Patterns and Cheap Tungsten Beads
This week’s Saturday Shoutout we showcase some really cool fly patterns and also show you where you can buy cheap tungsten beads. Strawberry PMD Emerger I really liked how this pattern has the high-vis post pulled through the foam. That’s a brilliant tying method that...
Airflo Clear Tropical Lines. Exactly how much is stealth worth?
On a recent tarpon trip I had the chance to fish one of Airflo’s Clear Floating Tropical Ridge lines. I was prepared to either love it or hate it and to be honest I got a little bit of both. I fished it for two...
Saturday Shoutout / The Dead Drift
I recently got my hands on a copy of “The Dead Drift” the latest offering for Stealth Films of New Zealand. There are a lot of fly fishing films out there. Lately the style of film that has been popular is the intense fish porn...
Bug Sampling Courtesy of Home Depot
Man, I love my $2 paint strainer from Home Depot. I’m a big believer in aquatic bug sampling on the water. It has saved the day for me guiding numerous times. Eighteen years ago, Angling Designs won a tackle dealer show award for its “Quick...