Category Archives: Gear Reviews
The Nikon 1, Have We Found The Missing Link?
I’ve been saying for some time that the DSLR makes no sense. It is an evolutionary half step. The duckbilled platypus of the imaging world. In reality it was, I believe, a marketing decision designed to make, frightened professional photographers finding themselves part of a...
Why Thomas & Thomas Might Succeed, Really This Time.
I should start by saying that Thomas & Thomas is a client of mine. In fact they were one of the first companies to use my photography. That said, like many anglers, within a year or two I was cursing the name Thomas and Thomas....
Look At The Body On That Thingamabobber
I use Thingamabobber’s almost exclusively these days for my nymph fishing. They seem to cast easier for my novice anglers than traditional synthetic fiber strike indicators, and I don’t have to load them down with fly floatant. Westwater Products caught my attention this year at the...
Boots, The Next Generation.
With all of the research and development that goes into rods, reels and every fishing gadget under the sun, it surprises me that it’s taken so long for boots to go high tech. Up until a few years ago my wading boots were amazingly similar...
Simms New “Catch and Release” System. Pretty Cool!
If there is one word in fly fishing that means quality, it’s Simms. I was impressed by all the Simms gear I saw at the IFTD show. It’s impossible to show on the web what your hand feels when you touch a piece of Simms...