Category Archives: *Recycle
Watch That Hook Set!
By Justin Pickett You’ve just sent your flies along their path to greatness. Your dry/dropper lays out sweetly onto the surface of the water, right where you wanted it. As you watch your fly doddle along the bumps and bubbles, it happens… The broad nose of a...
Restore an Old Bamboo Fly Rod #6: Video Series
Matt Draft is back with the 6th and final episode of our bamboo fly rod restoration series. In this video, Matt shows you how to repair a bamboo fly rod that has delaminated. You'll learn how to repair the separated sections and reinforce the repair with...
Everything You Wanted To Know About Flyfishing Leaders But Were Afraid To Ask
By Kevin Howell When I began fly fishing, quality leaders were very hard to find. The best leaders were hand tied by the Dan Baily Company in Livingston, Montana or the Orvis Company. The problem is that the tying process involved wetting the knots which, when stored...
The 5 Essentials Of A Good Fly Cast Revisited
Let’s take a minute to look at the 5 essentials of a good fly cast. I was giving a talk about saltwater fly fishing the other day when i mentioned the 5 essentials. I was shocked to find that no one in the crowd knew what...
You buy your portfolio every morning
In the old days I ran a hedge fund. That’s right. Half a billion dollars doing whatever I told it. Big trades, big profits (and losses) and big pressure. I learned a lot from a decade in that role that has helped me on the stream....