Getting the Big Picture On Brook Trout

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By Jason Tucker I recently read an article on brook trout, about what beautiful delicate gems they are. It’s true for a lot of us that brook trout are a small, colorful, feisty reward for a day’s fishing. They are often some of the smallest fish we...



Streamer Retrieves For Different Current Speeds

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I've talked in great detail about streamer fishing since I began writing articles for Gink & Gasoline. Most of my time has been spent talking about color and pattern choice, streamer gear/rigging for both big and small water and how to locate and target prime...



Making Single Turn Trim Bands the Painless Way

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Have you ever seen a fly rod with elegant single turn trim wraps? It’s a subtle and beautiful look and not easy to do well. At least not the old fashioned way. I’ve done a lot of them and there is usually profanity and heartache. Matt...



All That Glitters

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By Louis Cahill About once a year I get an email from the editor of a fishing magazine saying, “I heard you have photos of golden trout.” The answer is yes, but better than half the time the question is completely wrong. There seems to be a...



Working a Steelhead

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I had the opportunity to watch my friend Jeff Hickman work a shy Steelhead the other day and his effort was exemplary. Swinging flies for winter steelhead is a game of numbers, very small numbers. It's a given when chasing winter fish that there may be...