Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
RIO INTOUCH SCANDI 3D: Review
The RIO Intouch Scandi 3D is an awesome tool for catching steelhead and other species. On a recent trip to the Deschutes River for steelhead, we faced some challenging conditions. The weather was unstable, making for some windy afternoons and some cranky fish. Sink tips and...
Sunday Classic / Fighting The Wader Funk
DO YOUR FRIENDS TWITCH THEIR NOSES LIKE RABBITS WHEN YOU SHOW UP TO FISH? Do they have to rub camphor under their noses like Quincy just to run shuttle with you? Does your dog roll in cow shit before before he jumps in the truck to...
New Fly Rods And Reels From Sage
This year Sage has news that’s really big and really small. A really big fly reel, that is, an a rod that’s really small. The new Sage Dart is a small stream rod with a difference. This rod, available down to a 7 1/2 foot 0...
Don’t Get Bold Feet!
By Justin Pickett A few weeks ago I was sitting on the back of my jeep, getting ready to hit the water. Just like any other day, I grabbed my rods and rigged them up first and laid them across the roof. I tossed my fly boxes...
Trout Of Japan
by Daniel Galhardo "THE SEA-RUN FORM ASCENDS RIVERS OF JAPAN IN MAY WHEN CHERRY TREES ARE IN BLOOM AND THEREFORE IS KNOWN AS THE SAKURA MASU, OR CHERRY SALMON". As part of my mission of spreading the tenkara story to anglers outside of Japan, I have made...