Gary Merriman Ties The Tarpon Toad

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I'VE KNOWN GARY MERRIMAN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT HE WAS THE CREATOR OF THE TARPON TOAD. The Toad is a great pattern and almost anyone who has fished for tarpon has tied one on at some point....

Sunday Classic / Conch And Beer For Dinner Again?

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By now I'm back from the Bahamas long enough to stop grumbling about the cold but not quite long enough for the line burns to have healed. I've done my best to rid the world of Conch and Kalik but if you can find any...

Saturday Shoutout / The Very Cruelest Thing X 2

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THIS WEEK, AN AMAZING STORY AND THE EVEN MORE AMAZING STORY BEHIND THE STORY. An artful imagining of sweet revenge and the horrifying story that led to its creation, set against the backdrop of a rising Alaska river. Life or death, which is the very cruelest...

Tie The White Marabou Streamer

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MY GOOD FRIEND DAN FLYNN GREW UP IN MAINE CHASING THE GIANT BROOK TROUT IN THE RANGELEY LAKES REGION. These days you can find him high in the headwaters of the Southern Appalachians after the local brookies or tied into a big wild brown downstream. The...

Fly Fishing Photo Caption Contest Winner

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And the winner is John Gross for......