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What Is The Future of Fly Fishing?
HAVE YOU HEARD THE TERM "FLY FISHING 2.0"? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS? If you do you might be ahead of me. Whether it's marketing, zeitgeist or a true sea change in the nature of the sport one thing is for sure. Fly fishing is...
Protect the Head of Your Nymphs with Thin Skin
The more durable a fly, the more fish you can catch on it and the longer the life of the fly will be. Making a point to tie and purchase your flies with durability in mind will save you time at the tying bench...
Stream Etiquette, Two Stories About How To Share The Water
TWO EXPERIENCES IN TWO DAYS LEFT ME WITH TWO VERY DIFFERENT FEELINGS. I spent a couple of days fishing in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago. A dear friend came in from Colorado and gave me the chance to share some of our eastern rivers....
6 Tips for Executing a Proper Figure-Eight Retrieve
For the first time, this year, I got to experience the thrill of watching a musky devour my bucktail streamer right at the boat during a figure-eight retrieve. I had dreamed of witnessing this first hand for years, and I have to say, it live...
Improve Your Catch and Release Efforts
By Justin Pickett Catch and Release has become almost a standard of practice over the past several years, even more so, it seems, in the fly fishing culture. The ever-changing culture within the fly fishing world has put the squeeze on those that choose to keep certain...