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Awesome new fly rods from Echo
Echo fly rods are where price meets performance. I don't know,anyone who knows more about fly casting than Tim Rajeff. It not surprising that the fly rods he designs for Echo cast amazingly well. What is a little surprising is how affordable they are. Every echo...
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...
G&G Presents The Oskar Blues “Take a Pinner Fishing” Photo Contest
Don't put those cameras away just yet, it's time for The Oskar Blues "Take a Pinner Fishing" Photo Contest! Even though we just finished up the G&G Fly Fishing Photography contest and haven't even announced the winners, we are kicking off another awesome contest where you...
First Fly Rods
What should your first fly rod be? Does it matter? My first fly rod was a 9' 7 weight bamboo given to me by my grandfather. Not some cherished family heirloom or finely tooled work of art. It was a piece of shit with half the...
Is America’s Keystone Fishery A City Block From Disaster?
By Brian Kozminski I live in northern Michigan, epicenter of the world’s largest freshwater system. Twenty percent of the world’s fresh water surrounds us, and that's great. It provides us multiple uses for recreation. Swimming, boating, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, SUP's, and fishing. When I ask people from...