Fly Casting Problems Are Sneaky

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IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR FLY CAST IT'S PROBABLY HAPPENING BEHIND YOUR BACK. Do you know what your loop is doing when you're not looking? It could very well be mucking up your forward cast. Tailing loops, collapsing lines and fizzling forward casts can...

Saturday Shoutout / Unsalted

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THIS WEEK TOM HAZELTON, VIA MIDCURRENT, TELLS A TALE OF FLATS BOATS AND FLY RODS ON LAKE SUPERIOR. Tom's on to something. I don't know why more folk aren't fishing lakes with flats boats. I done it a few times and it just makes sense. This...

Ready Position Video

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The ready position is the most fundamental skill in saltwater fly fishing. Saltwater fly fishing has been described as, "long periods of boredom punctuated by brief periods of panic." That can certainly be true. I personally never find it boring and with a good ready position...

Dean River Chinook

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By Jeff Hickman IT'S TIME FOR THE BIG BOYS. With the rapidly increasing popularity of Spey fishing, targeting Chinook salmon has also recently become hot. These large powerful anadromous fish have always been attractive to fly fishers in areas with strong populations. But with modern spey...

Sunday Classic / It’s The Little Things

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"I know it when I see it!" Kent and I were doing a presentation at a fly shop the other day and after showing a couple of hundred fishing photos, during the Q&A part of the program, a fellow raised his hand and asked "do you...