Sunday Classic / Catch And Release Is It’s Own Reward

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It was surreal and wonderful. I spent a week last year at the Penland school for craft, teaching a class on bamboo rod making. I was having dinner in the dining hall one evening with ten or so folks I’d never met. Eating with new...

Saturday Shoutout / Midcurrent Conversations: Paul Bruun

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Midcurrent is synonymous with great fly fishing content. This week they started a new feature, Midcurrent Conversation. Candid and insightful interviews with influential people in the sport. This week it’s long-time Snake River guide Paul Bruun who’s under the microscope.  Check it out!   Louis...

Cool New Stuff From Montana Fly

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Kent and I just returned from the International Fly Tackle Dealers Show (IFTD) in Reno NV last week. We got to see new products for 2013 from a range of fly fishing gear manufacturers, large and small. We shot some video and over the next...

Tipping Good & Bad Fly Fishing Guides Accordingly

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Despite all the content put out over the years, and all the communications between fly anglers on this topic, there still seems to be quite a bit of mystery still out there when it comes to tipping fly fishing guides. I get many clients that tip...

F-ing-A Yampa!

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IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO SET IN, WE ARE ON ONE OF THE GREATEST TROUT RIVERS IN THE WORLD AND THE FISH ARE GOING OFF AND WE ARE TOTALLY ALONE. Wal-Mart, Frisco, CO, 7:45AM. I lift a small canister from an end cap display. "Pods, got...