Saturday Shoutout / Fishing Poet, The Things We Carry

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MATT SMYTHE, AKA, THE FISHING POET HAS BEEN ON A BIT OF A SABBATICAL. He's back now. With this beautiful, introspective essay written on a receipt trip to the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. Matt's ride in the De Haviland Otter takes him not only the...

Quick-Cast Rigged Rod Transport System

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Let's face it, not all of us have pickup trucks or large SUVs capable of safely stowing away our prized fly rod on the go (pre-rigged). If you're the run and gun type, or you despise having to stop every 100 yards during remote hike-ins...

Sunday’s Classic / 4 Reasons Waterfall Plunge Pools Can Hold Trophy Trout

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There's few things I love more than fly fishing a small stream and stumbling upon a steep vertical waterfall, that has a deep plunge pool at its base. Waterfalls like the one pictured above are pretty rare on small streams, but if you're lucky enough...

Saturday Shoutout / Koz’s Steelhead Kandy & TFM 12 Days of Xmas

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Today's fly fishing Saturday Shoutout on Gink & Gasoline, we spotlight Brian Kozminski's signature Great Lakes Steelhead Kandy. If you like surfing the web for fly fishing related content, you've probably run across Michigan fly fishing guide and veteran blogger, Brian Kozminski many times in...

The TFO Mangrove Saltwater Fly Rod

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WE CAUGHT UP WITH BRANDON POWERS FROM TFO AT IFTD THIS YEAR AND HE SHOWED US THE NEW MANGROVE SALTWATER FLY ROD. TFO charged Flip Pallot with designing the fly rod he wanted to put in his client's hands and the Mangrove was the result. A...