New Tippet Leaders and Lines From RIO

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Stronger tippet, trout spey lines and new light line trout tapers from RIO in 2016. The new Power Flex Plus nylon leader and tippet material is the big news from RIO this year. There are a lot of details but the big picture is a much...

Fly Fishing: Why Tippet Size Can Be More Important With Nymphs

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Dry fly fishing, makes for a much closer call, but I still stand by my belief, that tippet size is more important with nymphs. Largely because the two most important factors in dry fly fishing success, are an accurate presentation and a drag free drift....

Unhang My Fly You Villain Stump!

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One of the unavoidable happenings in fly fishing is the oh-so-wonderful snag. Overhead limbs, rocks, submerged timber, rhodo, your net man… you name it, it’s out there just waiting to snatch your fly from the air. A lot of the time it’s game over for your...

Sunday Classic / Tiger Trout

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WILD TIGER TROUT MAY BE THE RAREST OF THE TROUT FAMILY. They are a hybrid of a female brown trout and a male brook trout. They are distinctive, the dark modeled pattern of a brook trout's back extending down their sides to their belly. This bold...

Saturday Shoutout / Mike’s Bahamian Barrage

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Let's take a little trip to Abaco! Actually, as you're reading this, I'm already in Abaco fishing at the Abaco Lodge. But as I type this I'm full of anticipation and excitement about the upcoming trip. My friend Mike Sepelak was there last month and has...