Umpqua UPG Fly Box Review

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Umpqua really raised the bar when they introduced their UPG line of fly boxes. In fact, they won multiple awards at trade shows, which were voted on by professionals in the industry. Their goal in mind when designing the UPG fly boxes was to tailor...

Whisky, Tango, Foxtrot Caption Contest

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IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF FUN AT OUR FISHING BUDDIES EXPENSE. Test your wit against he rest of the G&G community. It's fun! It's challenging! It's ridiculous! Best of all, you might win something really, really cool! The person who comes up with the best caption,...

Fly Fishing: Our Trout Rivers and Streams Need More Wood

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Several years back, one of my favorite wild trout streams, only a few miles from my house, got slammed with tornados and high winds (from back to back hurricanes that had moved up from Florida). The aftermath from the strong storms, downed dozens, upon dozens...

Sunday’s Classic / Spring Fishing on Tributaries for Wild Trout

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Several of our blog followers on numerous occasions have asked Louis and I if we ever catch small trout? Jokingly, they mention, "All we see are trophy size fish in most of the pictures on the blog". I assure you all, we catch plenty of...

Saturday Shoutout / Kleis’s Mysis Shrimp

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If you've ever fly fished in Colorado, or for that matter, on any trout stream or river that has large numbers of Mysis Shrimp, you probably know how important it can be to have some of these patterns stocked in your fly box. Years back,...