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Chironomids and Damsels: First Stillwater of the Season
And the Dong FangChunky RainbowWe headed out for an early season stillwater trip. The Balanced Damsel was a good one as well as a few chironomids we've been messing around with. Catch the video for the...
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Lemon Lime Chironomid Pupa
A Lemon Lime TwistLemon Lime Chironomid PupaOver the past few years, I've noticed more lime and chartreuse chironomid pupa from the samples I've taken, so I've incorporated the color scheme into my...
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Cheech Tries Tenkara
And the 2018 Wasatch Fly Fishing ExpoTenkara Casting Lesson...Here's a quick recap of the great weekend we had in Salt Lake at the 2018 Wasatch Fly Fishing and Tying Expo.We got to see friends we don't...
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How to Setup a Fly Reel
Gear Tutorial!Lamson LitespeedRealizing it's not rocket science to setup a fly reel with some backing and fly line, we figured we'd do a quick video anyway. Good reference if you don't do it often or...
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22" Fish Gets Cheech a Haircut
It Didn't Go To PlanNot quite 22"Cheech made a deal with his wife to get his hair chopped once he catches a 22" fish. See how it ends...
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Five Spring Must-Have Patterns
Spring Fly Box FillersWith Spring springing, we're tying up bugs for the local Baetis hatches as well as some streamers andstillwater patterns too. Here are our top picks (at least for how we're...
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Mini Flopper
Downsizing a FavoriteEveryone loves a big uneducated fish that like to gorge on huge foam pool toys, but fish don't always have that big of an appetite. Several years ago I created a fly called the...
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Orvis RECON: Euro Nymphing Rod Field Test
We liked it!!Brown Trout NympherWe did a quick trip up the canyon to play with the Orvis Recon 10' 3 wt nymphing rod. It definitely got our approval. Check out the full video below and the link to take...
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Muerto Midge
A Transitional PatternMuerto's MidgeChances are, if you've been around lakes or reservoirs much, you've seen times where the fish seem to feed on the surface but aren't really feeding entirely on the...
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The Stonesickle Nymph
Stonefly NymphStonesickle NymphOur stonefly specialist, Tim Sickles, is at it again with a great stonefly nymph. Great for Skwalas, Goldens or matching it to your hatch, it's a straightforward tie and...
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Tungsten Surveyor
SURVEY THE RIVER BOTTOMTungsten SurveyorThe Tungsten Surveyor is one of my lesser known patterns, which I find interesting since the pattern is one of my more productive flies. Â It just works. Â Â The...
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Balanced Damsel 2.0
An Update to Simplify and ImproveNew and Improved: Balanced DamselIt's been a while since I first wrote about one of my favorite damsel patterns, the Belly Flop Balanced Damsel. In the meantime, I've...
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Big Rainbows on Hoppers!
And Droppers & Streamers...Savery Creek RainbowWe made it out to Savery Creek, Wyoming for some early season hopper/dropper fishing.The fishing didn't disappoint and we ended up with a two-parter...
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Morrish Hopper
Unreal Hopper ProfileIn my opinion, the bottom profile of a hopper pattern trumps all other attributes... We'll start with that. Ken Morrish is well known for lots of very effective flies, so it's no...
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The Thin Mint - BUGGER Variation
A Solid Bugger VariationThin Mint Bugger PatternMy first couple of times seeing someone fish a Thin Mint, I thought "yeah, nice wooley bugger". And for sure it's a variation but as I've fished it, I'm...
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Foam is Home Stone
A Stonefly by Tim SicklesFoam is Home StoneflyIf you've followed Tim Sickles online, you know he ties up some crazy clean foam bugs. This is one of our favorites.The nice thing here is you can mix and...
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Intro to Loch Style Fishing
Big Fish on the DriftChunky Rainbow on a Balanced Blank SaverAs usual, we let the video do the talking here as Lance and I head out for some Loch style fishing on a local lake. It's an fun way to fish...
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The Humongous: A Bugger of Buggers
Killer Bugger VariationHumongous FlyWe've got another tutorial from Lance today and it's one of his favorite stillwater competition fly patterns. The "Humongous" is popular among a growing number of...
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Mil-Spec Parachute PMD
Techie looks, with a Simple TechniqueIt's been a few years since I really focused on fishing PMD hatches, but as many of you know, it only takes one good hatch to start losing sleep in anticipating...
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FISH CAMP 2018: Aggressive Brookies & Splake
High Country CampingThe ReleaseWe headed out to the high country last week and spent a few days fishing, camping and eating plenty of red meat. With the addition of a few new faces to our normal foodie...
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