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Top Angling Brands Survey Results
Ran across this news item in my e-mail and thought you might find it to be interesting, too. The following survey results are based only on 30,000 responses, so I don’t know if this is truly accurate, but it demonstrates … Continue reading
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Hatch Joins Team Tonic
Wanted all of you to know that Hatch Outdoors just came onboard to support Angler’s Tonic for another full year. If you’re not familiar with Hatch products you better click on the new ad (——>) and take a perusal. I’ll be … Continue reading
The Aces of Spey
In the early-2000s I was engaged to an Oregon girl who’s father was a rabid Northwest flyfisher. Appealingly, he owned a cabin on British Columbia’s Kispiox River and showed me photos of several 30-pound steelhead he’d caught there. When I … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Bennett, George Cook, Spey rods
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Bugslinger + Buff Equals Award Winner
You may already know that Bugslinger makes some killer t-shirts and gear, including the wicked belt I’m wearing right now, but you may not know that Slinger hooked up with Buff, which makes UV face and hand protection for anglers, … Continue reading
Breaking the Sage
I Beat on Sage’s newest offering; couldn’t break it If I were a rod manufacturer I’d come up with a new rod series each year and tout it as the best to come along the pike, like, forever. That’s what Sage … Continue reading
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SIMMS’ Headwaters Waist Pack
Sometime last year I wrote about an old Patagonia waist pack that served me well for seven years before giving up the ghost, meaning it was self destructing and needed a replacement. I couldn’t find anything that looked like it … Continue reading
Miracle on Montana’s Missouri River
An ironic twist of fate. You either hate them or you hate them. And I’m not talking about whitefish and wind-knots. I’m talking about that little, evil creature called the mosquito. If you fish the Rocky Mountain region this summer, … Continue reading
Deneki Outdoors’ Bonefishing 101
Bonefishing 101, or how to catch bonefish demystified I’ve been giving a lot of love to Deneki Outdoors of late, but deservingly so in my opinion. Deneki runs several great lodge operations around the globe and I count several of … Continue reading
The Mother of All Sleeping Bags
Slumberjack’s Big Timber —20. Life is Short. Live in Luxury Cheap is the word that comes to mind because I should replace sleeping bags way more often than I do, which reminds me of a bag I carted off to … Continue reading
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Airflo’s Skagit Compact System
The Ultimate Spey Head Set Spey rods and spey lines are one of the fastest growing segments in fly fishing and there’s good reason for that—fishing spey revitalizes longtime single-hand anglers and it’s just downright fun. In fact, trying to … Continue reading