Hey guys! Tessa here! Now that we are in the heart of the 2018 fishing season, I thought it would be cool if I would share some of my favorite items and accessories I like to use for my fishing…
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Is it Spring Yet? Early-Season Necessities for Cold-Water Angling.
Even though it’s a balmy 12 degrees Fahrenheit, it’s almost spring and the sun is just rising above the pine trees in Northern Michigan. One of your buddies, the owner of the cabin in which you’ve stayed, silences the dinosaur-like furnace and shovels down a…
Tessa’s Tips: Fly Fishing Alaska
Hey guys, Tessa Shetter here! Being a lifelong Alaskan resident, I do have to say I feel very lucky to live in such a beautiful state that is home to such beautiful fish. To my understanding, fly-fishing in Alaska is…
5 Streamer Patterns Every Angler Needs In Their Box
I should be out fishing. It’s Saturday. I’m not married. I’m not dating anyone. My house is clean, perhaps a bit too clean. Instead of being on the water, I’m sitting here writing while I watch snow pile up outside…
Why Winter is the Best Time to Learn Streamer Fishing
Winter’s taken it sweet time showing up here in my home state of Utah. We didn’t get a real honest-to-goodness snowstorm until the third weekend of January. Idaho hasn’t seen much snow either, according to my friend Chris Hunt (of…
The Beginner’s Guide to Fly Line
If you’ve recently made the transition from spin fishing or bait casting to fly fishing, you’re probably experiencing some serious sticker shock. You used to be able to walk into Wal-Mart, pick up a spool of 1,000 yards of 10-pound…
Tying for Stripers (a.k.a., “All About the Bass, No Treble-Hook”)
With winter comes the cold. And with the cold comes beer, as well as the time to crank out three-dozen saltwater flies for the start of the striper run (T-Minus 100-something days!). Many an angler (specifically, those who self-style as…
Fish Food 101: How to Tell What Trout Are Eating in the Winter
I was out at Pyramid Lake recently, and after the first full day of fishing found myself at the bar in Sutcliffe, Nevada with my buddy Tim Johnson (the fly fishing artist) and our guide Ryan Dangerfield. Ryan was working…
How to Get Started Tying Flies this Winter
Out of all my fishing buddies I’m one of the few that actually looks forward to fly fishing in the middle of winter. Sure, chunks of half-submerged ice and line frozen in my rod guides isn’t all that pleasant, but…
Winter Fly Fishing Tips: How to Deal with Ice in your Guides
Few things in fly fishing compare to the experience of slowly roll casting your way up a run, reveling in the beauty and serenity of the river in which you stand, only to have your best roll cast of the…