When the rivers are iced over and the snow is flying, it’s a great time to plan and get your gear ready for spring. Gear can get scattered and disorganized throughout the season, but winter is a great time to…
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Season Prep: Boat Prep 101
The snow has melted and if you’re anything like us, you’re chomping at the bit to get your boat on the water. While I tend to be a dedicated wade fly fisher, there’s something you can’t beat about kicking up…
Confessions of a Quarantined Angler: Season Kick-Off
We are at the cusp of week three of stay-home orders and to say we’re struggling is an understatement. If you’re anything like me, time on the river is invaluable and the steps and prep leading up to a new…
4 Tips for Surviving the Holidays
It’s snowing across much of the country, rivers are starting to ice up, and your monster trout photo DMs are being replaced with photos of friends holding cocktails in Fishmas ugly sweaters. All of this can only mean one thing:…
5 Low Water Fishing Tactics
This time of year, in the west especially, water flows tend to be on the lower and slower side with smaller creeks running well below 100CFS (cubic feet per second) and larger rivers ranging from sub-100 to a few hundred…
5 Tips for Fly Line Maintenance
There are a lot of things to consider when caring for your gear – including fly lines. After all, it’s one of the three critical components to any setup (rod, reel, line) and it’s the main artery connecting you and…
Float Trip Dos and Donts
So you’ve been invited for a day on the water with your new boat buddies, but you’re a total float trip novice? We’ve got your back. If you’re a dedicated wading angler, jumping on a boat and taking on a…
Chasing Arizona Carp with Tribe Member Ryan Poquette
Meet Ryan Poquette, an Arizona Tribe Member with a passion for chasing carp in the desert. Getting his start in fly fishing from an earlier age, Ryan has always been working hard to improve his skills to face the challenges…
What You Need to Start Chasing Pike and Muskie On the Fly
Pike and especially Muskie can be some of the trickiest fish to figure out on the fly rod. Capable of creating utter carnage above and below the surface, these fish will get your heart going. While Pike and Pickerel are…
How to Target Big, Late Spring Carp
Well, it seems like for more and more of us the weather is finally coming around with warmer temperatures and more and more fish starting to wake up from their winter slow-down and are beginning to move into their summer…