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Spoils of the Hunt

I love fly fishing. I also love books. I don’t have to work very hard to convince myself, or anyone else for that matter, that  these two things  go together  quite well. There are many new and good books out there. Hopefully they are available at your local fly shop; they are definitively within reach …

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Why Go Back to The Basics?

The resounding success of the recent Casting Across Fly Fishing Podcast episodes entitled Cast1 has reminded me how important it is to communicate and consume the most essential aspects of fly fishing. This initial 9-part  series was curated for those interested in fly fishing and those who may have recently started. But early on, it …

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Podcast Ep. 279: [Cast1] Your Next Step in Fly Fishing

The initial Cast1 podcast series is wrapping up this week. The response to the first batch of episodes has been great, and I promise that there will be more podcasts along these lines in the future. Today’s episode presents you with some next steps. Whether you’re  just  getting into fly fishing or you’ve been on …

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More Fly Rod FAQs

For most fly anglers, the most exciting piece of gear to shop for and purchase is the rod. Any conscientious buyer will understandably go through a relatively rigorous process of determining what to trust with his money and his prospective fish. In my years writing Casting Across, teaching casting, guiding, and selling rods, questions about …

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Cracked: Opening a Book Tearing Down Dams

Virtually anyone who looks at the big picture of our nation’s waterways will see that the infatuation with dams of all shapes and sizes was significantly  inflated. Whether it be giant structures that cut salmon off from hundreds of miles of spawning habitat or a small concrete abutment that  led to flooding, the overuse of …

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Rusty Flybox: Staying Alive

Maybe you’ve never had a fly fishing injury. But there is a good chance that if you’ve had an injury, it has impacted your fly fishing. Today I’m sharing three articles that deal with a relatively obscure, but certainly important, aspect of fly fishing. Physical health is a necessary part of fly fishing. While you …

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Podcast Ep. 277: [Cast1] Warm Water Fly Fishing

Yes: you can fly fish for panfish and bass. Before the seasoned and refined fly fisher scoffs at this question, it is important to realize that this is actually a very common query among new anglers. In an incredibly cursory manner in today’s show, I go over how and why the trout angler can and …

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Casting Across on the Untangled Podcast

Even though I talk about fly fishing into a microphone for about half an hour every week already, it is always a great experience to hop on to someone else’s podcast. A few weeks back, I recorded with Spencer Durrant of the Untangled Podcast from Ventures Fly Co. We talked Casting Across and fly fishing …

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