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Panfish: Sparring Partners for Your Dry Fly Game

1. Fly fishing for panfish is fun. 2. Fly fishing for panfish is a great way to prepare for fly fishing for trout. These statements are both true, and they are not mutually exclusive. You can fish for bluegill simply for the joy that accompanies fishing for bluegill. And there’s no question about it: it’s …

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Fixing Fly Fishing Failure: 3 Thoughts

Just over three years ago I visited a stream that I had fantasized about for decades. Decades. It isn’t on the other side of the world. It isn’t even across the country. In fact, I’ve crossed over it hundreds of times. The access just so happens to be a bit on the restrictive side. As …

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Falling into Fly Fishing Perspective

I check the ladder up to the tree house every spring. After a cold New England winter, no one gets to head up into the fort until I test every step. This year, with all the craziness, I neglected to do so. Until I inadvertently did so. Honestly, I am thankful. One, it is only …

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Fly Fishers: Watch Bill Dance (Seriously)

When was the last time you learned something from watching a fly fishing film? I’m not talking about what you gleaned from sweeping shots of dramatic scenery or triumphant hugs after trophy catches. I mean tips n’ tricks: do this to catch that. Fly fishing films are often entertaining, notoriously artsy, but lacking in their …

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Fly Reel Balance: Tale of the Tape

Five years ago I switched reels on a 6-weight rod. The large arbor reel that had been paired with the rod was it’s mate for going on 15 years. I acquired a new reel, and made the decision to use it primarily on that same 6-weight. The rod felt very different, and in a good …

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Winter Rises: Midges in the Cold

More often than not, the trout sipping midges in the winter are not going to take you into your backing.  But these fish offer a great change of pace from normal cold weather techniques. Instead of bouncing nymphs along the bottoms of the deepest holes in the river and methodically targeting every hole in the …

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Podcast Ep. 57: X Marks the Trout

Reading maps is a lost art. Yes – art. Creating maps might be all about precise science, but interpreting maps is much more nuanced. Especially when it comes to finding fish. Even if you don’t think about maps, most fly fishers rely on maps in some way, shape, or form. You need to find the …

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