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Off shore Fish Farms: Solution to Sea Lice Problem?
Quite an impressive structure to look at. I recently came across a video detailing a really interesting new concept for fish farms. I’ve linked to the video below, and it will explain the concept much...
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Fly Tying on a budget: Cheap Sources for Materials
A few materials found at locations other than a fly shop. I’m sure many of use have said at some point “I’ll tie my own flys! It’ll be much cheaper than buying them”. O how wrong we where. You would...
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6 Great Ways to Discover New Fishing Spots
Me trying out a new fishing spot. Whether you’re an angler that has just moved to a new area, a newbie angler with no idea where to start, or a veteran of the area that has grown bored of your usual...
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World Record Gamefish Comparison: Trout, Salmon, and Bass
This is a infographic I made depicting the size difference between world record catches of some popular game fish. It’s nice to be able to visualize the difference in size by seeing them side by side....
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9 Great Popper Flies from Around the Web
Popper flies are one of the most fun ways of catching fish. Panfish, bass, trout and an amazing variety of saltwater species will all take a poppers in the right conditions. Poppers can range from...
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Dragons and Damsels: 10 Great Dry Fly Patterns
Fly anglers are well aware of the importance of dragonfly and damselfly nymphs, but often neglect the airborne adults version of these insects. The adult forms of damsel and dragonflies are strong...
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Simple Seal Fur Shrimp Pattern
Shrimp are great because pretty much every fish that swims wants to eat them. This makes shrimp flies a good choice for multi species angling in salt water. There are also some types of fish that have...
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Reviving Old Fishing Lures
We all have some old lures in our tackle box that were either acquired second hand, were put away wet, or are just very old. These fishing lures are often bent, rusted, dull, and dirty. Some people...
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Tying a Black Flying Ant Fly (Pismire)
I remember as a kid seeing hundreds of flying ants at certain times in the summer. My grandmother called them pismires, which I thought was hilarious as a little kid (piss-mires). Fast forward twenty...
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13 Great Striped Bass Flies.
A Deceiver tied by me. The basics work great, but sometimes it’s fun to experiment with new patterns. Looking to fill your striped bass fly box? Many striped bass anglers have clousers, deceivers,...
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Dip Net Fishing For Smelts
Every spring our rivers get overrun with rainbow smelt making their way up river to spawn. There is a dip net fishery for smelt that opens 15 days before the trout fishing season opens. It’s an...
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Smelt Fishing, with a fishing rod this time!
Fishing season opened up on April. 15th and as an avid fisherman, I haven’t had much time to write on this blog. i’ve been hitting up the brookies, steelhead, flounder, and smelt so far, and striped...
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Black Mohair Leech Fly
The black Mohair leech is my go to streamer pattern for sea run brook trout and Steelhead. It’s a well known pattern, with many tying tutorials around the web. Pictured above is my variation on the...
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Tinsel Baitfish Fly
I typically spin cast for mackerel, but there are actually many wharves around here where the mackerel come in range of a fly rod. Unfortunately there are only a few locations with room enough to...
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Nice Brook Trout Caught Skating Caddis Fly Pattern
This past weekend I got some decent footage of a nice sized brook trout (The one pictured above) taking a size 10 Goddard Caddis I was skating. While I catch less trout skating a dry fly than on a...
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4 Best Eel Lures for Targeting Striped Bass
I’ve talked about flys for striped bass before. As an avid fly fisherman I love to catch them on the fly when possible, but stripers offer great sport on a spin rod as well. Actually given their...
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Gaspereau Aggression Towards Trout
This gaspereau was caught on a size 12 all white Mickey Finn variant The gaspereau (or alewife as they are known elsewhere) run has been going on for a few weeks now. The run happens every spring when...
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3 Dry Fly Stonefly Patterns that Work
There’s very little in fly fishing that will get me as excited as a large hatch of stoneflies. A female stonefly bouncing along the surface of the water and laying eggs will provoke absolutely savage...
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Awesome Underwater Strikes from Rainbow Trout
I’ve been spending probably more time than I should be lately on youtube watching fishing videos while I wait for the summer heat to disappear so I can get back on the water. There’s been a sudden...
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22 Inch Steelhead Caught on a Black Leech (Video)
This weekend I was fortunate enough to land a gorgeous female 22″ steelhead that weighs in at 5.5 pounds. The large steelhead from yesterday is tied for the title of my personal best rainbow trout....
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