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Ross Animas Reel: A Long Haul Review

The Long Haul Gear Reviews are designed to give you honest, in-depth feedback on gear that's been thoroughly put to the test. The idea...

Why Do Trout Eat Purple Flies?

Fly fishermen preach, "match the hatch"—the process of exactly mimicking natural insects to fool a trout. With an endless amount of fly tying materials...
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Video of the Week: The Reindeer Journals

Lapland is something else—one of those heartbreakingly beautiful places that stays with you. There’s a philosophy there called Allemansrätten, meaning "the right to roam"—a...

Simms Launches Used Gear Marketplace

Simms has announced the launch of a new marketplace for reselling your used fly fishing gear. Dubbed Simms ReCast, the marketplace gives you an...

Reel of the Week: Catching a Huge Redfish Off the Beach

A Note from Joab Logan (joablogan): https://www.instagram.com/p/DG05Z4_Pca6/?hl=en “I was sprinting like Usain Bolt down the beach to get ahead of a school. Finally got in front...

Orvis Helios D Big Game—Tested and Reviewed

The Helios family has been a flagship model for Orvis since the creation of the original ZG Helios. Over the years, I've owned and...

Fishing Etiquette: Trout Handling Best Practices

When practicing catch and release fishing, it’s important to note that different species require different handling practices. Compared to other game fish, trout are...

The Drift: Does “Good” Gear Even Matter?

I'm a gear junkie. In fact, I'd say I have a serious gear problem. I own north of 40 fly rods, a dozen reels,...
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How to Tie: A Realistic Earthworm

In this week’s “How to Tie” video feature, The Fly Smith shows us how to tie the perfect junk fly for this Spring, a...

Complete Guide to Bull Trout Fishing

In freshwater fly fishing, few things are better than a trophy trout, stretching the tape of what we thought was possible, chasing down and...