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Trout Food: Skwalas
When it comes to hatches, stoneflies are arguably one of the most exciting there is. Few can argue that big flies on the surface aren’t one heck of a lot of fun and beyond mice; stoneflies are the epitome of...
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Shooting Heads Decoded
What is a shooting head? A shooting head is a relatively short section of fly line (head) looped at both ends.  A level running/shooting line is looped to the back end and depending on the front taper of the head,...
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High Country Trout
         Opening day of the high country streams. It’s that magical number 16, which seems to trump the number 21 in terms of signifying that it really is summer. It means you’re about to embark upon three months...
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In this blog I’ll talk about dry fly fishing imitating caddis from May through to October, and share what insight I have on fishing them to rising trout. Why focus on caddis? Because if there's one aquatic insect order that...
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