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Author: Jo Tango

Noel Dawes: In Defense of the Mop Fly

November 28, 2016February 20, 2019 Jo Tango

Blog reader Noel Dawes has some great perspectives. So, after reading some of his comments, I asked him to write a guest post. Here it is. It is insanely insightful. I hope he writes more posts! ______________________________   Warning: I am about to go into some techniques that will make purists cringe. If that’s you,

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Flies and fly tying,Guest posts,Techniques17 Comments

Gear Review: Wading Boot Studs

November 26, 2016May 5, 2024 Jo Tango

Temperatures are dropping and ice is starting to form on trails to and from rivers. I’ve tried various ways to add traction to my wading boots, from slip-on attachments to ice-cycling screws. The attachments quickly broke off, and the ice cycling screws required epoxy to stay in place, which was fine until they started wearing

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Gear reviews,News,Orvis4 Comments

Fishing a New River in Late Autumn

November 16, 2016September 12, 2017 Jo Tango

Rich, a reader, recently posted a question on one of our prior blog posts (here). He is hitting a river that is new to him and wanted some advice. FWIW, my response is below. Everyone has a different approach, and I’d love to hear what you do when you’re targeting a new freestone river this

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Techniques1 Comment

Eggs at the Farmington

November 6, 2016September 12, 2017 Jo Tango

It was brisk this morning at the Farmington. As the sun crept up above the horizon, this grizzled rainbow said hello. I think this is a brown trout parr? It sure had a great deal of energy for a little guy. It was a double-digit day. Maybe a dozen or so? This 16″ brown was

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Farmington River,Flies and fly tying8 Comments
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