My hands-down favorite trout fly rod of all time is the Thomas and Thomas Contact three-weight (review here). But, for high flows and bigger fish, I leave behind the 1133 and bring its bigger brother, the 1086, the Contact six-weight. I brought it last year to the Salmon River for my first steelhead trip, and
Category: Gear reviews
Gear Reviews: Three Essentials for Winter Fly Fishing
Winter is a great time to fish (more here). There’s an austere simplicity about it and an almost surreal view of a river landscape that was once verdant and teeming with life. I love winter fly fishing. The complication? How to keep warm. Over the years, I’ve learned some painful lessons about what not to
My 2018 New Kit in Review: Divergent Streamer Rigs and the Life Aquatic Hats
I know BlogFlyFish does a gift guide, but I also wanted to throw down some opinions on great gear that I have started using this year so that we can keep the gift ideas rolling and the donations to this year’s non-profit beneficiaries (50/50 to Casting for Recovery and Project Healing Waters) increasing. THE STREAMER RIG
Best Fly Fishing Gifts (2018)
I’m happy to announce that the blog will generate a few hundred dollars of profit this year, and, as promised, we will donate 100% of it. We see this blog as a community project, not a business. Alex, Gary Metras and I were chatting while we fished a few days ago. We were thinking of