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Rejuvenating Fly Rod Cork DIY

September 10, 2021September 6, 2021 David Hyde

Seeing is believing in the photos below. What a difference! Can you tell which grip has been sanded and which hasn’t? Two identical rods of the same age and usage levels. Oldie but goodie Albright #5/6 from a different era. Inherited from my father and still used!   A recent Orvis Fly Fishing Guide Podcast with

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Gear maintenance,Orvis,Podcasts2 Comments

Holiday Gifts: Tried and True and Partly New (2020)

December 13, 2020May 2, 2024 Joe Drake

This year has been one for the record books in terms of weird. I had several long planned trips put off and hopefully (fingers crossed) will happen next year. However, it hasn’t been all bad. Due to Covid-distancing, I had more than plenty of my fair share of excuses to slink into the woods and

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Fly shops,Friends and family,Gear reviews,Gift ideas,Orvis3 Comments

A Multi-Species Guided Trip with Greasy Beaks Flyfishing

August 19, 2020August 22, 2020 David Hyde

I want to be able to cast like that! There are a lot of fish in the sea, which I found out firsthand recently on a guided trip with Greasy Beaks Flyfishing. I witnessed multiple species of marine life, several of which I had never seen outside of a dinner plate or Wikipedia. In addition

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Guides,Orvis,Stripers3 Comments

Surviving Fly Tying Season with the Help of Podcasts

February 10, 2020September 29, 2025 Joe Drake

Although we are still in winter, the nights are getting a little bit shorter. The days are a little bit longer. This is encouraging, but we still have a long way to go before I will be thrashing thin blue-line brookies with spiders and other wets. Which means, for me, just like for many of

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Flies and fly tying,Orvis,Other blogs,Philosophy,Podcasts,Random stuff4 Comments
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