Gear Reviews
5 Ways to Keep Your Dry Fly Floating
Dry Fly Floatants – 5 of the Best Fly Duster – Think Frog’s Fanny but better. Fly Duster is a white powder formula applied with a brush that is great for drying off delicate dry flies. Fly Duster comes in a 2 oz bottle and retails for about $7.50 vs. other powder floatants that cost [...]
Gear Review: TroutHunter Leaders and Tippet
TroutHunter Leaders and Tippet Material Every year the fly fishing industry is flooded with new products. While most simply clutter an already over saturated market, every so often a product comes along that changes the way we fish. TroutHunter Fluorocarbon tippet material is one of those products. The boys at TroutHunter reached out to their [...]
Gear Review: Beulah Platinum Series Fly Rods
Beulah Fly Rods Beulah Platinum Series fly rods offer anglers the ultimate in design, performance and classic good looks at an incredible price. Unlike other companies that design a series of rods from 3 weight to 10 weight that flex and perform in the same way, each rod in the Platinum series incorporates it’s own [...]
Gear Review: Williams Nets
One thing I have found over the years is that all wooden nets are not created equal. After going through 4 or 5 different brands over the past 10 years I have found Williams Nets out of Billings, Montana to be the best and most durable. Hand crafted with Montana hardwoods and clear ghost bags, [...]
Hand Tied and Custom Leaders
Hand Tied and Custom Leaders Since I have been guiding and working in fly shops I have noticed that many anglers (myself included) don’t put enough emphasis on leader selection. Our leader is crucial in how our line casts, how our flies are presented in regards to turnover and accuracy and how our fly drifts [...]
Rene Harrop Book Review
Rene Harrop Book Review Learning From The Water & TroutHunter I don’t know if there is one person in the rocky mountain west who has influenced modern fly fishing more than Rene Harrop. Reading his books will simply make you a better fly fisherman. His sense of observation and insight into the relationship between trout [...]