Let’s Get Reel

Ross Purnell

 

Dialing in everything from engineering to design and drag

It’s been said many times that in fly fishing for trout, the reel is merely a convenient place to store line while you are not casting. There is some truth to this. In many areas, trout are not large...

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Tying the Mushmouth Series

David W. Skok

 

No-foul flies for all species

I’m not sure how much time I spent at the vise the first 15 years I tied flies, but I do know that it feels like I spent nearly the same amount of time unwrapping the wings and tails of fouled...

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Lagrève River

Ross Purnell

 

When I first read Internet rumors about a 12-pound fly-rod brook trout caught in Quebec, I was in disbelief. The all-tackle record (from 1916) is 14 pounds 8 ounces, and all the IGFA fly-rod record...

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Minipi/Minonipi

 

In 1947 Lee Wulff brought the first private plane—a float-equipped Piper Cub—to Labrador and began exploring what would become known as the finest brook trout fishing in North America. During the...

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FlyFisherman FlyBench for the iPhone

Fly Fisherman

 

Quite Possibly The Greatest Invention Since The Vise!

FlyBench, from FlyFisherman, is the portable and definitive guide to tying Flies, beginning with the Foundation Forty. The best of the Fly Fisherman Foundation 40 Flies comes directly to your iPhone...

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Recent Articles


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Let’s Get Reel
Dialing in everything from engineering to design and drag
by Ross Purnell
It’s been said many times that in fly fishing for trout, the reel is merely a convenient place to store line while you are not...Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Taper Talk
by Ross Purnell
When you were new to fly fishing, your first fly line was likely a cheap, general-purpose floating line—maybe even a level flo...Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Why we are Gear Nuts
If you have more rods than fingers, you may have a medical condition.
by Ross Purnell
To the outside world, fishing seems like such a simple, pastoral pastime. According to the Norman Rockwell ideal, you don’t ev...Read More

 

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