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Fishing out of a drift boat all day can be as simple as sandals and sunscreen. But when you really…»

The 12' 4" 8wt Platinum retails for $575

The spey market has never been so ripe with Skagit rods.  Nearly every manufacturer has a stick or two in…»

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Several years back, I set up a few new spey rods with Redington’s CDL reels in the 10/11 weight size.…»

The world of winter steelheading has gone crazy for Skagit heads, and for good reason: these shorter heads can chuck…»

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  I received this jacket and bib combination about 4 months ago and am more than impressed. I will admit…»

The Gale Force Sling Pack retails for $129.

Looking for a weatherproof pack big enough to hold a full-size camera, jacket, food, and water–but that won’t interfere with…»

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It’s time to start thinking about that winter trip to Belize or the Bahamas. The 690-4 ONE is the perfect…»

The Skagit Intermediate Compact retails for $54.99

Airflo is introducing a new product to their line-up of Skagit heads, the Skagit Intermediate Compact. In short, this new…»

The 7127 ranges from $895-$1,100, depending on the options selected.

Just before Thanksgiving, I received a package in the mail from C.F. Burkheimer–I love these packages.  Inside, I found the…»

Hyalite's new Gobi 84

Have you ever arrived at your destination to watch (in horror) as your checked baggage came across the luggage belt…»

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Looking for a unique gift for your fly fisherman? Check out the Photarium. Available through the Wild Fish Conservancy, these…»

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Looking for a set of oars that will move your boat with less effort and dig better in shallow water?…»

Switch rods are here to stay.

When switch rods first appeared, lots of media attention hyped up the rods’ ability to cast with Spey and overhead…»

Beulah's 11' 8 wt. Platinum Switch costs $495 and rivals rods that cost twice that.

Looking for a switch rod sensitive enough to fish a Scandi head and small summer flies yet powerful enough to…»

Pointers and products for children aged 4 to 10

  Every fly-fishing parent has a dream—a dream that their children will follow their footsteps down that muddy trail to…»

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For many of us chrome-addicts, summer is the off-season.  Sure we love to skate flies to eager fish, and who…»

Shopping for your first two-handed rod?  Or are you tired of struggling with the spey rod you own and want…»

Two generations of the Sage Bass fly rods.

Sage’s Bass rod series was the first of its kind. Initially, the lineup included a Largemouth (330 grain line) and…»

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Google “spey rod” and you’ll get 300,000 results.  Read the product descriptions written by rod manufactures these days and you’ll…»

Orvis' new 13' 6" 8 wt

October in the Northwest means chanterelles, college football, deer season–and to the manic steelheaders in our midst, October is time…»

Looking for a wallet of sink-tips that all cast uniformly but sink your fly to different depths?  Check out Rio’s…»

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Sagebrush Dry Goods is a small company out of Kake, Alaska that designs and manufactures water-safe gear bags. After I…»

Looking for a line that casts easily from a 10-11 foot rod but can still turn over a heavy sink-tip…»

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In the movie The Matrix, “The One” was the only person who could defeat machines holding the human race as…»

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Scientific Anglers The Classic 280 System X is a two sided (with a center leaf) waterproof box with 280 fly…»

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Orvis Tom Rosenbauer is a master small-stream fly fisher who owes most of his success to reading the water correctly,…»

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C&F C&F has had small-size boxes for years, but the new 1600 Series is the first waterproof version with five…»

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  Umpqua This bombproof, water-resistant box has see-through lids on both sides and a two-sided center leaf with seven rows…»

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  Montana Fly Company River Camo aluminum boxes are available in regular camo, river rock, brown trout, and rainbow trout…»

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New for 2011, Patagonia’s ecofriendly boot is made of a synthetic leather upper, sticky rubber sole, polypropylene insole, glued rubber…»