Unlike the original “Y2K Bug”… You can count on this one to deliver on its promise to f#!k stuff up. Once again Tim Flagler at TightLineVideo provides us with the recipe for a funky, yet reliable fly. While purists may cringe at…
James Hamilton
Last spring I was lucky enough to get a surprise package from the good people at Bluesmiths, which contained their classic hydrophobic shirt. The note mentioned that they hoped I would put it to the test in a fishing environment,…
by Erin Foley We’re in the business of sending the most innovative, cutting-edge, gnarly flies we can find tied with only the latest and greatest materials on the market. It just so happens one of our own Josh Phillips, Tribe…
You’re not just a fly fisherman, you’re an angler, you’ve got “the bite.” You know the truth, that fly fishing isn’t always the romantic “A River Runs Through It” experience that people idealize. Sometimes, and more often than not, you’ve…
If you’re like us then watching that pre-fishing pump-up video is part of your daily routine. We’ve got you covered with this week’s “Thank you, internet” find, The Fight brought to you by Black Fly Eyes. The only thing more epic than that…
With over 375,000 views in a little less than a year, this episode of Eric Estrada’s 5 Wt. Chronicles is one of the most popular fly fishing videos on the internet, and for good reason. Estrada travels to Blue Ridge,…
It’s a fact of life. Many of us who are lucky enough to have beautiful, clean, trout water nearby don’t actually have a whole lot of options when it comes to fishing spots. Not all of us are geographically blessed…
(v) To throw big, ugly streamers into pools to take on the biggest, burliest Bull Trout… Other definitions include, but are not limited to: sending it, FedEx next day air, givn’r, launching, and doing generally outlandish stuff for a good time. All…
Salters are “America’s first game fish.” Salters are anadromous. Salters are native to New England, and they’re in danger. Yes, “Salters” are sea-run brook trout. Ultimately, the fish are the east coast’s equivalent of a steelhead. Native-range brook trout that move between…