Articles by The Experts
It has been close to a decade now since I made my first trip to the Salmon River in Pulaski, New York, but I can still remember how different the place felt when we first pulled into town. At the...
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There are some fly rods that you appreciate the first time you cast them, and there are others that you don't really understand until you put them to work on a good fish. The Hardy Marksman Z 9' 9-weight falls...
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My obsession with these fish started seven years ago, when Josh Lane and I stumbled upon them almost completely by accident in the Sakonnet River. We had left the dock at 4:00 that morning. It was flat calm—the kind of...
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Regal Vises have earned their reputation around one thing above all else: hook-holding power. The famous Regal “Bulldog Bite” allows the tier to open the jaws, insert the hook, release the handle, and get straight to tying without repeatedly adjusting...
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A few years, a lot of fish, and my enduring affection for Dave Skok’s Bonito Deceiver There are flies that catch fish, and then there are flies that become part of your fishing life. Every saltwater fly fisherman has one....
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