In this week’s section of our Reel of the Week, we take a deeper look into a video that was posted by Alexandra Spring (@alexandra.spring). “For the past five months @cjpeppe, @ed_walker_sportfishing, and myself have been chasing records on a fly rod targeting offshore species. On our way to another spot, we came across a large school of Amberjacks. After…
Jeff Feczko is a Renaissance man. He can repair outboards, has a USCG 100T captains license, is working on a pilots license, seafood cook extraordinaire, freediver and fishes for sustenance, award-winning fly tyer (IFTD best saltwater pattern 2022), and built like a miniature Roman sculpture, and the list goes on. And then there are roosterfish. Jeff’s mom once said to…
Starting as early as June 1, closures for summer steelhead and salmon will be in place on the Deschutes River in Oregon. The closures are part of the fishery framework that helps fisheries managers protect the ever-diminishing returns of sea-run fish in the Columbia River Basin. You can read more about the closure here. Source link
Pat Dorsey put together this great piece for Fly Fisherman Magazine highlighting three different guide rigs. For those new to fly fishing, or those looking to up their success rate this summer, these rigs are worth using. You can read the story here. Source link
Ben Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, is back with another informative and humorous video seasoned with a few cranky opinions that are sure to ruffle some feathers. Sittig makes use of his Fisheries Biology degree to give a . . . The post Video: Basic Insect Identification for Fly Fishers appeared first on Orvis News. Source link
This classic video from Todd Moen of CATCH Magazine lives up to the overused description “epic.” Moen’s camera takes us to remote British Columbia, where the landscape, the rivers, and the fish all seem larger than life. Guides Adrienne Comeau and Steve McPhail cast for huge Chinook salmon in the Skeena system, which is not for the faint of heart.…
When fish are coming to the surface but won’t touch your dun patterns, it’s time to try an emerger, and this easy-to-tie pattern has all the attributes you look for in an emerger imitation: it sits low in the water, is easy to see, and offers the right silhouette. In this latest how-to video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler walks…
Every fly shop should eliminate lead split shot from their product assortments. At Thomas’ Eddy, Doug Ewing estimates he has collected 3,000 pounds of lead fishing weights. And that’s just one spot. Ewing calls lead “eternal garbage.” It’s an element. It’s not going to decompose. Instead, those weights are going to sit in the water with the potential of poisoning…
In this episode of The Guide Post the crew at the American Saltwater Guides Association breakdown what happened during the ASMFC Striped Bass Management Board’s … The post The Guide Post EP 49: ASMFC Amendment 7 Recap | Deep Dive appeared first on Moldy Chum. Source link
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