COMMUNITY

It’s Back to School for Fly Fishermen

Fly

Editor’s Note: Even though summer yields many opportunities to fly fish, we can all use quality instruction. Ohioans need to look no further than Mad River Outfitters, which runs the Midwest Fly Fishing School near Columbus. TFO editor Mike Hodge chatted with Brian Flechsig, who runs the school and the...

It’s Time for ICAST 2018

Conventional / Fly

It’s the second week of July. ICAST 2018 is here, and Temple Fork Outfitters will be among the vendors at the world’s largest sportfishing tradeshow. TFO has participated in ICAST since the 1990s, an annual event the company looks forward to every summer. “ICAST is an opportunity for TFO to...

How to Use the Inverted Loop Cast for Those Heavy Flies

Fly

Editor’s Note: This is a story by TFO Advisor Bob Clouser. It was first published in the 2014-15 edition of the Loop Newsletter. To see Bob’s story in its original form as well as gather a wealth of other fly-casting info, you can access the Journal of Fly Casting Professionals...

The Complete Cast Can Help You Become a More Complete Angler

Fly

It’s late June and getting warmer by the day, so the fishing in the North Carolina mountains has slowed to a trickle. Recent rains have filled the lakes to the brim, so our tailwater rivers are running full bore; and the mountain streams, while bulging, are a bit too warm...

A Primer on TFO Rods: What Makes Us Different

Fly

Editor's Note: TFO Bass Category Manager Collins Illich discusses TFO rods and a little bit about what we do and how we do it. Enjoy. ... Talking fishing rods should be fun. Sadly, we all get caught up in industry jargon and techno-babble that can be at best, confusing and,...

A Few Father’s Day Gift Ideas from TFO

Fly

Father’s Day is almost here. Temple Fork Outfitters has you covered when it comes to gifts for dad ---- rods, reels and accessories that are sure to make him smile on his special day. See below for a handful of options. Bug Launcher Suggested retail: $89.95-$159.95 This is the perfect...

TFO Helps Set the Pace at Texas Fest

Conventional

A few days after his finishing up the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest, TFO advisor Cliff Pace took inventory of his performance. Third place isn’t too bad. Not at all. “Any time you give yourself an opportunity to win on our level, (it’s good),” Pace said. “I did that. I just...

The Predicament of Buying the Right Fly Line

Fly

So you want to buy a fly line. Should be a snap, right? Not exactly. Not anymore. When I bought my first fly rod in the late 1980s, I found an affordable weight-forward, 5-weight fly line, bought it and began fishing. I didn’t know how to cast or even how...

A Tip of the Hat to Anglers and Their Mothers

Fly

When the issue of women in fishing is brought up, the name Joan Wulff usually springs to mind. After all, she’s one of the premier fly casters and anglers --- male or female --- in the world, but here’s the thing that many of us gloss over when pondering women...

Out of the Stands and Into the Arena: A TFO Angler Steps Up at Spey-O-Rama

Fly

After nearly a half dozen years of watching and wondering. Nicholas Conklin went from spectator to participant. Motivated by his inner athlete and words of wisdom from Mick Jagger, TFO’s director of sales for two-handed fly fishing hopped a plane to San Francisco, plucked down his $100 entry fee and...

Another Perspective on Lefty by Rick Pope

Fly

I met Lefty Kreh back in the mid-80s on a hosted trip to Turneff Island in Belize to learn more about bonefish and fly fishing in saltwater. Flip Pallot and Mark Sosin joined us in a week of the absolute worst bonefishing trip ever --- but one that I’ll never...

Five Tips for Beach Snook

Fly

It’s almost May. It’s Florida, and it’s about get hot as spring is preparing to yield to summer’s swelter. It’s a little too early for tarpon and too late for redfish. Nevertheless, inshore fishermen have a viable option --- snook on the beach. From early May through late August, snook...