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Float & Fly for River Smallmouth Bass

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There is a lot of information out there on float and fly techniques for bass in the conventional fishing world. Most of those techniques are applied on lakes and reservoirs. The float and fly technique has been around the southeast for years, but river fishermen have mostly used conventional fishing...

TFO Two Handed Fly Rods & Fly Line Recommendations

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Confused by the multitude of two-handed or spey lines on the market? Don’t know what line you need for your TFO rod? We totally get it. As manufacturing processes continue to advance, and the divide between line designers and rod designers grows, it is becoming more and more difficult to...

TFO Wins Runner Up Awards at EFTTEX 2022

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Although the European Fishing Tackle & Trade Exhibition (EFTTEX) didn't take place in person this June, the organization still hosted a 2022 Digital Best New Product Showcase. What is EFTTEX? You can think of EFTTEX show as the European version of ICAST here in the states. The convention attracts some...

Chasing Dolly Varden in Alaska

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Alaska is known for some excellent salmon and steelhead fishing, but a species often overlooked is the Dolly Varden. Dolly Varden are typically gray accompanied by white, pink, or orange spots. They are very commonly confused with bull or brook trout, but in Alaska are actually part of the char...

Chasing Southern Appalachian Brook Trout

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Southern hospitality can entail many things. Sometimes it’s a made-from-scratch homemade meal, or maybe it’s a helping someone change a tire on the side of a two-lane highway. But sometimes, it’s sharing a special piece of water, far off the grid, where footprints from other anglers are almost nonexistent, and...

Season of the Hopper – A Monster White River Brown Trout Story

Fly

“Can you hear me?” calls an Australian accent from behind me as another White River jon boat comes roaring past us at 8am. I quickly picked up my SA Bass Bug fly line and shoot another cast to the outside seam of a run that rides adjacent to a bank...

Successful Dry Fly Fishing Tactics

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Presentation trumps fly selection. You’ll catch more trout with the wrong fly but the right presentation than you will with the right fly but the wrong presentation. Don’t get me wrong; having the right fly is important especially when a hatch tightens the trout feeding focus to a single prey...

ICAST 2022 – Show Recap + New Dealer Product Reviews

Conventional / Fly

Another great ICAST in the books! It honestly feels like the last ICAST (2021) was just the other day, but we weren't complaining for the chance to get back to the Orange County Conventional Center in Orlando, Florida to see so many friends (old and new), and to show off...

Topwater Smallmouth on the Fly

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Summer time is topwater time! Most people know me as a streamer junkie, but my favorite time to be on the water is when the smallmouth are looking up. Watching a big smallmouth swim up from the depths, inspect your fly, and sip it in like a brown trout sips...

Cracking The Code – The Skunk Buster Fly

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Every angler, fly or conventional, has a “go-to” lure or fly they use, whether it’s for one species or multiple. Many trout anglers might say the pheasant tail nymph is their preferred fly. Others would never consider a fly box complete without at least one of Lefty Kreh’s Deceivers or...

TFO Announces 2023 New To Fly Fishing Products

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For 2022/2023, TFO is proud to announce its newest additions to the fly fishing category: the all new Pro III series available in both single hand and two handed options, new additions to the NXT Black Label rod series, and upgraded components to the Bluewater SG series. Find out more...

Hooking Up! Poon Fever with the Mangrove Coast

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Waking up and hitting the beach every morning with my setter is some- thing I know is really special. I see the Caribbean from my porch, and often see tarpon rolling from the nearby dock. I am immersed in the fly fishing guide community in San Pedro. I have a...