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Fly Fishing Tactics for Trophy Striped Bass in Strong Currents & Deep Water

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As the warmer days of late March approach, ocean and bay water temperatures will begin to rise.  Bait fish such as menhaden (bunker to me), herring, silver sides, and anchovies, will set up and attract huge schools of striped bass into the Raritan Bay area. This body of water is...

Cicada Mania 2021 – Fishing The Brood X Hatch

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It’s late May in East Tennessee and talk of the highly anticipated seventeen-year Brood X Cicada hatch fills the air (and social media newsfeeds) as loud as the droning buzz created by the large black and orange bugs as they emerge. News stations and local outdoor outfitters have been hyping...

Striped Bass To Jacks – The Axiom ll Does It All For Nick Curcione

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With close to fifty years experience of saltwater fly-fishing both the east and west coasts I’ve had ample opportunity to fish fly rods from most of the major US manufacturers. If there were one observation that captures the evolution of the rods that have been produced in that time span,...

Winter Speckled Trout Tactics For Fly & Light Tackle

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When not chasing after striped bass and redfish in the Pamlico Sound and estuaries of coastal North Carolina, TFO National Advisor Capt. Gary Dubiel (Spec Fever Guide Service) loves to put his clients on large speckled sea trout. Even during the cold winter months, Gary knows how to find speckled...

Winter Streamer Fishing – The Gear, The Flies and The Water with Brian Kozminski

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"How's the fishing?" the lady on the bank genuinely inquired. "We got one in the net, had a few follows- decent day," my buddy in the bow replied. "But we are just getting to the good water-" I retorted. "I would go get my drift boat out of the garage,...

Tools of the Trade – The Axiom ll Fly Rod

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It's hard to believe it's been almost four years since the Axiom ll fly rod was released. With the collaboration of pretty much the entire rod design team at TFO, we were able to revisit the original Axiom (2007). What we came up with was a lighter, more responsive rod...

Why You Need A 7 Weight

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Let’s talk 7 weights. Yes, 7 weights. Wait, so you’re going to stand there calling yourself a fly angler, and you don’t have a 7 weight? Well, maybe this will open your mind to a different rod weight. Often skipped over by the fly shop employee for the more commercially...

Targeting West Coast Delta Stripers

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Fall is in the air and with cooler nights upon us, striped bass anglers anticipate the fall striper bite on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This is a precious piece of water to California and is rich in wildlife and agriculture that supplies not only water to the majority of California’s...

More Down Under Than Down Under – A Trip Of A Lifetime by Jason Randall

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About as low as you can go short of Antarctica, Cape Horn, Chile overlooks the bottom of the world. Yes, even further south than Australia and Tasmania. I never realized just how far it was until we finished the fourth plane ride and nearly twenty-eight hours of travel. The planes...

Check Out The Winner & Finalists of the TFO Photo Contest!

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That's a wrap for our first ever TFO Photo Contest! Over the past few weeks we received around 500 entries, and we loved seeing so many anglers enjoying TFO gear on their favorite waters. This Monday, our team selected our Top Six photos for a public vote to help select...

Backwater Basics to Catching Juvenile Tarpon On The Fly with TFO Ambassador Logan Totten

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With Spring in full affect down in Southwest Florida, the temperatures are warming up, and the rain is right around the corner. This means a few things, the most important to most fly fisherman, is that juvenile and baby tarpon season is upon us. Being eager to eat flies, pull...