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A Few Minutes About Musky On Fly With Blane Chocklett

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When the southern mountain trout fishing slows to a crawl in the dead of winter, I hunt grouse. Now my attention has turned to fishing for musky. The two species are different. One’s a mountain bird, the other a toothy fish, but the two have one thing in common: They...

Lefty Kreh Honored for a Lifetime of Influence

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Lefty is No. 1. So says the editorial staff of Fly Fisherman Magazine, which compiled a list of the 50 most influential anglers of the past five decades and placed TFO’s Bernard ‘Lefty’ Kreh at the top of the heap. “Absolutely, he deserves to be No. 1 on that list,”...

It’s Back to Basics for Smallmouth

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Tis the time of year for freshwater transition. It’s September. It’s still a bit too hot for trout, and the largemouth bass is a morning and evening proposition. However, the most willing sparring partner in early fall is not hard to find. The smallmouth bass is a viable fly-rodding option...

Five Tips on How to Catch Tarpon

Conventional / Fly

The Gold Cup features the best of the best in tarpon fishing. The invitation-only tournament is one of the most prestigious events of the competitive fishing season. TFO advisor Rob Fordyce has set the standard for Gold Cup consistency with 13 second-place finishes, the last of which came earlier this...

Why You Should have this Game Changer

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The cliché is true: Necessity is the mother of invention. So is patience. And persistence. That was the path that TFO advisor Blane Chocklett endured to come up the Game Changer. You might think that the Roanoke, Va. guide cranked out this revolutionary baitfish fly in a few tying sessions....

Chocklett Makes His Mark as a Writer

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Blane Chocklett is a professional guide and fly tier. The TFO advisor is also a writer. His first book, published by Headwaters, is due out this fall. Here’s a sneak peek of what to expect.  I know you haven’t definitely decided on a title other than Game Changer, which is...

It’s Show Time: A Guide to the 2018 Fishing Shows

Conventional / Fly

It’s winter, too cold to fish, but it’s not too cold to do the next best thing --- and that’s talk about fishing. And what better way to do that than at a fishing show. The 2018 winter show circuit has already started, and Temple Fork Outfitters is scheduled to...

Get Ready for the Axiom II

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As a seasoned guide in the mountains of Virginia, Blane Chocklett has chased an array of species throughout his fly-fishing career --- brook trout in the Blue Ridge, big browns in the spring creeks and musky in the rivers. Big fish, small fish, doesn’t matter, there’s always something tugging on...