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A Tribute to Lefty Kreh – A Collection of Interviews, Videos & More

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Today we honor a legend. Bernard "Lefty" Kreh would have turned 97 on February 26th. We all miss him dearly and know that his legacy and the impact he left on this world continues to influence people every day. We've put together a list of various videos you might like...

Flip Pallot and the New Mangrove Coast Fly Rod

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For many years, while guiding, I spent most of each day on an elevated poling platform at the back of my skiff, watching angler/clients struggle with ultra high priced, high performance rods that they had purchased in hopes that dollars spent, would enhance casting skills...They had raced in exactly the...

TFO Unveils 2022 Fly Products

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This week, Temple Fork Outfitters announced three new fly products to the TFO family: the BC Big Fly, the NTR reel, and the Mangrove Coast. Find out more below, and be sure to check out these new additions at your local TFO dealer later this summer! BC Big Fly Introducing...

Another Birthday Greeting To Lefty From Flip

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A note from Flip Pallot: Over many, many years. Lefty and I played a game of hiding small gifts or tokens, for no special reason or occasion, in places where the other would find them. Often in luggage, clothing, the pages of books, in vehicles, or tackle bags. We never...

Plotting A New Course – A Film with Flip Pallot

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In this uncertain year that 2020 has been, we check in with TFO National Advisor Flip Pallot down in the deep woods near his home in South Florida. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJGsXuy9mCc Flip Pallot has been apart of the TFO family as a National Advisor since 2006. Flip was born and raised in...

Part V: How to Get Started in Fly Casting

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If you’ve followed TFO’s How to Get Started in Fly Fishing series, you have a rod, reel, fly line and leader from parts I, II, III and IV. Now you need to be able to cast. You don’t need to be Lefty Kreh or Flip Pallot to catch fish, but...

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 School for Fly Fishermen

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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...

A Few Father’s Day Gift Ideas from TFO

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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...

The Predicament of Buying the Right Fly Line

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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...

Another Perspective on Lefty by Rick Pope

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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...

Recollections of Lefty and Reflections on his Legacy

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I’ll never forget the first time I saw Lefty Kreh. It was nearly 30 years ago. I had just started to fly fish and was mingling with a local glad-hander at a fly-fishing show near Charlottesville, Va. A weathered looking fellow walked in wearing a pair of khakis, a chamois...