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“The Best Rods Nobody Talks About!”

Fall Streamer Season It’s fall. The air is colder, the days are shorter, and it’s time to throw some streamers. Streamer season means big flies, aggressive strikes, and chasing fish that love a big meal....
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TFO Streamer Showdown | Top 3 Rods for Chasing Predators

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Fall Streamer Season It’s fall. The air is colder, the days are shorter, and it’s time to throw some streamers. Streamer season means big flies, aggressive strikes, and chasing fish that love a big meal. Whether you’re targeting trout, smallmouth, or stripers, the right rod makes all the difference. Here...
A walleye being scooped into a landing net beside the boat, captured just beneath the surface of green water during a fall fishing trip.

Fall Walleye Fishing: Keep It Simple and Stay Deep, and Think Big

As temperatures drop and lake turnover wraps up, walleyes slide deeper, following baitfish and seeking stable water conditions. Fall may bring fewer bites, but the fish you catch are often your biggest of the year. Across the Midwest, TFO Ambassadors Travis Sorokie and Chris Meitzner agree: simplicity and subtle changes...

TFO Rods Presents An Interview with Founder Rick Pope

Almost three decades ago, Rick Pope started Temple Fork Outfitters (TFO) with the mission of getting more anglers into the sport of fishing by providing high-end performance fly rods at a fraction of the competitors. The rest is history. We recently visited Rick at his ranch in central Texas to...

A Primer on TFO Rods: What Makes Us Different

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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,...

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...