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Truth is, steelhead do take during the middle of the day, in bright sun, but you probably won’t raise one to the surface at that time. Instead, these fish find deep runs, slots, chutes, and plunge pools and hold close to bottom. You can also find summer steelhead holding in the shadows that ledge-rock provides . . . and you’ll find plenty of that shadowy ledge-rock on Idaho’s Clearwater River, Oregon’s Deschutes and North Umpqua rivers, and Washington’s Klickitat, among others.
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Posted: July 18, 2025Nick Moore won the recent British Fly Casting Club's 5-weight distance contest while using House of Fly's Ballistic 57 fly line. His record-breaking cast glided 139' 6".
Read more about Nick Moore Wins UK 5-Weight Distance Crown With HOF's Ballistic 57 Fly Line8 Min -
Posted: July 11, 2025Doomscrolling on social media can diminish our own experiences, but only if we allow it to. Take time, at least every once in a while, to consider how fortunate each of us has been in our angling careers.
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Posted: June 02, 2025A 9-foot 5-weight is the ideal western trout rod and I can’t disagree; it serves equally well for bass, yellow perch bluegill and crappie. I consider it to be the most versatile stick a fledgling western flyfisher could own.
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Posted: May 23, 20254:30am, hours after leaving the Costa Sunglasses party we found ourselves at The Black Pearl in Mosquito Lagoon. This is the spot to find big redfish in clear water, and it's about as close to a tropical redfish trip as you can find anywhere in the world. We visit Titusville, Florida and Captain Scott Maccalla.
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The Chubby Chernobyl is synonymous with western stonefly hatches, especially the early season skwala emergence, which makes its annual appearance on numerous western rivers in March, April and May.
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Posted: September 06, 2023The mission was to test the rod that later became the TFP Haka.
Read more about Project in the Wild #91 Min -
Posted: September 06, 2023WHY WE SELL OUR RODS WITHOUT A ROD TUBE.
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Posted: August 28, 2023Sharks on the fly rod. Crazy? Maybe. Fun? HELL YEAH.
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Posted: August 23, 2023Washington fly fishing. Chip O'Brien explains why Eastern portion of the state is so special.
Read more about Fishing the Calendar in Eastern Washington7 Min