Fly Bums Episode 2 | Chasing GIANT Florida Snook
Fly Bums is a three part series where Jesse Males from Backwater Fly Fishing and fly bum Jake Haselgrove aka Dr. Scalez set out to chase three species on their local Florida waters. First up is Redfish. From the skiff, to wading, to paddleboarding, Jake and Jesse find success on all three fronts.
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Posted: March 02, 2026Read moreThis list was put together by the collective knowledge of the House of Fly crew, including members of our staff who reside in south Florida, and our guide/ambassador team who also live in that idyllic area.
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Posted: February 27, 2026Read moreSage's new Arrow fly rod is a modern tool for anglers who value versatility over specific applications, which means this rod serves well in varied conditions and for numerous species. Need a one rod do-all solution. You may have found it here.
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Posted: February 13, 2026Read moreTop Sage Fly Rods rep Kurt Krueger explains in this video how the new Power R8 is the tool you need to cast far, even in challenging conditions, and tame some of the largest freshwater and saltwater species on the planet.
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Posted: June 15, 2026Read moreEarlier this year, JayD'Arpini and Calvin Fuller headed to Florida to meet up with the Duck Camp crew and test some gear while chasing Florida redfish and snook.
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Posted: June 05, 2026Read moreKris Keller and the HOF crew head out on the Missouri River for pike. A slow day ends well.
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Posted: May 25, 2026Read moreIn House of Fly Pocdast #2 we sit down with Trout Shop founder Chris Goodman to discuss how he and partner Jerry LaPierre took a mom and pop business and turned it into Ground Zero in the Missouri RIver fly-fishing scene. Listen in and you'll hear some Craig, Montana history and learn how the Trout Shop really came to be.
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Posted: March 13, 2023Categories: River GuidesRead moreA guide for floating the Smith River that actually shows and explains each of the campgrounds you can choose from for your journey. This guide also includes recent updates from FWP on the Smith River Float.
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Posted: July 18, 2018Read moreIn high school I was a pretty poor fisherman, I certainly didn’t realize it at the time, but I was bad. There was a whole crew of us, and we were all bad at it. Relatively bad, as in we were probably better than most our peers, but we just didn’t know what "better than what we were" should look like.
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Posted: October 21, 2022Read moreThe Rod and Gun is a time capsule of what Old Florida was like and was the exclusive hunting and fishing club in the Everglades for presidents like Roosevelt and Eisenhower, as well as celebrities like John Wayne, and Ernest Hemingway. We paid the current owner through the window of his Ford Taurus standing on the lawn outside our cabin; cash only.
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Posted: March 24, 2022Read moreOnce maligned, bull trout now play a starring role in the Pacific Northwest’s wildest places. Words by Greg Thomas.




