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Tip: Grease your leader for better mending.
Tom Rosenbauer taught me this one, but I’m going to steal it and share it anyway. After you’ve dressed up your dry fly with that greasy, ginky goop that’s now left all over your fingers, don’t just wipe it off on your waders to leave stains like the syrup you dripped on your shirt at…
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Drift Boat Hack…
Use a small cooler (or something fairly heavy that slides) to balance the boat. Cooler in boat hack Just the other day, as my buddy Tim Romano, cousin Andrew Steketee, Andrew’s dog Oscar, and I were ready to shove off from the ramp for what would be an epic (and I mean epic!) float down…
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The True Cast – Why the United States is the Envy of the Fishing World
There’s always much to celebrate on Independence Day.
There’s always much to celebrate on Independence Day. Sure, we’re living in divisive times and there are things that concern most of us for different reasons and in different ways in America these days. But the bottom line is that this collective “experiment in democracy” is still kicking (and then some) 247 years after a…
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The True Cast – On Golf and Fly Fishing
With congratulations to fly-fisher Wyndham Clark on winning the U.S. Open and making all anglers proud! When I watch professional golf, I root for the anglers. Because many of the best golfers throughout history have also had a genuine passion for fly fishing. From Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo to Johnny Miller and Mark O’Meara—and…
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The True Cast: The secret to successful fishing? Check your agenda at the door.
When I reflect on the past couple decades of climbing the fly-fishing learning curve, I am often amazed that I caught any fish at all, given the many dopey habits I fell into. That’s not to suggest by any means that I feel like I’ve fully scaled that curve or don’t still make silly mistakes.…
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The True Cast – You gotta love a “fly-fishing dog”
Don’t get me wrong. Ol’ Maya (now a six-year-old Pudelpointer) is hell on four-legs when it comes to chasing game birds in the field. And many a feathered creature’s last earthly sight has been Maya’s furry snout pointed right at them. I think my bird dog likes trout fishing more than hunting birds. When I…
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The True Cast – Every River Has a Handshake
One thing that totally got me hooked on fly fishing—even before I caught any fish—was the simple feeling of standing in a river with waders on. The way the water pressure sucked the waders onto my legs…watching the swirling currents and the shapes they made on the water surface as they danced off my legs…the…
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