Arizona
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Gear Review: Redington Sonic-Pro Zip Front Wader
Let me start out by saying that up until this year, I was convinced that no one could touch Simms when it…
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Gear Review: Fishpond Nimbus Guide Pack
How to carry all that crap…. the golden question plaguing the nation of fly fishers. We tend to be a nervous bunch,…
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Gear Review: Brodin Trout Bum Nets
Landing nets are sometimes as important to fishing as the rod itself. At the end of a good fight the fish gives…
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Gear Review: Red Truck Diesel Fly Reel
Simplicity. It’s really what fly fishing is all about. Taking the complication out of rod and reel and stripping it down to…
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Pike on the Fly, AZ Style
Arizona is known for a lot of things but Northern Pike are not usually one of them. Thankfully we do have some…
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Christmas in June
Triple digit temps sure get old fast. On Thursday I’d had enough and headed for the high country of Eastern Arizona. The…
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Arizona Wanderings
May continues to bring above average fishing. Yesterday was spent with Kc and Kirk fly fishing in Arizona’s White Mountains. The Whites…
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Havasu
Had a great overnight trip to Lake Havasu this week. Everet drove down from Idaho and Kevin Krai of Fly Fish AZ…
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Largemouth with a Capital “L”
I could hardly stand the excitement as I tied the last big bugs for the morning trip. I was heading to Saguaro…
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Lees Ferry
The Colorado River is so vital to the Southwest. Our “Mississippi”, it provides vital water, clean power, and recreation to millions of…