Fly Fishing
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Gear Review: RIO Fly Lines Outbound Short and Grand
For those that know me it’s really no secret. I’m sold on RIO fly lines. I love them. I’ve used pretty much…
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Apache Bass
First some history. The Salt river runs west from the tops of the White mountains down steep and formidable canyons before emptying…
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Gear Review: Redington Form Game Rod
Redington is fast becoming one of my favorite fly fishing companies. New innovative products continue to come month after month. I’ve had…
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Cold Fall Fishing in Arizona
Met back up with Alan for a quick day trip. We headed to a high lake in search of fall spawning Browns….
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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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Char Obsessed
Char are like trout, only better. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy catching stillwater Rainbows, river Browns, and willing Cutthroat as much…
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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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Summer Time, and the Livin’s Easy
Just returned from a long weekend in Hunting Beach and La Jolla with the family. The camera had battery issues so I…
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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…