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How to properly crush hook barbs
great stuff from ozarkflyflinger with very little to add. i can’t explain why but having the pliers inline with the hook point gives better results with fewer breaks of the barb and a smoother contact...
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Fly Lines- Cleaning and Maintenance
by Tim Flagler via Rio ” Hmm, feels nice, is it a new line ? “ ” sort of, its about three years old… “ a direct quote from a course i gave last week and one that seems to repeat itself very regularly....
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Fly Lines- Barrio SmallStream 2wt Line test
via Merge Fly Fishing the video below isn’t much of a review in itself but it sums up all the important features and the film’s lovely location is a perfect example of where this new Barrio line shines...
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Fly Rods- The Making of a carbon fibre blank
by David Norwich having had the opportunity to cast one of David’s rods at a casting meet several years ago, i can attest to the overall high-level quality of his craft. by following the link above...
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Fly Fishing Life-Hacks- A small, sturdy and inexpensive Waterproof Box
as fishers, water is our best friend but that doesn’t go for everything we take with us when out having fun and whether we like it or not, that fun means sometimes getting thoroughly soaked in one...
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Barrio Micro Nymph Fly Lines
something new, something very different, something exciting ! by the description below we’ll see that this is indeed a specialty line not only because of its super-thin diameter but also that it is a...
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Inches fraction and decimal to Millimetre chart
primarily of use for us fly fishers to compare and better understand the sizes of fly tying beads and tippet/leader/line materials, here’s a handy chart that’ll hopefully help make sense of it all....
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Making it float
in yet another reminder of just how much ‘we’ve got it good’, here’s a more than interesting article on the long-ago development of floating fly lines and flies via The Fishing Museum Online. i’ve...
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Review- Smith Creek ‘Trash Fish’ Spent Line Wrangler
“I see way too much fishing line on the riverbank and I got so tired of re-stuffing spent leaders and tippets back into my vest pocket that I finally designed a tool to make them stay put. And no, I...
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Review- Smith Creek Rod Clip
being the third and final review of these great Smith Creek products, the Rod Clip is, at least in my eyes, one of the most interesting and practical accessories i’ve seen, one i’ve had my eye on since...
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The Making of a Fly Reel
via GinkandGasoline – Jesus built my CCFX2 starring Jesus (i guess), here’s a very cool insight on how fine fly reels are manufactured. sure, there’s a lot of machinery involved but also a lot of well...
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a love affair
filmed by Micke Sashup i had the great chance of meeting Lars Andersson at the Möller Bil fly fair held in Uppsala, Sweden in 2010. seeing this video brought back visions of a kind, quiet and simple...
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Fly Fishing- Leader design for streamers
lots of very good info here from Kelly Galloup. admittedly, these leader designs aren’t universal and are specifically geared towards targeting large trout with large trout streamers in rivers,...
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Review- Stickman Rods P5 ‘Evil Black’ 9′ 5wt
first off, here’s the tech specs from Stickman Rods: 5 weight, 9′ length, 4 piece Rod weight: 91 gram (3.21 oz) Matte natural finish, fast action blanks Flor grade half wells grip from Portugal REC...
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the Smoooothest fly line/leader connection there is- a Step by Step
by buddy, expert rod builder, fellow Barrio proteam member and one of the best trout fishers i’ve had the pleasure to meet, Sandy Nelson. Dave Whitlock‘s superglued leader-to-fly line connection isn’t...
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Making a furled leader by hand (no tools or jigs)
nope, this won’t be the end-all leader solution for everyone’s needs but it’s for sure a good one to have in your bag of tricks. what i like best with this video is that it shows us how easy,...
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Tackle Review: The Fly Tidy fly tying station
‘Something new, something different, something really cool. Fly tying stations aren’t new but this one is a modernized, simplified and very practical and functional rework of the basic design. Fair...
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Ordnung muss sein!
loosely translated, in german that means ‘there must be order’ or ‘everything in it’s place’, ‘get your shit straight’ or maybe simply: How to put the rod in the Sock here’s a most often very neglected...
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Double Tapered vs Weight Forward Fly Lines – Which is really better?
by Bruce Richards constantly amazed that this subject is still an issue with so many anglers, on so may forums and by so many ‘experts’, i thought it might be of worth to pull up this article and let...
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What is a double taper line for fly fishing?
as alluded to in yesterday’s post Double Tapered vs Weight Forward Fly Lines – Which is really better?, there’s an enormous amount of let’s say, less than informative information available on the net...
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the Tangle-Free Duncan Dropper
i came about this way to rig a dropper quite by accident sometime last summer. it was pretty dark and i was changing the tippet of the main leader and noticed while attaching it to the tippet ring...
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