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Podcast: Tom Rosenbauer Learns the Secrets of the World’s Most Successful Permit Angler, Mike Ward

August 27, 2025 0 Comments

  [Interview starts at 46:31] Mike Ward, owner of Adipose Boat Works, recently tied Del Brown’s lifetime permit count with 513 permit caught on a fly rod. On a bamboo fly rod! Now Mike would be the first one to say he may not be the world’s best permit angler, but he has put in […] Read more
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Tying Tuesday: The Spice of Life

August 26, 2025 0 Comments

In this week’s Tying Tuesday, we’ve got three very different patterns—from a fairly standard caddis pupa/emerger to a dry fly that will catch everything from panfish to trout, to a fly-fishing version of a classic lure. We kick things off with a cool caddisfly imitation from the mind of John Barr. Tyler from AvidMax walks us […] Read more
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How to Splice Fly Line to Backing for Big-Game Fishing

August 25, 2025 0 Comments

 There’s no better feeling than getting ripped into your backing by a huge saltwater game fish and not hearing that big Bimini twist go click, click, click through the guides—just a brilliantly smooth connection with hardly any friction at all. In this video from Ole Florida Fly Shop in Boca Raton, Capt. Michael Passalacqua […] Read more
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Photos: The 9th annual Get Trashed Delaware River Cleanup Was a Big Success

August 25, 2025 0 Comments

On August 16, the 9th annual Get Trashed Delaware River Cleanup took place, and it was a huge success. More than 60 volunteers came out, and together they removed 100 tires along with a huge amount of other trash from the West Branch of the Delaware River. The event is organized by Housefly Fishing and […] Read more
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Legendary Fly Tier A.K. Best Passes Away

August 23, 2025 0 Comments

Best was a signature tier for Umpqua. (See his patterns here.) Photos courtesy Umpqua On Thursday, August 21, the family of A.K. Best announced that he had passed away at the age of 92 after a brief illness. A commercial fly tier and author of books such as Production Fly Tying (1989), A.K.’s Fly Box […] Read more
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Paying Tribute to the Great Bud Lilly

August 22, 2025 0 Comments

George Ochenski (left) and Bud Lilly (right) pictured here in 2007 (Photo courtesy of George Ochenski). Bud Lilly’s Trout Shop opened in West Yellowstone, Montana, in 1952, and he ran it for more than three decades. Even after new owners took over in 1982, the name remained until 2020 because Lilly had created such an […] Read more
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