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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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Podcast: Late Summer Terrestrials, with Jenny Mayrell-Woodruff

August 20, 2025 0 Comments

  [Interview starts at 40:26] This week, Tom Rosenbauer posted a classic podcast from 2018, in which he talks to Jenny Mayrell-Woodruff—the Orvis-endorsed Freshwater Guide of the Year for that year. Jenny now lives in Norfork, Arkanasas, and she took time out of her very busy schedule to share her knowledge of Read more
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Tying Tuesday: From the Catskills to the Bass Pond

August 19, 2025 0 Comments

This week’s Tying Tuesday features three very different patterns that relate to different corners of the sport. First, Hogan Brown of Loon Outdoors teaches us to tie a jig-nymph pattern with an ominous-sounding name. Next, Matt O’Neal of Savage Flies shares an all-purpose Catskills-style dry fly that should work as both a prospecting pattern Read more
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