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Last-minute gifts
For the angler in your life, check out these gift ideas...though you might have to pay for rush shipping to get some of them there by Christmas. Winston Pure 2 If you like Winston rods, you’ll like this one. If you liked PURE, you’ll like the PURE 2 more, and you’ll feel a difference, starting…
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Tip – fly fishing for steelhead and salmon
Fly fishing for these migratory fish is thrilling thanks to their size, strength and beautiful environs. Watch as Tom Rosenbauer from Orvis explains the numerous kinds of steelhead and salmon and their migratory patterns, the gear needed, how to break down a river to locate these anadromous fish and so much more. Watch and learn…
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Tip – how to make a single-handed spey cast
Learn from Far Bank’s Simon Gawesworth how valuable the single-handed spey cast can be...even for the trout angler, with a trout rod. Simon walks us through the gear we need, why a good roll cast is an essential start and exactly how to perform this cast with efficiency and ease. Give it a watch and…
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Persistence on the Owyhee
When I first moved to central Oregon over three years ago, I knew I was in for a treat when it came to local trout fisheries. Early on in my time in Bend, I spent a weekend driving around central Oregon from the Lower Deschutes to the Fall to the Crooked Rivers, becoming acquainted with…
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Tip – reach cast
Orvis continues to come out with great videos teaching us tips to help our fishing. This video is no different from fly fishing instructor, Pete Kutzer. The reach cast helps anglers put a mend in the line to get a drag-free drift before it’s on the water. Watch and learn and then give it a…
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The True Cast – Do it all
I learn a lot about fly fishing when I spin fish, but the reverse is also true. I remember covering the Bassmaster Classic for Field & Stream magazine where I got to spend time with several pros. You’d be surprised by how many of them said they liked fly fishing. “Teaches me a lot about…
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The True Cast – The long overdue demise of how big? and how many?
When I tell my mother I went fishing today, what’s the first thing she asks? “How many did you catch?” “Dunno, Mom, I don’t really count. A handful I guess.” And what’s question number two? “Any big ones?” Believe me, I get it. How big and how many have likely been the measures of fishing…
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