In this one, we’re talking all things rod building with Geoff Klane of Brackish Flies. Geoff and I chat about choosing blanks, guides, reel seatS, and everything you need to get started building rods. If you’re interested in a custom rod, reach out to Geoff. He’ll build you everything from a salter stream fly rod […]
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I had checked this beach on six consecutive days, watching the fall bounty of peanut bunker stack up in the bubble weed and the seabirds meander along the shoreline, picking at shells and eelgrass. Three of the six days, I found fish—micro stripers gliding through the shallows chasing singular baitfish and shrimp. On the other […]
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I keep thinking about perspective. In June, you could not have paid me to cast to trout in a kettle pond. But here I am, at the end of October tying a woolly bugger to a 4x tippet casting to stocked trout, getting skunked and actually somewhat enjoying the peace it brings. In early May, […]
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It may not feel like Fall quite yet, but signs of “The Run” are starting to creep in. But before we talk about what’s to come, let’s go back a bit. A few weeks back, on the new moon of course, big bass came through the canal. Again. This time they were on mackerel. Pretty […]
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We’re in the thick of it now, folks. If you’re not living and breathing the spring run chaos, if you’re not reading this through blurry-eyed fatigue on three hours of sleep, if your car isn’t a disaster of sand and mud, rods and reels and flies stuck to every imaginable surface, if your iPhone can […]
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What’s this!? A new report? This is it, folks. The first official report of the 2019 fishing season is hot off the WordPress. It’s all uphill (downhill?) from here. This is exciting for a few reasons, namely that right now, at this exact instant, you have the ability to go down to one of your […]
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