Category Archives: Fly Fishing Gear Review

Redington Fly Fishing continues to improve it’s equipment offering. This season’s introductions include the Hydrogen and Chromer rods as well as the Behemoth and Zero reels. The Hydrogen Rod is the sleeper of the group and really should be cast … Continue reading →

Trout Spey….Micro Spey…”Small Ball” has indeed arrived ! The Spey Angling enthusiast of today has limitless opportunity, be it Trout, Sea Run Cutthroat, Smallmouth Bass, even the various Shad species of both coast. Trout Spey tackle which spans from the … Continue reading →

Yes folks, as many old timers like myself recognized, this is a barbed metal eyelet that we often used to create a nice junction between fly line and leader.  The barbed point was shoved into the fly line core and … Continue reading →

So here we have a “thingy” that was formerly a standard in the fly fishing industry. Anyone care to name it? Anyone ever use one? Good or bad? Successes or failures associated with use? I’ll follow up shortly with commentary. Jay … Continue reading →

The month of August brings a new launch of fly fishing products from the major manufacturers including Sage, Rio and Redington. Below you will find brief discussions from our sales rep George Cook about each one of the new series … Continue reading →

Prior to going Cuba, Jim T. and I had the opportunity to swing by Nautilus Reels in Miami, Florida.  Kristen Mustad was available to give us a tour.   “Made in the USA” really means something when you see the manufacturing capabilities … Continue reading →

We all have our burdens in life, and one of mine is to occasionally document my reaction to various elements of fly fishing gear I have “tested.” I have often been surprised to find hundred buck rods that seemed (to … Continue reading →

Just when you thought you were safe from the continual onslaught by the Fly Fishing Military Industrial complex and blatant commercialism  – here we go again. Seriously, ha ha, I do enjoy sharing my thoughts on gear when I take … Continue reading →

Unbiased?  I’ve sure got opinions about my Hatch reels and gear, based on personal use experience, and as such I’m probably not unbiased. For one thing, I can fish about any fly gear I wanted  –  and the choices out … Continue reading →

Fishing Pliers are part of my all day every day gear that have become second nature to carry, whether I’m on a lake fishing for hatchery trout, on a river swinging flies for steelhead, or out in a friend’s dory … Continue reading →