What To Do If Your Welded Loop Breaks | The Better Connection

Fly line to butt section of leader is an extremely important connection. Almost all the new fly lines come standard with pre-welded loops that look like this: Although these welded loops connected to a perfection loop test out just as strong as an albright knot, stuff happens on the water and you can be left [...]

Sage Sonic Review

Sage Sonic's nitty-gritty casting performance, the all-around workhorse. We are going to be focusing on the 9Ft 5 weight, the “bread and butter” trout outfit. Let's just jump straight into the casting performance of this rod and how it feels at different distances. This review is done with Cortland Ultralight fly line for all the [...]
Orvis Hydros Review

Orvis Hydros Updated Fly Reel Review

This is the Orvis Hydros. The next generation in the Hydros series of reels, ascending from the Hydros SL. With a solid foundation in place put there by the previous generations, Orvis just improved the Hydros in the areas that warranted improvements. It's still the budget-friendly large arbor workhorse you've known the Hydros family to [...]
Scientific Anglers Infinity Salt vs Grand Slam

Scientific Anglers Grand Slam vs Infinity Salt Fly Lines

FFI certified casting instructor Gene Geppert was practicing a long quick cast with a weighted fly. A cast generally used during a permit encounter, but more specifically an Exmouth Indo-Pacific permit - as there you usually have to make a longer cast. They don't use skiffs in Exmouth and you usually can't get anywhere near [...]
Scott Sector Fly Rod in Backcountry

The Sectorization of the Backcountry

The Fishing Early Thursday we received our first shipment of Scott Sector fly rods. Later that afternoon I got a text saying "let's put the Sector to work!" and a screenshot of the weather for Friday. It was from Mike P. (our social media man and the guy responsible for the video above). The way [...]
Narrow vs Wide Fly Reel Spools

What’s Width Got to Do with It? Narrow vs Wide Fly Reels

30% Narrower, 30% Lighter The new Orvis Mirage LT was recently released with a headline boasting that it’s 30% narrower and 30% lighter than its big brother the Mirage USA. Lighter is obviously a feature in which it’s easy to see what the benefits would be. Someone looking to balance an unbelievably lightweight rod like [...]
Waterworks-Lamson Standard Seat Fly Rod Review

Throwing Grey: Waterworks-Lamson Standard Seat Fly Rod Review

When you think of Waterworks-Lamson, you think reels and only reels. So if you were a little skeptical when you heard that they released their first saltwater rod a few weeks ago, you were not alone. We’ve seen it before; a company that is not known for rods imports a blank and puts their logo [...]
Redington Grande Review

Redington Grande Fly Reel Review

The new Redington Grande reel is Redington's best answer yet to the destructive forces of nature - mainly the salt and the power of the fish we need to stay connected to. The foundation of the equation is the fully machined aluminum frame and spool. This reel is going to hold up to time and [...]
Sage Igniter Review

Sage Igniter Fly Rod Review

It's a lineage engineered for a specific purpose. To be the ultra-fast instrument that fears no wind, adds a new gear to line speed, takes distance the extra mile, and cannot be overpowered. It started with the TCR which was revolutionary for its time. Then came the TCX, then the Method which gained a cult-like [...]
IFTD 2018 - Calm Before the Storm

IFTD 2018 – Calm Before the Storm

IFTD 2018 had a slightly different feel to it than past years. Spacier is probably a good way to put it. It was a smaller, sleepier show missing a few big players. You have to believe this was the calm before what would be the storm when the show moves to Denver next year. That [...]