What To Expect When Visiting South Florida | Fly Fishing Opportunities

The Fishing Opportunites in South Florida. Whether it is running away from the cold, enjoying palm trees and light breezes, or tequila sunrises on the beach. Florida is a great escape and boasts world-class fishing that northerners vacationing south end up wanting to give a shot at. With so many options at your disposal you [...]
All About Fly Fishing Leaders

All About Fly Fishing Leaders

Tying A Different Fly Everyday For 1 Year Straight | Shop Boy Richie

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Tying A Different Fly Everyday For 1 Year Straight | Shop Boy Richie

Do you ever wonder what it would look like to tie a new fly every day for a year straight? Richie, AKA "Shop boy Richie" did and wanted to see if he could challenge himself. Challenging yourself can be a daunting task with anything in life. It takes dedication to keep trying new things or [...]

Attaching Dumbbell Eyes | A Beginner Tying Lesson

In this short tying tip, you will learn how to quickly and effectively attach dumbbell eyes onto a hook. A necessary skill for all fly tyers to have.

Fly Tying Thread Control | A Must Know Tying Tip

A must-know tying tip. Thread control is a crucial aspect of fly tying and you can really benefit from honing this skill. In the above video, Mike P goes over the basics of a pinch wrap and capture wrap utilizing tread control.

How To Cut Gel Spun Thread | The Easy Way

Tying with gel spun has tons of benefits, but one of the main drawbacks is how tricky it is to cut. With this quick tip in the above video, it saves time and provides an easier way to work with  this great thread.

Fly Tying Tutorials

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How to Tie EP Baitfish Fly

How To Tie: EP Baitfish

How to tie the Sheep Mullet

How to Tie: The Sheep Mullet

How to Tie the Wooly Bugger

How to Tie: The Woolly Bugger

Tie Finesse Changer

How to Tie: The Finesse Changer

Tying Material Spotlights

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Product Spotlight | Smhaen Master Dubbing Twister

The all-new Smhaen Master Bobbin Spinner is here to make your tying life easier. With the new functionality of a spring-loaded jaw that opens and closes for dubbing loop control. This new product is sure to make the perfect addition to your desk and tying tool arsenal. This tool is simple to use and solves [...]

Material Spotlight | Polar Goat Hair

Polar Goat is a very long, natural material that works extremely well for long streamer patterns. It's much like Polar Fiber, just a lot longer at 6-8" of useable length. In comparison to the previous material spotlight, Icelandic Sheep, Polar Goat is more opaque, slightly thicker, and has more sheen. The material does contain underfur that [...]

Fly Tying Material Spotlight | Icelandic Sheep

Icelandic Sheep is a long, natural material that works incredibly well for larger streamer patterns. It feels like a combination of Craft Fur, Pseudo Hair, and Polar Fiber - but it's much longer and a bit softer, with 5-7" of useable length. The material itself does contain underfur that can either be combed out or [...]

The Beginner’s Guide To Fly Tying Material

So you took the jump into tying your own flies, welcome! As you will quickly find, there are so many things to learn. This guide is to familiarize you with some of the more popular materials. Naturals Naturals are the foundation of tying materials. They include any material that came from an animal: furs, feathers, [...]

Gear

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How we make destination boxes / How to build a fly box

Three New AirFlo Superflo Lines

A Look at the New G.loomis NRX+ T2S | Fly Rod Perfection

What I Carry In My Wading Hip Pack – Bonefish Setup

Fishing

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What To Expect When Visiting South Florida | Fly Fishing Opportunities

The Fishing Opportunites in South Florida. Whether it is running away from the cold, enjoying palm trees and light breezes, or tequila sunrises on the beach. Florida is a great escape and boasts world-class fishing that northerners vacationing south end up wanting to give a shot at. With so many options at your disposal you [...]

More Than A Cast | Feeding Flats Fish

This writing is a slight follow up to "Sight Fishing Between The Ears". After you've dialed in spotting fish and reacting with the cast.. now you have to get the fish to eat. The thrilling visual excitement of watching bonefish, tarpon, and permit tracking a fly and then committing to it - knowing that you [...]

Fly Fishing The Mullet Run

The Mullet Are Here What is the Mullet Run The Mullet Run is an event that takes place along Florida beaches and intracoastal waterways. A big bait migration coming from the north - traveling southbound in the months of September-November (more on times later). Stalked by the numerous predator fish that prey on the tasty [...]

Fly Fishing South Florida Peacock Bass

South Florida Peacock Bass There's nothing like the vicious strike of a peacock bass. They roam the canals and backwater lakes of southeast Florida, making them extremely accessible especially on-foot. Miami-Palm Beach is a travel destination for freshwater chaos that will leave you smiling ear to ear about the memories made. What makes this fishery [...]

Rigging

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All About Fly Fishing Leaders

All About Fly Fishing Leaders

What I Carry In My Wading Hip Pack – Bonefish Setup

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

How To Add A Loop On Your Leader | How To Tie The Perfection Loop

GuideStories

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ChopperTails by Capt Carl Ball

ChopperTails

Capt. Carl Ball "We were out here tarpon fishing, tarpon wishing, and one of those big military helicopters flew by us. It flew in, it went by us, it turned around, it came down real low and it was heading right for us. We were like, 'uh-oh'. It got down real low to the water [...]
Scott Hamilton Circus Act

Circus Act

Capt. Scott Hamilton "The Singletons’ weather was marginal for the four days that we fished, with the seas being a sloppy three to four foot, but with little going on inshore, we buckled down and headed offshore anyhow. The first day was spent warming up on runners and other assorted little stuff, Scott Singleton managed [...]
Bobby Gibson Tough as Nails

Tough as Nails

Capt. Bobby Gibson "Jorge and I were permit fishing last week. I don't know how many almosts we had, and then caught one. Hooked one blind casting in the mud. A tank. Out of the first five shots, I thought every single one was going to eat the way they acted and chased the fly [...]
Lizard King GuideStory

Lizard King

Capt. Brandon Laszlo "So we were fishing somewhere in the Glades. There's a creek where a whole bunch of baby tarpon are at, baby tarpon and snook. And there were a whole bunch of alligators around us. Buddy steps up on the bow and hooks a tarpon. I'd staked the boat out and got current [...]