Thomas and Thomas Fly Rod Giveaway

As far as quality, legacy, charm, character, fit and finish, fishability, art, science, and perfection in fly rods go, it’s hard to top a Thomas and Thomas. Comparing rods from various makers at this level is like comparing supermodel girlfriends you could do it but, why? Just count your blessings and enjoy the time you [...]

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River Why DVD now available for purchase.

Well I guess they finally caved… the River Why DVD is now available for purchase over here. After posting the photo above, I realized that this movie has a seriously “chick flick” looking cover, I mean of all the scenes to put on the cover, really, a big lame make out session, what are we [...]

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Thank you Mr. [C.F.] Martin

I saw this on the Bluegrassblog.com this morning and thought I needed to share it here. Its a cool video posted by the C.F. Martin company of their factory in 1939, where they are building what appear to be D sized guitars. DROOOOL! Based on the value of current Martin guitars from the era this [...]

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Build your own Reel with a Kit from the Eclectic Angler

I saw this interesting post over on Fish Flies and Water and thought it worth sharing. Now you can build and customize your own reel with a kit from the Eclectic Angler. Yes it is a kit, so in the purest sense you aren’t realy “making” the reel, you’re just doing the final assembly. So [...]

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Graphene! Could a clear fly rod be in your future?

Unless you’ve been out of touch and off on the Kvijak hooking giant Rainbows you’ve probably heard that the Nobel Prize for Physics went to some guys who discovered this stuff called Graphene. Graphene is a one-atom-thick planar sheet of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. Why do I think [...]

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On the Road and the River, with the Meandering Boo Boy.

Man, wow, just when you think you’ve heard of all the cool jobs in the world, along comes Sweetgrass Rod’s new position, Meandering Boo Boy. Zac Sexton will be keeping a blog of his fishing junkets and posting them over on their blog. A quote is below. Good luck Zac, we look forward to reading [...]

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Silver Tears Woody Camper Coolest Camper Ever? Yes!

Via the Trout Underground comes a link to the coolest little camper we’ve seen in a while. Although its not too big the Silver Tears Woody camper may be the coolest camper ever. It fits right into our little niche of a beautiful yet ultimately very functional work of art. We love it! Quote from [...]

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An overly melodramatic article about Mike Clark

If you’ve read enough Gierach then you know about Mike Clark and South Creek Ltd. I’m sure Gierach’s portrayal is a bit skewed for literary purposes but nevertheless I’ve always pictured a grumpy quiet salty dog who hates nymphing and anything heavier than a 4wt, or maybe was that was A.K. Best I’m thinking of? [...]

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