Category Archives: Worthless Opinions

Lesser Crimes Against Fly Fishing And Humanity

Nantucket Reds Meatloaf (the singer) Flies bought at Wal-Mart. Species Dissing Trolling (flies only. Trolling smokers for pelagics is good. Real good.) Scent Fishing in car commercials. Fishing in beer commercials. Fishing in enlarged prostate medication commercials. Keeping score out … Continue reading

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Rock Albums For the Discerning Fly Fisher

Today’s theme is secondary albums from great players who passed away well before their time.

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Fire One Up

My buddy Ovi saw a guy from Atlantic Outfitters tying saltwater patterns at a Fishing Expo and curing the heads with a UV light. Ovi told me about it. All my flies have brown heads. This acrylic head gunk supposedly … Continue reading

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Film Tour in Maine Equals Cornell ’77?

I missed the Fly Fishing Film Tour in NYC, read that in Indiana it was quite lame, and thought until now that the place to catch it had to be Austin, TX. But I may have to reconsider. On Thursday, … Continue reading

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South Florida Aerial Shots

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FLIES: The Hamilton Eat-Me

The Hamilton Eat-Me is my favorite fly. The Florida guide Scott Hamilton introduced me to his pattern 10 years ago on a trip where we used the same fly to catch baby tarpon, dolphin (mahi), and false albacore. He gave … Continue reading

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BOOK REVIEW: The Alaska Chronicles

A lot has already been said about this title, so I’ll just add this: The Alaska Chronicles is the best fly fishing book I’ve read in a long time. Miles Nolte’s efficiency of prose is top notch. He has a … Continue reading

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Accounting

Every angler sets goals.  It could be numbers,  poundage, or a species life list. I like to focus on days. The goal is always 100. A reasonable number for a non-guide  in a northern climate. It breaks down to this; … Continue reading

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Dime Store Cowboys

“Dime store cowboy, you look so good, with your red boots, hat, and buckle from Hollywood.” –Split Lip Rayfield Fat Guy Fly Fishing had a series of posts titled Do You Know These People? Part One Part Two He forgot … Continue reading

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The Nobility Of Brown…

And not the german trouty kind, either. Roughfisher weighs in on fly fishing’s real frontier, where all the so-called trash fish become the treasure.

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