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  • March 15, 2013

    5 Tips for Scouting a Trout Run

    By Kirk Deeter

    I often preach about the importance of slowing down and watching before you make casts. The trick to catching more trout with flies, in my mind, has less to do with perfect fly patterns and long casts, and more to do with actually knowing where the fish are and what they're up to. The only way to figure that stuff out is to sit down and watch.

    There are tricks to more effective run scouting. Here are my five top tips:

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  • March 12, 2013

    Invasive Species: Concerned About Rock Snot

    By Kirk Deeter


    I am in Providence, Rhode Island, attending the "International Didymo Conference," where scientists and policy experts from around the world have gathered to talk about this aquatic invasive species. If you're not familiar with the diatom Didymosphenia geminata, you should be. "Rock snot," as it is often called, has the ability to spread quickly. For example, since the first blooms of this alga were detected in one river on New Zealand's South Island in 2004, it has infiltrated many other major river systems there (fortunately it has not spread to the North Island). And it's a growing concern here in the United States as well.

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  • March 8, 2013

    Fishing Gets the Harlem Shake...It Had to Happen

    By Tim Romano

    You knew it had to happen sometime...

    It seems the Harlem Shake has infiltrated almost everywhere in the blog-o-sphere. It has shown up in places like the University of Georgia Swim and Dive Team, on an airplane, and has even been credited with becoming a, "potent symbol of protest, revolt and defiance" in the Middle East.

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  • March 7, 2013

    What's Your Favorite Insect Hatch?

    By Kirk Deeter

    A few evenings ago, a young man came up to me after a presentation I had made, and he asked: "What do you think is the best insect hatch of all, anywhere?"

    I thought on that a bit, and realized the little guy had me completely stumped with a simple innocent question (as little guys are apt to do often).

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  • March 6, 2013

    Guess the Fish and Fly Contest Winner Revealed

    By Kirk Deeter

    A quick note before I get into the prize-winning answer: This Saturday night, I will be hosting the Fly Fishing Film Tour event to be held at the Wildlife Experience in Parker, Colorado.

    What's more, Tim Romano will be there as part of the pre-show festivities, showing some artistic prints from the recent "Surface Film" event.  So if you happen to be in the Denver area, and you want to come out and chat with both of us, we'd love to see you. For those of you who haven't seen the 2013 Fly Fishing Film Tour you should plan to do so when it is nearby. And even if you took in the first F3T event in Denver a couple months ago, the Wildlife Experience showing is particularly fun because the films are projected in high definition on a huge screen. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door, and doors open at 5:30 p.m., showtime is 7 p.m.

    Okay... now onto the winner.

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  • March 5, 2013

    Argentina Cast and Blast: Part II

    By Tim Romano

    A wee update of 22 new photos from the trip that Kirk and I took for sea run brown trout and doves in Argentina right after the new year.

    We fished at Kau Tapen lodge and shot many many dove at La Dormida with the fine gentlemen from Nervous Waters. The trip was put together by friend and fly guru extraordinaire Oliver White. You may remember Oliver from Kirk's piece on Arapaimas in the jungle of Guyana.

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  • March 4, 2013

    Fishing Videos of the Week

    By Tim Romano

    It's Monday and I think you all need a little entertainment right about now. This week I've selected three videos that I found worthy. The first is from friends and fellow Greenbacks Russ Schnitzer and Ivan Orsic over at the The Fly Collective. The video is called "Cold Blue Nights," and it was filmed on one of my "home rivers," the Blue—at night.

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  • February 27, 2013

    Guess the Fish and the Fly, Win Prize

    By Kirk Deeter

    I'm going to give away a RIO Gold fly line worth $75 to the person who can identify what kind of fish these are. And because I expect quite a few of you to get that part, I'll also say that I caught one of these fish. You tell me which one, and with what fly.

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  • February 25, 2013

    Downton Abbey and The Price of Poor Casting

    By Tim Romano

    Today's Fly Talk entry is a guest post from our friend Chris Santella. You might know Chris from from his "Fifty Places" series of books, his work in The New York Times, Forbes.com, The New Yorker, Golf, Travel & Leisure, …and many others.

    Chris and I were chatting the other day about the portrayal fishing on TV and in advertising, which as I'm sure you know is just god awful 99 percent of the time. To make a long story short, during the course of the conversation we both admitted to watching the season finale of Downton Abbey and were aghast at the sight of such horrible spey casting. Anyway, I'll stop trying to explain and let Chris take it from here. Warning: Spoilers ahead.

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  • February 21, 2013

    Battle Over Public Access to Rivers Heating Up in Utah

    By Kirk Deeter

    It seems like every time I turn around, there's another attempt afoot to limit public access to rivers. The battle is really heating up in Utah right now. And that's just sad, because there's no way for me to see how privatizing public natural resources—and that's really what this boils down to—can possibly be an act of good faith. How we collectively approach the issue of stream access is either going to keep fly fishing alive for generations or effectively kill the sport dead within years.

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