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Article

Gear pictures

Jun 14. 2009
Better pictures Martin maintains an archive of fly-fishing images together with a bunch of fishing friends. Nowadays it contains almost 12,000 images, and of those about 1,253 or more than 10% are tagged "gear". They take a lot of gear pictures.
See some and learn how to get better equipment pics here.
Blog entry

DeYoung all over

May 15. 2009
Fishy artist Derek DeYoung is all over the place
Article

Breaking the LAW

May 5. 2009
Reel love Martin had a tremendous fly reel breakdown this past season! Upon returning from a fishing trip he did one one the rare maintenance rinses of his LAW-reel, and noticed that the small rubber tube holding the ratchet had cracked. Disaster!
Read about Martin and his reels here.
Article

Small Fry, 8

Sep 22. 2008
Scaled-down Gear Light gear is best for little fish for two big reasons: first, light or ultralight outfits provide the most sport by giving these fish their best fighting chance; second, lighter outfits make fly fishing possible in unforgiving casting situations that leave little room for human error.
Read chapter 8 here.
Podcast

Early morning

May 8. 2008
Planning to get up at 3 in the morning to fish
Podcast

Driving experience

Apr 28. 2006
Cars, gasoline prices, rod holders and many other issues
Blog entry

Locked and Loaded

Mar 31. 2006
One of my pre season chores is sorting out my flox boxes. You know - discarding flies that have outlived their usefulness, adding to stock from all the winter tying, and generally tidying up.
Podcast

Packing

Mar 23. 2006
Preparing for a weekend trip
Article

Perfect Camera

Feb 18. 2006
Better pictures If you're on the lookout for a new camera to take with you when you go fishing, there are a few things you need to consider before diving for your wallet. This article aims to point out some issues regarding size, facilities and accesories.
From compact point-and-shoots to huge SLR's
Podcast

Wading

Feb 15. 2006
A bit about wading, wading boots, wading staffs -- and what to do when you fall
Article

ZipCast

Jan 22. 2006
New Line Cleaner & Conditioner When the bottle came in the mail, I got out an old hankie and wet a small bit and ran the line through the hankie a few times. Out to the yard to see how it cast. Hmm ... it was noticeably slicker and flowed through the guides with ease. Nice.
Click here to read the entire review
Review

100 Weird Ways to Catch Fish

Aug 21. 2005
About a year go GFF visitor and author John Waldman (of "Stripers, An Angler's Anthology" fame) posted a message on our discussion board with the subject
Article

Rising Star

Jun 11. 2004
Review The Austin blanks from All Star Rods are quickly gaining a reputation among custom rod builders as being among the best performing blanks on the market, regardless of price. Bob Petti had a chance to build and fish a 4wt recently.
Click here to read the review of All Star Austin 9 4wt 2pc blank
Blog entry

Winter waders

Nov 19. 2003
In spite of what most people think, breathable waders are well suited for winter fishing
Article

Great rod gizmo!

Apr 25. 2003
Clunk! The Magnetic Rod Guard from Tight Line Enterprises will solve more than the problem of keeping your rod out of harms way while you finish up by your car. A neat and simple product to solve a very common problem.
Read Martin Joergensen's review here.

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