Today’s NexGen Bonefish Flies by Dick Brown

Just as flies for other species suggest various food forms appropriate for attracting those quarry, so bonefish flies portray the creatures eaten by Albula vulpes. However fly patterns for this elusive species must accomplish a few other critical tasks besides just looking like dinner.

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The Case of the Missing Cutthroats

This mystery begins when Spinner, a New York City native who would rather pirouette than fly cast, catches the family prize––much to her boy cousins' dismay. The prize fish, a huge cutthroat trout, had been thought to be extinct in the river, and Spinner and her cousin set out to solve the mystery of how this one spectacular cuttroat survived until Spinner reeled him in.

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A wise angler will shut up and listen to anyone with 30 years of steelhead fishing experience

In the case of Dan Magers, steelheaders should go further, forking over $25 and devoting a few evenings to serious study of his new book.

Magers, of Bigfork, has backed his steelheading savvy with detailed records of Idaho’s Clearwater River. The information will boost the probability of catching steelhead in varying conditions in any river using any method, he said.

LINK (via: The Missoulian)

Android Book Review: The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing

Vintage Chum - Splendid Splinter Edition

My recently acquired copy and inscription of Schwiebert's Remembrances of River's Past that belonged to Ted Williams.

Dad's Day Sale

From Departure:

Father's Day is coming up, and If you're pondering a gift for Dad, we can save you some coin and spare you the humility of mall shopping for ties, golf balls, and soaps-on-ropes

30% off all harcover titles through June 10th!

There is also a Yeti Cooler giveaway goin on too.