Expert Rigs

JEB Hall’s Spin Rig for Bonefish

March 15, 2013
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JEB Hall, our manager at Andros South, is a Southern boy, and that means that he knows his way around a spinning rod. Spinning rods fit right in on the flats!  Here’s how JEB sets up his spin rig for bonefish. JEB’s Travel Spin Rig for Bonefish Rod: 7′ 3 piece Medium Action Cabela’s Salt [...]

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Jason Rivers’ Grayling Rig

March 13, 2013
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If there’s a mecca for Alaskan grayling fishing, Fairbanks has to be it!  Jason Rivers manages Big Ray’s Fly Shop in Fairbanks, and he was kind enough to put together his go-to grayling rig for us. Thanks, Jason! Grayling Rig Introduction Fairbanks, Alaska would not be the first place you would find water to use [...]

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Tom Larimer’s Steelhead Rig, 2013 Edition

February 28, 2013
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We ran our first Expert Rig post over four years ago.  Whoa! That’s pretty cool…except for the fact that things have changed a lot in the past four years.  We’ve heard from quite a few of you that you’d like updates on what our fishing experts are fishing now, so today we start the very [...]

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Michael White’s Steelhead Rig

January 19, 2013
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We’ve had a flurry of posts recently about steelhead rigging, and in the process of revisiting everything we’ve written we realized that somehow, in the past 4 years, we’ve never run the Expert Rig of one of the most qualified guys out there.  Today we right that wrong. Michael White a. k. a. “Whitey” is [...]

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Your Steelhead Rigs

January 14, 2013
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When more than 80 of you really thoughtfully wrote up your steelhead rigs for our free Bougle contest, you helped created a really cool resource.  Already more than 1600 unique anglers have checked out that page, and they’ve no doubt gotten some new ideas on steelhead rigging, at the very least. Looking at all those [...]

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Bougle Contest Winner – Tom Ehrhard’s Steelhead Rig

January 8, 2013
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We’re thrilled to present to you the winner of a brand new Hardy Bougle, courtesy of our ‘Tell Us About Your Steelhead Rig’ contest.  Tom Ehrhard took this one home with his entry that appears in its entirety below. Before we get to Tom’s rig though, we need to say a few things.  You folks [...]

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Free Hardy Bougle – Steelhead Rig Contest Reminder

December 21, 2012
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Even if you’ve seen it already, make sure you check out our ongoing contest on steelhead rigs.  Our readers are submitting their steelhead rigs, and we’re going to pick the best entry and send its author a brand new Hardy Bougle Mk VI 4″ reel.  The contest runs through January 6th. Two Big Reasons You [...]

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Tell Us About Your Steelhead Rig, Win a Hardy Bougle

December 6, 2012
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Some of the most popular posts on our site come from our ‘Expert Rig‘ series – in which we ask a wide range of expert anglers to describe, in detail, how they set up their rigs to fish for various species around the world.  There’s a wealth of knowledge in these posts – frankly, your [...]

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Rick Sisler’s Bonefish Rig

April 17, 2012
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Rick Sisler is our manager at Andros South.  He’s a no-nonsense kind of guy. Here’s the rig that you’d find Rick fishing on any given day on South Andros – a no-nonsense kind of rig! The Summary Sage 890-4 Xi3 Tibor Everglades RIO Tropical Clouser WF8F (for the nice days) and WF9F (for the not [...]

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