Reviews

Airflo Rage Compact Head

December 23, 2011
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Many of us who learned to spey cast using Skagit-style systems have never felt that comfortable casting floating lines.  There, I said it!  Your fearless editor was raised on T-14; I’m really bad at casting even Scandi heads. These days in the Pacific Northwest, lots of us fish Skagit heads and sinktips most of the [...]

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Kast Steelhead Glove Review

December 12, 2011
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A few months back we heard from the folks at a new company called Kast Gear.  They make a few different products designed for fishing in the cold.  They sent us a pair of their Steelhead Gloves to try out. We fished them in cold weather.  We liked them.  Here’s why. Design and Fishing Use [...]

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SmithFly Modular Fly Fishing Gear

December 1, 2011
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At IFTD in New Orleans this year, our friend Cameron Mortenson dragged us over to a display in the small business section – “you gotta check this stuff out”!  The company was called SmithFly, and they make modular fly fishing gear. What’s modular fishing gear?  Well, after IFTD the folks from SmithFly were nice enough [...]

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Fishpond Rodeo Rolling Duffel Review

November 28, 2011
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As the owner and operator of three fishing lodges in remote parts of the world, there’s one topic that we at Deneki Corporate feel uniquely qualified to write about.  We may or may not be the best in the world at casting into a 30 knot wind, or executing a cack-handed snap T…but we’re really, [...]

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Fishpond Blizzard Soft Cooler – Why We Like It

November 15, 2011
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Warning: this is a review of a not-very-technical piece of fishing gear. We spent some time this summer and fall fishing with the Fishpond Blizzard Soft Cooler.  It’s a medium-sized soft cooler that holds 18 cans of beverages, or maybe 6 cans of beverages and a couple of lunches. We like it.  Here’s why. Easy [...]

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Sage 6119-4 TCX Switch Rod Review

November 9, 2011
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It’s another chapter in the story of the Short Spey Revolution! Background Earlier this year we posted our review of the Sage 8119-4 TCX Switch rod – the heaviest in Sage’s line of very fast “long switch/short spey” rods.  We’re totally in love with this rod; in fact your fearless editor has had a very [...]

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Revo Water Lens Review

September 13, 2011
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Introduction A few months back we got our hands on a pair of glasses from Revo that incorporate their new Water Lens – a polarized lens made specifically for open water.  The model we’ve been fishing with is called the Guide.  We’ve fished enough days with them that we feel competent to write a review, [...]

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We’re at the Fly Tackle Dealer Show

August 18, 2011
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The International Fly Tackle Dealer show starts today in New Orleans, and we’re there! IFTD is our industry’s one major trade show each year that includes equipment manufacturers, reps, fly shops and more all under one roof.  It’s a great chance for us to spend quality time with the quality folks in our industry…and we [...]

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Simms Headwaters Tackle Wallet – Why We Like It

July 27, 2011
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There seems to be a mini-trend going on these days in the world of tackle storage.  Following the lead of our conventional angling brethren, fly anglers are starting to use soft-sided ‘wallets’ of various sizes and configurations.  For example, Bill Lenehan wrote a great guest post for us about how he uses ‘worm wallets’ to [...]

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