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Tom Larimer

Rigging Stinger Hooks

June 9, 2010
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Tube flies and stinger hooks are very popular with anglers who chase salmon and steelhead with fly rods, for a few reasons.

They allow you to change your hook without changing your fly.
They allow you to fish a big fly without fishing a hook with a long shank, which helps you land more fish.
They allow you [...]

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Larimer’s Reverse Marabou Tube Fly

May 27, 2010
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One of Tom Larimer’s go-to flies these days for winter steelhead, summer steelhead and king salmon in Alaska is one of his own designs – the Reverse Marbou Tube.

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The big problem [...]

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Selecting Steelhead Flies

May 11, 2010
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In the past month we’ve had Tom Larimer stop by our blog to give a 6-minute master class on spey casting anchor placement, and a 1-minute diatribe (well, for Tom it was a diatribe) on fishing your fly actively.  Today we hear Tom’s thoughts on picking which steelhead fly to fish – especially which color to [...]

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Fish Your Fly

April 22, 2010
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Today we present a short video featuring Tom Larimer, Oregon steelhead guide and spey guru extraordinaire.
Tom thinks that one of the biggest mistakes people when fishing for steelhead is fishing in ‘remote control’ mode.

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Tom says that

It’s not [...]

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Spey Casting Tips – Anchor Placement

April 14, 2010
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Anchor placement is one of the keys to any successful spey cast.  Tom Larimer spends a few minutes today giving us 3 tips related to anchor placement.  If you like spey casting, you can learn something from this clip.  Trust us – it’s worth 6 minutes out of your day.

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Airflo Skagit Compact – From The Source

February 23, 2010
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Tom Larimer is more than a good buddy of ours – he’s one of the top handful of guides in the Northwest, and he also hosts a couple of trips each year to Alaska West and BC West.
Tom also happens to have worked directly with Tim Rajeff at Airflo on the design of their Skagit [...]

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Landing One on the Arolik

February 21, 2010
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Just a cool picture from a guy who can fish pretty good too.
More Cool Pictures From Alaska

Kanektok Wildlife
Rainbow Trout and Giant Flies
Salmon Egg

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Tom Larimer’s Steelhead Rig

October 24, 2009

Tom likes steelhead.
Photo: SteelheadBum.com
Tom Larimer has guided for more than a decade in the Great Lakes, Alaska and Oregon. He currently owns and operates Larimer Outfitters, one of the premier guide services in the Northwest.
He also happens to like fishing on the Kanektok and the Dean. In addition to his hosted week at [...]

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Tom Larimer’s King Rig

August 19, 2009

Tom loads up yet another laser loop.
Photo: Cameron Miller
Tom Larimer runs one of the premier guide services in the Northwest. He’s a super dude, an incredible angler and teacher, and…you guessed it, he’s one of our spey hosts during our king season at Alaska West.
If you saw Tom headed out on the Kanektok looking for [...]

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