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Art of Spey: Adding Distance to Your Cast

Twelve pages diving into learning how to add distance to your cast and more efficiency on the water to guarantee you a better day of fish...

The Art of Spey: One Word to Self Diagnose your Single Spey

Twelve pages diving into self diagnosing your Single Spey on the water to guarantee you a better day of fishing and more opportunities at...

Flies of Hope in a Hopeless Situation

Earlier this week, I had a wonderful but bereaved conversation with the owner of Fair Flies, Jeff Coffey which left me in a paradoxical s...

In your Sights: Sight Fishing for Bull Trout

"He's huge, cast now, cast now" was all I heard from my buddy who had scrambled up the rocks as my look out. "You're not allowed to talk ...

Online Spey School Course no 1 | Lady Caroline

I am really excited to finally announce the pre-registration of the Online Spey School course no. 1 where we will be learning to tie the ...

#dozenfordownunder Auction

I've been asked to join the #dozenfordownunder auction on Instagram, auctioning off flies to raise proceeds for the fires down under. We’...

Holiday Greetings & Year Recap

Thank you for all the continued support this year, I will certainly never take that for granted. I hope you are finding time this season ...

Chasing Tarpon, Tarponville, Costa Rica

Written for Leatherman Winding through the erratic streets of downtown San Jose, Costa Rica, our driver skirted between oncoming traffic,...

Spiked Coffee Weather

One of my favourite warm-me-up drinks is spiked coffee, especially as the season changes, layers are added and leaves begin to drop. This...

Wild Eats: Strawberry Shortcakes for Midsommar

This past weekend was Swedish Midsommar, and nothing rings in the solstice like a sweet strawberry shortcake. A number of years ago now, ...

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Art of Spey: Adding Distance to Your Cast

Twelve pages diving into learning how to add distance to your cast and more efficiency on the water to guarantee you a better day of fish...

The Art of Spey: One Word to Self Diagnose your Single Spey

Twelve pages diving into self diagnosing your Single Spey on the water to guarantee you a better day of fishing and more opportunities at...

Flies of Hope in a Hopeless Situation

Earlier this week, I had a wonderful but bereaved conversation with the owner of Fair Flies, Jeff Coffey which left me in a paradoxical s...

In your Sights: Sight Fishing for Bull Trout

"He's huge, cast now, cast now" was all I heard from my buddy who had scrambled up the rocks as my look out. "You're not allowed to talk ...

Online Spey School Course no 1 | Lady Caroline

I am really excited to finally announce the pre-registration of the Online Spey School course no. 1 where we will be learning to tie the ...

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