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Thomas & Thomas Holiday Gift Guide

The holiday season is upon us! At Thomas & Thomas, we are hopeful, excited, and ready for the days ahead sharing a deep-rooted passion with friends, family, and the next generation of anglers. Whether you’re looking for the perfect gift to give or asking our special dealer in the North[...]

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Steelhead in the PNW: A guide's perspective-by Barrett Ames

2022 has been a welcome improvement for steelhead returns in the Columbia River basin over 2021. While it is still not a big run historically, looking like it will come in around 126K total steelhead (hatchery and wild), it is a big improvement over last years run of only around[...]

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Fall Streamer Season Tips

Written By T&T Advisor Richard Strolis Well, it’s almost that time of year again; days are getting shorter and the temperatures will begin to dip down into that comfortable zone.  It is also the time of year that many trout fisherman refer to as “streamer season”. Pre and post spawn[...]

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Rich Strolis Fly Tying Tutorial: Simple Baitfish

Simple Baitfish Lefty’s Deceiver is probably one of the most well known baitfish imitations next to the clouser minnow. A rather simple design of just bucktail and feathers has fooled fish for decades  and any angler would be hard pressed to come across any saltwater guide who doesn’t have a[...]

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False Albacore | Fall Blitz on the East Coast by Ross Kessler

It’s fall in coastal New England and for some that means leaf peeping in New Hampshire. For many of the anglers in our midst it’s albie time! The little tunny, false albacore, Euthynnus alteratus is a fish that drives our obsessions, wakes us up from a deep sleep, and fires[...]

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