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The chart on my wall resembles a veritable treasure map of coastal Los Angeles. An artificial reef here, a submerged pipe there; green shading for kelp, red for restricted zones. Most of these are confirmed structure; others are just rumors heard from a friend of a friend—some high spot or[...]

Striped bass stocks along the east coast of the United Stated are in trouble yet again.  Recent reports indicate that striped bass are overfished and both commercial and recreational fisheries are being implicated.  There are also sentiments being circulated that when striped bass are released in the recreational fishery –[...]

I love striped bass, plain and simple.  I was born on Cape Cod, grew up on the Chesapeake Bay where stripers spawn and now I guide fly fishing for them in southern Maine, at the northern reaches of their migratory range.  This fish has been a central part of my[...]

Thomas & Thomas offers two lineups of Exocett saltwater fly rods – our flagship 9’ Exocett (6-12wt) series, and our 8’8” Exocett SS (160, 200, 250, 350, 450) grain weight rated series. While these two high-performance lineups of 4-piece fly rods overlap each other in line class, The Exocett and Exocett[...]