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The Tropical Fly Collective team used Thomas & Thomas Exocett SS rods (160 and 200 grain) in the making of this film, and their light in-hand feel, ability to throw an overweighted line and heavy fly, as well as the backbone to turn a solid machaca in heavy current made the rods invaluable tools to get[...]

From all of us at Thomas & Thomas, we'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happiest of Holidays! Our good friend Ian Davis of Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures created this fishy illustration. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Merry Christmas_Ian Davis Artwork from[...]

A subtle, V-shaped wake appeared on a sun-drenched flat near Big Pine Key. As it approached the skiff, poled by Dr. Ross Boucek, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s Florida Keys Initiative Manager, its source was revealed: a pair of bonefish foraging on crustaceans hiding in the sand and seagrass. When the[...]

“IT’S PROBABLY JUST MACKEREL.” We’re three hours into a mako drift, we have exactly two seagulls to show for it, and there’s a baitball bonanza a hundred yards off our bow that we can do exactly nothing about. It’s a worst-case scenario. The guy next to me looks enviously at[...]

Martha's Vineyard Flats: To me there is nothing more fun than sight fishing on the flats. The vastness of the shallow water like a Montana plain, the various shades of green and turquoise and the flourishing ecosystem within, it’s hard not to feel totally and completely happy. When I describe[...]