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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[...]
Read MoreFall 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[...]
Read MoreRich 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[...]
Read MoreFalse 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[...]
Read MoreRich Strolis Fly Tying Tutorial
Alter Ego No streamer selection would be complete without a swim-style fly in the mix. Whether you are targeting trout, smallmouth bass or even larger predators like pike or musky, swim flies are designs that are typically neutrally buoyant and react to the angler's imparted actions with the fly line.[...]
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