There’s a new gear concept percolating away on KickStarter – ripplebox – see their innovative video and learn more here. It’s closing 20 September so you still have time to get in on this one; looks pretty damned interesting from where we sit – love the slot idea that allows placement of flies of any […]
Gear
It’s been a kick in the pants this summer to get a bit more involved in hands on reviews and give aways for our friends here on Chi Wulff, though I have to admit I’ve (we’ve) really been looking forward to getting our hands on some of Under Armor’s new Fish Hunter clothing line. As […]
You’d have to have been hiding under a mighty big rock for the past decade (give or take a few years) to have missed the explosion of technical clothing that has flooded the marketplace for outdoorsy folk (the lady’s side of the equation has been lagging a bit, but catching up impressively). When we write […]
Garden and Gun recently (28 June) ran a piece covering Bill Oyster, owner, shopmaster, and master craftsman overseeing Oyster Fine Bamboo Fly Rods in Blue Ridge, GA; it’s worth a clickthrough and read to soften Monday’s blow today. Oyster’s work is very well known, particularly for his wide array of salt water rods – quite […]
Trout Spey Shooting Lines and Reels from Headhunters Fly Shop on Vimeo. Braden Lewis of Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig, Montana talks about some of the more popular fly reels for Trout Spey setups, and why you should choose large arbor reels for certain applications.
For a lot of folks out there, the arrival of the post-holiday, deep winter season signals the arrival of the real deal tying season. For some reason this year we’ve had many more questions about tying vises, and recently ran across this vid posted in the past week by the master Kelly Galloup. Granted, it’s […]
Read all about it here. There’s an impressive list of prizes in the drawing; no purchase or donation is necessary to enter, but your tax-deductible donation earns more chances to win. BH&A continues to do much needed and great work in helping fight the public lands battles for all us.
[An unsolicited pitch on Swift’s Epic 376 Ready to Wrap kit.] Wanna Build That First Rod at Home? Within two years of throwing my first painfully awkward attempt at a fly cast in a SLC school yard, my fly fishing mentor and I scrounged up enough cash to buy a couple of blem blanks (Sage […]
Boron III Plus Jungle Rods from R.L. Winston Rod Co. on Vimeo.
John Arnold at Headhunters has knocked one out of the park with a recent post – In Defense of Switch Lines….Just Kidding. Not one to mince words or blush at the thought of pissing someone off with a comment (a most-often virtuous trait we find sadly lacking in the discourse of the day), John lays […]
Making a Net: River Song Nets from Matthew Novak on Vimeo. John Parise hand makes wooden landing nets for fishermen who care for craft, aesthetics and a healthy catch & release. Find out more about John and River Song at riversongnets.com
We were recently invited to review one of RefrigiWear’s jackets, and after pondering it a bit we chose their Arctic Duck Jacket as our target. While not a technical piece of fly fishing gear, we as well as a lot of you spend multiple hours in the greater outdoors doing other things, some for work […]
Handmade with woods from 9p#5 Média on Vimeo. French bamboo rod builder Zane from 9p#5 Media.
Several weeks ago we were asked if we’d be interested in reviewing an emerging cooler brand – Orion Coolers made by Jackson Kayak in Sparta, Tennessee. I told the PR rep that we’d only do it if they’d agree to a toe to toe comparison with YETI, a challenge to which they readily agreed. A […]
