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5 Tips for Catching Early Season Smallmouth

June 3, 2025

Early season smallmouth can be fickle, but with these tips you are sure to have you headed in the right direction

Helpful Tips for Low Hot Summertime Water

June 3, 2025

The middle of the Summer can be one of the most challenging times of year to catch a trout, but here are a few tips of things I have learnerd over the years.

March 18, 2025

Stocking Dates for Delayed Harvest Streams

FLY TYING WITH CRAZY UNCLE JEB - Simple Extended Body Streamers - 1/18/24

January 19, 2024

THEY SWIM LIKE THE REAL THING

Fly Tying With Crazy Uncle JEB - INTRUDERS - 1/11/24

January 11, 2024

Swing em or strip em, hard to beat em

March 29, 2023

The seven deadly sins of small stream fishing.

Five Non-Fishing Items You Shouldn't Hit the River Without

February 22, 2023

Having your rod, reel, and flies is one thing, but you never know what can happen out there...

Fly Fishing Through the Late Winter and Into Early Spring

February 8, 2023

A Few Things to Think About...

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