There comes a point in every fly tyer’s life that they’ll want, or need, to use epoxy.  Unfortunately, epoxy is oftern frustrating to work with.  You’ve gotta mix it right; you’ve only got a limited amount of time to get it on there, etc.  It’s because of this that several alternatives to epoxy have become […]

So, if you’ve been reading with any frequency, you know I’ve been working on a secret website project of sorts for about 5 months or so.  Well about 3 months into this project, I was messing around with one of the database thingies and lost everything.  Everything.  Moral of the story- if you call database […]

I used to take fly tying way too seriously. When I wasn’t tying flies, I was probably sitting in front of the computer at my fly tying bench; reading about flies; talking about flies on message boards; or, looking for new materials to tie flies with.  I lived fly tying, and the only reason I […]

This post has been sitting in the drafts pile since early August, so after yesterday’s free magazine post, I figured now was as good a time as any to hit the publish button on this one.
I spoke with Brian O’Keefe the other day about a new project he’s been working on with Todd Moen called […]

Just click the images below to go to the website for a free copy of the current issue of each magazine, add the digital version to your cart, checkout, download.
I haven’t gone completely through each one yet, but from what I did look at in each-just the pictues- they look like decent publications.

I’m just about finished with my first full season in a new pair of waders.  I fished the Battenkill with Geoff a few days ago (great day, report to come this Winter when you’ve got cabin fever to the worst degree) and they were already a little smelly when we started.  Afterwards, they were thrown […]

Confluence Films newest fly fishing adventure DVD, Rise: The Movie, is out.    You can buy it and watch the trailer by clicking here
While I haven’t watched this one yet, I gotta ask myself- did we kick ourselves in the ass when we asked for less fish porn and more substance?
Maybe that’s not the right question.
When […]

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I just read a blog post over at the newly revamped Drake Magazine website by noted shoelace hater, Tom Bie.  Yes, he really does hate shoelaces.  But that’s not what this is about.  This is about a well written piece Tom wrote dubbed, Print is Dead.
As the 15th Drake makes its way across the country […]

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?