I have had my eye on a fly fishing stripping bucket for a while. The cost was not something that I wanted to invest, so I figured I would make my own.

Are you a fly fishing elitist? I think I am... Not because I hold my nose up and treat others poorly, that don't do fishing the way I do it. I am, actually very nice and will give away half of my fly box to someone struggling. I offer the same respect to gear fishermen as I do fly fishermen.
Read the following post, and see why I think all of this might still make me an elitist.

In this post I put hands on the 1wt glass and the Danielsson Midge. Overall both performed flawlessly, the 1wt is a fun little rod and the Danielsson is a nice little reel for its price point.

I do a short review of the Swedish made Danielsson Midge fly reel.

Reviewing the Taylor Array SE Gold reel about two years after buying it.

Beginning fly fishing or fly tying can be a money pit, a couple of tips in this blog may steer you down a path to help you avoid some of that money pit.

I said that I would post this how to today, so here it is. In this blog post I discuss how I replaced a bad foam handle with a cork one, without removing the guides or reel seat.

A very brief description of a click-pawl reel mechanism.

warm water fly fishing is catching on. Look out carp and smallmouth we are coming for you!!