hearing your reel scream and telling yourself, “Be patient…be patient”? I have heard it as “the 10 second rule” or “wait for 3 seconds” or “wait for 1-2 feet of line pulling off your reel.”
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BUSINESS BACKLASH AGAINST DEEP-SEA MINING GROWS
Photo: Feliciano Guimarães from Guimarães, Portugal Volkswagen Group, Triodos Bank, and Patagonia today joined growing calls for a moratorium on the emerging deep-sea mining industry. The world’s second-biggest car manufacturer, leading ethical bank and sustainable outdoor clothing company have joined other major companies BMW Group, Volvo Group, Samsung SDI, Google, and Philips in pledging to keep […]
Kruk’s Spey Casting Secrets: Single Spey
Kaptain Kanudia is back with his secrets for the single spey. Enjoy.
Episode 60 – Matt Zinkgraf
This week you get to listen in as I talk to Matt Zinkgraf. We discuss fishing for blue gill as a kid, researching trees(Treesearch for those in the know), a love for creating including his first rod, the adaptability of the mini-lathe, the merging of scientific fields, reel design, the constant desire for more boats, […]
Spirituality and Steelhead in the Aleutians
On that day, a fisherman was born; if it has fins and swims, I want to cast a fly in its direction and see what happens.
Costa Makes Sunglasses and Cleans Oceans
Discarded fishing nets and gear are the most harmful form of plastic pollution in our oceans. Working hand in hand with its partner Bureo, Costa is taking discarded fishing nets and giving them a new life.
Episode 39 – Jeff Mishler
This week I’m having a chat with Jeff Mishler, of SkagitMaster.com. We go over how he got hooked, pun intended, on fly fishing, studying steelhead in Kamchatka, steelheads’ adaptability, Skagit Master and working on number 5, friendly fish giving back to the angler, the league of fishing voters, and trying to swing a fly on […]
Love Pink
I’ve never been able to get a handle on the value metrics we attribute to fish. Why do we consider certain salmonid species more desirable than others? Would we think that way if we hadn’t been influenced and acculturated with the prevailing notions of others?
Rossano’s School Featured at COP26
that will reduce or eliminate the impact climate change is having. Displayed in a prominent position at COP26, the installation will connect delegates with specific initiatives around the world, educating young people, and energising leaders to take decisive action to save the salmon and prevent climate change.
Topher Browne teaches the Snap-T and Double Spey
Swing the Fly’s Atlantic Salmon Editor Topher Brown teaches the basics of the Snap-T and Double Spey casts in this great new STF video.
Episode 58 – Kevin Hospodar
This week I’m joined by my friend Kevin Hospodar. We had a fantastic chat about his young start to fishing, how to work in fish, how to get in trouble, tying flies, being a reel connoisseur, adventuring with the kids, a love for Sage Brush bags, conservation, kids’ soccer, and the dark reality of time […]
Kruk’s Spey Casting Secrets: Change of Direction
Kaptain Kanudia is back with secrets of the change of direction in the single spey!