Intro to Fishing Soft Hackles
An oldie but goodie.
Soft hackles flies and techniques have been around for quite some time. They are often some of the simplest styles of flies and the techniques used to fish them...
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Fly Fishing tips, tactics, and other BS for the Spokane Region.
Early Season Steelhead Water
Follow the rocks.
The last few seasons I've put some time in doing what we will call "alternative" tactics for catching steelhead. In case you don't know what that means, it means g...
Read MoreSpey Lines 101
Making Sense of Spey lines.
Ask 20 spey casters what their preferred line is for spey casting... you'll get 20 different answers. The question we get the most is, "What spey line sh...
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Thank You for a Great 10 Years
That's right, 10 years! I started with Silver Bow Fly Shop in the summer of 2002, teaching classes, selling gear, cleaning toilets (I still do this), ...
Read MoreHopper Twitch
Put some life into your bug.
The dead drift isn't always the right drift. Sometimes a little movement, or twitch, to your dry fly can go a long ways. In particular, adding a twitch ...
Read MoreSmallmouth Bass Study
Fishing in the name of science
Smallmouth bass in the Spokane River, love'em or hate'em, they are one tough fish. Tough for many reasons... for the habitat they can survive in, the ...
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