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Orvis week at Hubbard's Yellowstone Lodge
A week of fishing and bamboo rod building in Twin Bridges, a week of guide school in and around Yellowstone park, and now, a week of guided fishing, also at Hubbard's Lodge. Guide school taught me...
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Laphroaig for me, hot cocoa for her. #flyfishing #flytying
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Christmas came early this year..the impetus to get the rest of the shop in...
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I'd like to wish everyone a very happy and fishy 2015 from snowy Switzerland!...
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No idea how it will end up, but tonight, it begins. #flyfishing #bamboorod...
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Being economical with the cane. 23 strips from my first culm! #flyfishing...
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Topo X Howler Bros. Klettersack
If there's anything I dig as much as fly rods and reels, it's bags. Backpacks, waistpacks, slings, vests, you name it. And as a hopeless bag fetishist, I've been hungrily eying the bags from Topo...
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I've been meaning to tie up some Goldhead bugs since seeing one tied by...
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No idea where I'm going to throw these but they sure are fun to tie....
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Getting the hang of it slowly...very slowly....#flyfishing #bamboorod...
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Epic 686, 8 months on
I've had my Epic 686 for about 8 months now, and it's high time I write up some thoughts.Afer owning an Epic 580, choosing the 686 as my next rod wasn't particularly difficult. I had the opportunity to...
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Vanity on the water
It isn't every day that an professional photographer accompanies you to the water. (At least not for a flyfisherman of my caliber) So when my colleague Sven Burkhard was curious to see what flyfishing...
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A new confidence fly
I might be in midst of slicing my fingers open and burning myself on heat gun nozzles as I slowly learn the craft that is bamboo rod making, but I still found enough time to tie up a box of flies over...
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An heirloom from Twin Bridges
Last summer I spent (an absolutely unforgettable) 3 weeks in Montana as a sabbatical, one week of which I spent at Sweetgrass Rods, as sort of a mini-internship. I split lots of cane and pulled strips...
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If Tony Hawk were a flyfisherman...
Bear with me now, I'm going to mention skateboarding for a brief moment. When I was a kid growing up in the 80's, I had a multicolored Vision Gator board, Independent Trucks, and Slimeball wheels. I...
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4 days in the Soča Valley
For our annual fishing trip this year, Mark and I chose Slovenia. The Soča Valley boasts some 140 kilometers of some of the most beautiful trout rivers in the world. Just a short (and cheap!) flight...
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A few hours on the Itchen
I know I'm not alone in having a healthy appreciation for the history of fly fishing, so when I found myself in London on a recent business trip and the opportunity presented itself to fish the famed...
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The fish of a thousand casts...
My colleague and I recently set up a small outfit here in Switzerland catering to the fly fishing needs of expats (www.firebelly.ch, if you're curious) and we've got a few events for local flyfishers...
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A second chance in Slovenia...
It's hard to believe how quickly time passes, but for our 7th annual fishing trip this year, Mark and I decided to revisit Slovenia. We had a great time last year, but we wanted another chance at a...
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Exploration and solitude in Bern
If there's one thing I miss about living in the U.S., it's the ease of getting away from it all, but lately I've been able to find that feeling in Switzerland too. Bern is only an hour and a half drive...
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Review: Elkhorn Side Bag, from Emerger Fly Fishing
I love bags. No, you don't understand, I really, really love bags and I like to think my obsession translates into expertise. I've long since given up on the vest as a viable fly fishing accessory,...
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Hammocks, Wasps and Trout, oh my.
It’s been far too long since I last wrote a post, and this past weekend’s overnight trip to Switzerland’s central alps provided the perfect fodder and inspiration. First, a little background.. in...
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Retrospective: The gear that made it and the gear that didn't
I'm pretty easy to please. I don't expect heroic efforts and extraordinary performance from people or gear, just enough to get the job done. That said, being alone in the wilderness for a week requires...
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Finding mosquitoes, trout, and tranquility in the arctic circle.
Once again, the onus, enjoyable though it may be, was on me to plan our annual fishing trip. We’ve been to some truly epic places from Montana to Slovenia, so topping past trips was getting...
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