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Reasons to use a travel agent for your next fly fishing trip We get asked all the time why anglers should use a travel agent when they can book directly with the lodge. This is a great question that I wished more people asked, so I’m going to share a few of the best reasons (more…)

Gear Review:  Skwala RS Jacket & Waders On a recent exploratory steelhead fishing trip to Kodiak Island, Alaska, I was fortunate to score a new Skwala RS Jacket and a pair of Skwala RS Waders to fish and put through their paces. I was a bit nervous about bringing two such essential pieces of equipment (more…)

For the last 45 years, the Scott Fly Rod Company has been a leader in rod design and innovation. Each fly rod is handcrafted in Montrose, Colorado by rod builders that care. These are fly rods built with a purpose, utilizing only the finest components, and these rods perform under the most severe conditions. These (more…)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Terry Jepsen (800) 669-3474 terry@theflyshop.com Skwala Fishing Now Available at The Fly Shop® REDDING, Calif. (Aug. 4, 2022) — The Fly Shop® is excited to announce it will be adding Skwala Fishing gear to its already extensive lineup of fly fishing products. At the time of this announcement, The Fly Shop® (more…)

Gear Review:  Skwala Fishing Waders Last fall Skwala Fishing created a bit of excitement when they released their new lineup of fly fishing waders. These feature-loaded waders were touted as the most innovative waders in the fly fishing world, and having spent some time in them, we’d have to agree. Skwala didn’t flood the market (more…)

The Grand Slam of Swing by Justin Miller I learned how to cast a Spey rod to swing flies for steelhead. Steelhead are hands down my favorite target species, and there is no other option to the method I prefer. Once I started swinging flies with a Spey rod, there was no going back. The (more…)

Gear Review: Patagonia Men’s Sandy Cay Pants by Eric Ersch Recently returning home from a week of sharing the flats and backcountry of South Andros with a group of top-notch guides and friends, I found myself laughing as I unpacked my clothes and tossed them into the washer. I’d packed three pairs of wading pants (more…)

Gear Review: Sage R8 Core Series Fly Rods by Eric Fields As many of you know, Sage just released their new freshwater fly rod series, the R8 Core. Honestly, I was a bit shocked to hear this news as the Sage X is my favorite rod series from that company. It is rare that a (more…)

Indicator [ in-di-kay-ter ]   a person or thing that indicates, signals, or points out. Indicators (bobbers, floats, corks) are one of those fly fishing essentials that you either love or hate. Old-timers call them bobbers and believe that the word “indicator” is just a fancy way of describing the red and white bobbers they (more…)

Ross Reels is getting back to its roots! Ross Reels has been an important part of the fly fishing landscape since their first reels came out in 1973. Aerospace engineer Ross Hauck founded Ross Reels in Etna, California, later moving the company to Montrose, Colorado, where it is today. Hauck perfected a number of industry (more…)