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Winston Bamboo The History of Winston and Bamboo by Terry Jepsen I’ve worked at The Fly Shop®, or at least been a part of it since I was 14 years old…I’m 51 now. When I started, the majority of fly rods were made of fiberglass. Graphite fly rods, which were just coming out, were only (more…)

The Winston Pure Series is known as an accurate and delicate presentation style rod  with a wide range of lengths and weights to accommodate any small stream or lake.  This series of rods is well known for being the perfect dry fly and small nymph rod. The PURE 2 has taken the previous model and (more…)

In our last post we covered the “Clothing for Fall Fly Fishing”.  As we said we would, here is the follow-up to that article with the gear needed to switch seasons. As summer gives way to autumn, some, not all, anglers look to put away our 8’ 4-weights and size 18 PMD’s and break out (more…)

I am a Gemini. I enjoy foggy morning sunrises on coastal rivers, long walks down gravel bars with friends, single barrel bourbon … Oh wait, wrong bio. My father was a fighter pilot in the Air Force when I was born, so the list of places I have lived is long and short lived when (more…)

We’ve been hearing about Euro nymphing, a version of the old “high sticking” that many of us grew up doing, for quite a while. Euro nymphing just takes that type of fishing to the next level — but with long and lightweight rods, specialty lines and leaders, and even a uniquely sparse group of flies. (more…)