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HOW TO GET YOUR GIRL ON THE RIVER… {10 TIPS TO GET HER HOOKED ON FLY FISHING}

April 1, 2013

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Post take from MontanaFlyGirl.com Okay boys, listen up. This one’s for you. Ya’ll keep emailing me asking how to get your ladies to appreciate your love of fly fishing, and how to get her to love it like you do. Short answer. She may never love it. She may never appreciate your love of it. [...]

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How cold is too cold?

January 16, 2013

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winter fly fishing

With this blasted cold weather that wont seem to go away I got to thinking, how cold it too cold to fish.  I have fished in -12 degrees before (with no wind) that that no wind makes all the difference in the world.  I only lasted about an hour or so before I got off [...]

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The Year of the Trout

February 18, 2012

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fly fishing year of the trout

Written by Chris Kurnik with Western Trout Wrangler Beginning around the end of January this year, there has been a change in the river. Big fish here on the Truckee River are no longer residing in the mysterious unfishable depths, but instead have migrated to more fishable waters, have been holding along runs in large quantities, [...]

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Taking Your Time

January 4, 2012

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fly fishing provo river

I saw this video and it made me think of how I feel like I have evolved over the last few years with fly fishing.  I now love fishing to the hard to catch trout.  I love getting to the river and having to figure out what they are feeding on and not just throw [...]

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I wasn’t built for Winter fishing

December 5, 2011

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Fly Fishilicious

Written by Jen Kugler from Colorado, website -  Fly Fishilicious It had been 34 days since I last had fish on my hands. Even though I had gone out a couple of times since then, fishing was the game and skunk was its name. The cabin fever was setting in pretty strong again. I finally got a [...]

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Frenzy Poetry

March 29, 2011

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I found this short poetry quote going through some of my Dad’s fishing binders where he kept all his reports and secret spots and I really liked it so here it is.  I don’t know who wrote it so if anyone has heard it before let me know the author.   “The glowing lights of [...]

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Steak for Trout

October 24, 2010

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This past year I have fished more and more with streamers and some of my favorites are streamers from Kelly Galloup.  Kelly Galloup’s the Slide Inn is located on the Madison River.  I once read an interview he gave for a popular fly fishing magazine and he described he theory on why he ties the [...]

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Fly Fishing and Social Media

October 21, 2010

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I really haven’t written much lately for the blog so I decided to put some thoughts down. I have a hall pass from the wife this Saturday to go fishing and I have been thinking a lot about where I should go. I threw out my question into the social media universe and got some [...]

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Frenzy Friday Videos

March 20, 2009

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Is there a funnier show on TV right now than the Office?  I think we can all relate to people we know that cast themselves as characters from the Office.  Here is a clip of a sales role play call between Dwight and Jim with Michael critiquing the call.  Good Stuff. ENJOY! Perfect analogy of [...]

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Man Rules

February 17, 2009

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We always hear “The Rules” from the female side but are our rules. Add these to the lists you have already have. MEN ARE NOT MIND READERS. LEARN TO WORK THE TOILET SEAT. YOU’RE A BIG GIRL. IF IT’S UP, PUT IT DOWN. WE NEED IT UP, YOU NEED IT DOWN. YOU DON’T HEAR US [...]

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Get better at fly fishing without actually fishing?

January 14, 2009

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Remember when Michael Jordan sank that game winning jump shot against the Utah Jazz to secure his sixth NBA Championship in 1998? (Yeah, he pushed off of Byron Russell, but that’s not the point here.) How about Tiger Woods’ domination at the ’97 masters? Or maybe Adam Vinatieri’s game winning field goal to propel the [...]

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10 Most Influential Fisherman EVER!

December 10, 2008

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This info was taken from a handful of fly fishing magazines that we subscribe too. For the Fly Fishing Frenzy group, we can only aspire. Enjoy!! 10. JOE BROOKS Joe Brooks began his professional fly-fishing and outdoor writing career in the 1940s, pursuing the sport with zeal until his death in the early 1970s. Joe [...]

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Paying Your Dues

November 22, 2008

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Taken from Xstream Outdoors. This is an issue I have been debating over the past year and fishing the Provo River last night finally has pushed me to share my thoughts on the issue. I grew up hearing all the quotes about working hard for what you get…”Practice makes perfect”, “Step by Step”, “If you [...]

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Summer is almost gone!!

August 8, 2008

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Thanks to Travis for the great recap on the Frenzy 08 and thanks to Hostess for making Zingers.  I don’t have any pictures but I was able to fish the Logan River up Logan canyon last week. I don’t fish it often enough to know where all the good spots are but it is such [...]

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2008 Frenzy kick off email from Chubbs

February 27, 2008

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Fellow F-ers, it is that glorious time of year when we start to plan Frenzy 08. The disappointment surrounding the end of the 07 Frenzy turned to excitement as we all looked forward to the 08 Frenzy. For us F-ers, the Fishing Frenzy is more than a sport, it is a form of meditation. Let’s [...]

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