Gear Reviews
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May 9, 2012
Many of you think I spend my free time ironing Joe’s fishing shirts and making guide lunches. Hardly. My home is the home of Big Sky Anglers, and its stuffed to capacity with rods, reels, flies, a shop’s worth of fly tying materials, boots, waders, hunting gear, and bird dogs. My worldly goods consist of [...]
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February 19, 2012
YNP continues take up most of my time these days. Running around Yellowstone in a vintage Bombardier is a fabulous way to get a paycheck, and honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way. The shot above didn’t turn out as good as the real thing. If you tilt your screen the shot gets better…… My [...]
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February 10, 2012
Awhile back I saw a pair of crampons with metal bars screwed into them. They were being tested for wade fishing, as an alternative to felt, as states like Alaska and Missouri don’t allow felt anymore. One look at these new wading boots from Patagonia made me think……really? Aluminum bars? Screwed into the soles? Hmmm…… Not [...]
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November 15, 2011
Freestone Rod Shop is based in Montrose, Colorado. Bernard, Sam and Len run the show. They build grass and graphite and are not new to the scene….not one bit. Combined, they have 89 years of rod making and design behind their craft. Thomas & Thomas, Scott and Winston were all blessed with their abilities over the years. Gary Loomis [...]
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September 10, 2011
This past spring, the fine folks at Patagonia, sent out the new SST Jacket for me to test all season long. How kind of them, I thought to myself….I needed a new rain jacket and their gear tends to be as good as anyone elses…..even Simms. My buddy Drew, above, wore this jacket this spring [...]
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March 16, 2011
We have a friend in Big Sky who is a metalsmith, it is her trade and this is one way she pays the bills. I find the origin of the word “smith” facinating. It basically boils down to mean someone who has a specialized trade working with metal, using a forge. Dating back to [...]
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March 11, 2011
Having been a Patagonia Pro for 13 years and running, it is hard to find another company as diversital as these guys. Their gear is top shelf and flat out works in all situations. I use it for everything outdoors. Patagonia just released their Spring 2011 Digital Fly Fishing Catalogand since I am on the [...]
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December 6, 2010
Each year Mom and Dad ask me, separately that is, what they might possibly get for the other for Christmas….something that Santa might bring them, you know? Afterall, what do you buy for someone whom you have been married to since 1969? Your loved one normally buys exactly what they want for these types of hobbies. Surprises [...]
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December 2, 2010
Beer, almost any beer, is good. Warm beer sucks, but of course it is Winter in Montana and the chances of finding a warm beer, say behind the seat or in the garage, is next to impossible. This is the time of the year in which one can keep a beer in the pack and drink it [...]
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October 14, 2010
Tweleve years ago I bought my first Ross Reel, a Cimmaron 2. It still functions like it was brand new. Many of the folks who jump in my boat over the years have fished this reel. I have several other reels, mostly given to me, one found along the road 15 years ago and never [...]
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