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CoC Redux: Double Rib Slim Profile Nymphs

The following patterns were introduced to me by Kevin Compton of www.comptonflies.com . Kevin is a phenomenal Fly Tier and spends most of his time traveling around the world slinging the finest of competition hooks from a little black backpack. You’ll find him on the banks chatting with the best competitive fisherman in the world [...]

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FromTheForum: FlyFisherPA’s “Keystone Gold”

Well I got up early today and decided to fish one of my favorite little brookie streams in hopes of catching some trout in there fall colors before they start to spawn. Mission accomplished I will let the pictures do most of the talking here. The Stream. The Trout! There were a lot of these [...]

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Point Totals for 2009 Team USA Championships

Here is the updated pointed totals with the SE Regional and the Rocky Mtn Regional points added in. Remember top 15 point totals will make Team USA. Point totals have been tallied from National Championship to National Championship. Next year’s point tally will include this year’s National so the only carry over is the National [...]

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Team USA: “Regional Wrap Up 2009″

Hello Everyone! The final two regionals of the season have been completed! The competitor stage has been set for this year’s National Championships in Pennsylvania. I want to congratulate those that qualified and also the medalists from those regions. I especially want to thank Josh Stephens and Brian Kimmel for putting these together and all [...]

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Feast or Famine

As the Fall 2009 Steelhead Season stutter steps toward our door we spend early mornings starving on the lower branches of our tributaries and then retreat to honey suckle summer upper branches to tango with little wild trout. Some men speak of “last outings” and “hanging up inland gear for the season.” I love those [...]

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Team USA Regionals wrapped up for 2009

The 2 remaining regional qualifiers for Fly Fishing Team USA wrapped up this week. 5 man teams have won their spot at the upcoming National in State College PA October 24th. Most notably non team members Randy Hanner and Kurt Finlayson strengthened their points standings for a possible spot on next years team while Devin [...]

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For over 100 years…

There is an often untold story in the fly fishing conservation world. Rightly so, we spend a great deal of time highlighting potential industrial and political hazards to our local river ecosystems, but often we become solely focused on such material. I guess “good news” just really doesn’t sell. But the neat fact remains that [...]

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Volunteers needed for US Fly Fishing Championships 2009

Volunteers needed for United States Fly Fishing Championships State College, PA-The United States Fly Fishing Championships will be held in the State College Region October 24th through October 26th, 2009. The event is sponsored by the United States Youth Fly Fishing Team and the Central PA Convention & Visitors Bureau. Fishing waters that will be [...]

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CoC Redux: “Micro Nymphs”

I recently spent a week on a waterway widely known as holy land for the religion of fly fishing. Often difficult, never easy this river offers fly fishing people around the world a chance to test their wits and skills against wild trout with a prolific and quickly changing aquatic insect food base. For some [...]

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