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A better man for it

Friday, December 11, 2009

C omplicated winds made crossing hands across the small dissection of my urban back yard. Staring through the double pained door I watched high currents tickle at our sole Oak Tree while the struggling sounds of ascending steam triggered my coffee addiction. Heavy eyes fumble for half & half, eggs, and a bagel. [...]

Inside a National Fly Fishing Championship Event

Friday, October 30, 2009

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Well folks. Long story short: “heartbreak weekend.” I knew my odds at placing high enough to make the team were slim at best, but there’s always that little hopeful child deep in your soul that says: “maybe, just maybe! Tuesday: After ferrying my 4 year old off to PreSchool I race home and pack the car [...]

US National Championship State College, PA 2009 Results

Friday, October 30, 2009

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1 George Daniel – B USA 19 10860 16 385 2 Lance Egan – B USA 20 13660 21 400 3 Norman Maktima – A USA 22 11080 16 410 4 Mike Sexton – A USA 23 14400 22 370 5 Devin Olsen – C USA 24 18020 28 351 6 Brett Bishop – A USA 26 13200 19 440 7 [...]

T Minus 1 Week to National Fly Fishing Championship 2009

Friday, October 16, 2009

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1 week left until some of the top fly fishing anglers in the United States converge in State College, PA to take a shot at making team USA! Competitors will start to filter into the State College region soon testing their skills and flies against Pennsylvania’s world class Wild Trout fishery. If you [...]

CoC Redux: Double Rib Slim Profile Nymphs

Sunday, September 27, 2009

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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 [...]

FromTheForum: FlyFisherPA’s “Keystone Gold”

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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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 little guys [...]

Point Totals for 2009 Team USA Championships

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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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 [...]

Feast or Famine

Friday, September 18, 2009

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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 [...]

Team USA Regionals wrapped up for 2009

Thursday, September 17, 2009

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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 [...]

For over 100 years…

Monday, September 14, 2009

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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 [...]

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