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Chris O'Byrne
Mar 20, 20212 min read
Trout Flies for Bass
You might already have a box of flies for largemouth bass
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Chris O'Byrne
Mar 9, 20212 min read
Fly Fishing Lessons
Like signing up with Arthur Murray before the party, or a morning with a ski instructor before going up the mountain, a good fly fishing sc
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Chris O'Byrne
Feb 26, 20212 min read
Field & Stream, 125th Anniversary Issue
Best Stories Ever Field & Stream magazine’s 125th Anniversary issue is a celebration, a great read, a touchstone of sporting literature,...
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Chris O'Byrne
Feb 20, 20213 min read
An Introduction to the Theories of…
an introduction to the theories of leading fly fishing instructors of the past will help us move forward with confidence
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Chris O'Byrne
Feb 5, 20211 min read
Robert Ruark
Robert Ruark was a master of sporting literature. His career as a syndicated newspaper columnist specializing in outdoor stories lead to...
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Chris O'Byrne
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Outfitters Day Fly Fishing Festival 2021
On January 9 2021 The Ritz Carlton, Orlando, Florida became a nexus for fly fishers. Outfitters, lodges, guides, fly tyers, boat...
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Chris O'Byrne
Jan 11, 20212 min read
Beyond Straight Line Path
A Useful Adjustment Knotted leaders, broken leaders, lost flies, missed fish, and ugly casts. All of these dreaded fly fishing glitches...
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Chris O'Byrne
Nov 11, 20202 min read
Gifts to Get ‘em Outside
Before the end of 2020, we will pause to share gifts with one another. During this momentous year we’ve seen what being inside too much...
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Chris O'Byrne
Oct 9, 20202 min read
Check For Success
Inattentiveness can cost us. In the same way pilots constantly search the skies, you should be regularly checking...
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Chris O'Byrne
Sep 28, 20202 min read
The Scents Of Angling
What scents take you to far away fly fishing trips?
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Chris O'Byrne
Aug 29, 20203 min read
Weighted Worries
Charles & Cecil help you to learn the clunky art of casting weighted fly lines
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Chris O'Byrne
Jul 16, 20202 min read
Rattle Clouser Minnow
An exciting addition to your flies
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Chris O'Byrne
May 30, 20201 min read
The Foam Spider, .22 Long
As we rediscover how fly fishing can help us deal with more important issues, we rediscover simple waters, tactics, and flies. Maybe we...
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Chris O'Byrne
May 6, 20202 min read
Wyatt’s Formula
The Next Step for New Anglers As novice fly anglers we carry boxes full of enthusiasm and positive thoughts. As we begin to develop, we...
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Chris O'Byrne
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Unproductive Puttering
“I’d go fishing, but…” While there are many real and even important tasks that interrupt our fishing, there is also a list (sadly long...
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Chris O'Byrne
Apr 20, 20202 min read
The Beach, the Freezer, and the Lawn
The tug is the drug, and I go to the water every time I can to get my fix. But that isn’t as much as I would like. Plus fishing isn’t all...
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Chris O'Byrne
Apr 7, 20202 min read
97 Miles South
Fishing, travel, fishing, love, fishing, adventure, fishing, fighting bad guys, and fishing; 97 Miles South, by Captain Phil Thompson has...
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Chris O'Byrne
Mar 15, 20202 min read
The River Why
In our effort to celebrate and review the best fly fishing writing, we present this excerpt from The River Why, by James David Duncan....
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Chris O'Byrne
Feb 26, 20202 min read
Hare’s Ear Nymph
Underwater, mayfly nymphs who no longer crawl along the bottom but cannot yet fly, struggle to immerge from the shell of their immature...
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