Chris O'Byrne
Overheard…around fishing
As fly anglers, many paths intersect ours. Other people from other times and places impacted the environments we love, and influence our...
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Chris O'Byrne
Feb 18, 20201 min read
Outfitters Day 2020
Exploring the Life of Angling On January 11, Hunter Towery and I were invited to set up our event booth for the second annual Outfitters...
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Chris O'Byrne
Jan 29, 20202 min read
Driving and Fishing
Watching is Key Recently, as I coached a client to think about her next fly cast, I directed her with the words of my long ago driving...
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Chris O'Byrne
Jan 19, 20202 min read
Changing the Bugger
Customizing the Universal Fly It can float for days, it can sink several ways, it catches big fish and small, The woolly bugger can do it...
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Chris O'Byrne
Dec 17, 20192 min read
Gifts to Get Them Outside
Originally Published in Coastal Angler Magazine, 2018 Imagine your Christmas feast; although they are small and delicate, the candle...
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Chris O'Byrne
Dec 3, 20192 min read
Giving Ourselves
Christmas Gift Ideas Christmas is coming again, and it brings our tradition of gift giving. As outdoor enthusiast who wish to promote...
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Chris O'Byrne
Nov 29, 20192 min read
Sneaky Pete
Because of the aggressive strikes it provokes, the Sneaky Pete ranks as one of my favorite flies. I can’t start a day on a warm body of...
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Chris O'Byrne
Nov 19, 20192 min read
The Elbow in the Fly Cast, 2
Let’s Get Moving You are ready to add distance to your fly cast once you can easily pick up and lay down thirty feet of fly line and...
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Chris O'Byrne
Oct 31, 20192 min read
Productive Puttering
What Can be Done It is a sad fact of the angling life that any number of events might keep you from fishing. In September, lightning...
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Chris O'Byrne
Aug 22, 20192 min read
The Art of the Fishing Fly By: Tony Lolli
As if I were up to my knees in the celebratory nature of this new book, my enthusiasm for fly fishing flowed as I opened my fresh copy of...
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Chris O'Byrne
Aug 17, 20193 min read
Charles & Cecil Casting Coffee
Two points of the Fly Cast As the fishing buddies walked out of the Coffee, Bait -n- Beer convenience store, Charles held his coffee out...
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Chris O'Byrne
Jul 21, 20192 min read
The Elbow in the Fly Cast, 1
A Different Thought “It’s in the wrist.” “Just like answering a phone.” “Hammer a nail.” And so on and so forth. As a new fly angler, you...
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Chris O'Byrne
Jun 5, 20192 min read
The Fisheries We Deserve
In our angling lives we’ve taken joy in the glories of pure, untouched waters. We love getting away from civilization to one degree or...
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Chris O'Byrne
May 23, 20192 min read
Souvenirs
Bits of the Fantasy We Left Do we know that our memories will fade? Do we know at a subconscious level that despite the effort to create...
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Chris O'Byrne
May 23, 20192 min read
Catching Lefty
What does a nonagenarian do after setting standards of excellence in several careers? In the case of fishing hero Lefty Kreh, the answer...
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Chris O'Byrne
May 23, 20192 min read
False Casting, Lining It Up
Fly casters have certain advantages over spin and bait casting anglers. Because of the false cast technique, one advantage is their...
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