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Review: Korkers rear-entry Hatchback wading boot

Korkers' reinvents getting your wading boots on and off

by Spencer Durrant - Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

Korker's rear-entry Hatchback wading boots, overlooking Utah's Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (photo: Ryan Kelley / @VisitFlamingGorge).

Korkers made waves in the angling community when they announced their rear-entry wading boot which features a BOA lace system located on the back of the boot. Many people, myself included, questioned that design choice. Laces on the front work. Why mess with a good thing?

Gear tips to elevate or start your smallmouth game

An all smallmouth gear primer: rods, reels, lines, flies and more

by Matthew Reilly - Monday, May 1st, 2017

Photo: Matthew Reilly

When I started fly fishing I didn’t have a lot of gear. I didn’t have much money, and I didn’t have a driver’s license—let alone a car—to get me places that weren’t within a few hours’ walking distance. It was just me, a pair of boots, and a three- and five-weight with a handful of flies I’d built myself, not following the directions in the fly tying books.

Finding Buddha on the Sauk

What do you mean you cannot buy beer before 6AM?

by Jon Tobey - Wednesday, Apr 26th, 2017

Photo: Dave McCoy

I work like a dog between two jobs and never get to do any of the things that I'm working so hard to get to do. So when my buddy Buddha asks about fishing the Sauk before closing day tomorrow and do I want to come, I answer “hellyeah.” I refinish floors until midnight, pack, go to bed, get up at 3 and pace until 5:30 when I can take off.

The show circuit

How fly fishing expos help protect and build a future for anglers

by Kris Millgate - Tuesday, Apr 25th, 2017

The East Idaho Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo hosts 140 fly tiers in Idaho Falls, Idaho (photo: Kris Millgate).

I’m the minority in age and gender at this show, but I don’t mind. I know a majority of the faces at the East Idaho Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo and they all have a smile and story for me. I talk hockey with Arn, drones with Roger and beer with Lonnie. All this before I make it halfway around the fly tying tables.

Review: Stickman N0 fly rod

Stickman's high-sticking, Euro-nymphing specialist sets the benchmark

by George C Costa - Friday, Apr 21st, 2017

The Stickman N0 nymphing rod in Forest.

When talking about their own rods, Stickman claims there are “no game changers here.” Are the folks at Stickman being intentionally modest? Or are they just lousy marketers? Perhaps neither, as Stickman claims it “like[s] the game just the way it is,” and only wants to build the highest performing (and prettiest) rods it can using the best available materials and construction. Sounds like an admirabe goal, no?