It is a sad fact of my life that my closest, longest lasting personal relationship has been with my Simms G3 Guide Jacket. This statement is a sad testament of a life that has been fortunate enough to spend more time being pelted by the rain in Alaska, blown over by the winds of Chile [click here to read more]
Eric Neufeld, the northwest representative for the R.L Winston Fly Rod Company and Umpqua Feather Merchants, was kind enough to stop by Stillwater Fly Shop and tell us about some of the new gear that is out there for our fly fishing customers. The impressive Winston Air Fly Rod stole the show for sure. We [click here to read more]
Winston has built a fly rod so light that it is appropriately named the AIR. Fly fishermen across the globe know the R. L. Winston Rod Co. isn’t like most other fly fishing gear manufacturers. The Winston AIR fly rod series solidifies the little company from Twin Bridges, Montana as the leading builder of innovatively [click here to read more]
Recently I went fishing for the first time with an old friend who has just recently gotten into fly fishing. After his first time with a fly rod in his hand he was hooked on the sport. He was so enamored that he dove into the deep end of the pool without dipping his toes [click here to read more]
When Ross Reel's Animas was introduced in 2015 I was more than curious about how it would fish compared to the classic Ross reels that I have owned over the years. I purchased my first Ross Gunnison Fly Reel over half a lifetime ago and have since acquired four more over the last 25 years [click here to read more]
Probably the most asked question we get these days is; “What is a great fly rod for a price that won’t drain my bank account?” So the crew at Stillwater got together and cast several rods, well more than several, that fall into the mid-priced range that lies between $395 and $495. At the end [click here to read more]
Nautilus has given us some of the best fly reels ever. The Nautilus X Series reels arrived onto the fishing scene with more mystique and hoopla than Prince Harry’s first baby after winning the 2015 IFTD/IFTA Best Of Show Fly Reel. This mid-priced, fully machined aluminum fly reel with its SCF-Teflon fully sealed drag has exceeded [click here to read more]
Sage and Redington have introduced three new rods this fall. All three are innovative fly rods that have something for every angler. We could have reviewed each one separately, instead George Cook the representative for both Sage and Redington in the northwestern United States took a few minutes to tell us about these fly rods. Sit [click here to read more]
Honestly, I have never been a fly fishing pack guy. I have had chest packs, hip packs, back packs and any most many other gear carrying device that has been conceived. Usually I just jam some tippet and boxes into my Guide Jacket or fishing shirt and call it good. This all changed when I [click here to read more]
Fly fishing has very few dangers. The occasional poke by a hook, slipping and falling into the river or a mosquito bite here or there seem to be the most common pitfalls the average angler experiences on the water. However; the most dangerous thing that is faced by fishermen on a daily basis is overhead [click here to read more]
