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Back to the Bog

Join us as we return to the Okefenokee and make some new friends along the way! The Okefenokee, Land of the Trembling Earth and home to bowfin, pickerel and living fossils…

Collin FullerJuly 29, 2022Okefenokee, okefenokee swamp, bowfin, bowfin on fly, fly fishing bowfin, georgia river network, okefenokee adventures, fly fishing, chain pickerel, swampComment

Reefs to Mangroves

From the deep blue water of the Atlantic to the tidal mangrove flats South Florida offers expansive fly fishing opportunities for those willing to explore outside the norm.

Jacob EanesMay 25, 2022saltwater fly fishing, fly fishing, offshore fly fishing, snook fishing, snook on fly, docklights, dock light fishing, palm beach fishing, jupiter fishing, jupiter fly fishingComment

Peacock Party

The land of contradiction, South Florida! Read along as we three friends venture back into the urban canals of South Florida in search of domestic Exotics like Peacock bass and Mayan Cichlids

Jacob EanesApril 28, 2022fly fishing, peacock bass, peacock bass fly fishing, cichlids, cichlid fly fishing, mayan cichlid, florida peacock bass, fly fishing florida, bass fly fishingComment

Spring Break

Spring is finally here and the fishing is heating up. We cover a few tips and tricks to help you net more fish this season and highlight a few of our favorite species to target this time of year.

Jacob EanesMarch 15, 2022spring, trout, trout fishing, fly fishing, rainbow trout, blue line, wild trout, float trip, north georgia trout, north georgia fishing, north georgia, north carolina troutComment

BroodX Buffet

The highly anticipated 17 year Cicadas known as BroodX are finally here. Over the past couple weeks we have dedicated ourselves to searching the shorelines for cruising carp in search of an easy meal. To say the fishing is lights out would be an understatement

Jacob EanesJune 10, 2021carp, carp on fly, fly fishing, fly fishing carp, common carp, broodx, cicada, broodx cicada, carp cicada, fly tying cicada, tall tails fly fishingComment

Shoal Searching

Shoal bass, a little-known (outside of Georgia and Alabama) black bass species features heavily on this side trip from our sojourn to the Okefenokee Swamp. Unlike the stagnant, black waters of the sometimes claustrophobic swamp though, the Flint river and its tributaries are wide open and feature very clear, fast moving water that Shoal bass call home

Jacob EanesMay 28, 2021shoal bass, fly fishing, fly fishing shoal bass, flint river, black bass, bass slam, Georgia bass slam, shoal bass on flyComment

Cooper City Canals

Love them or hate them, the exotic species that swim through south Florida’s waterways are undoubtedly a blast to catch. We met up with our friend Spencer to chase a variety of these species in the canals of Cooper City.

Jacob EanesApril 2, 2021fly fishing, peacock bass, bass, peacock bass fly fishing, cichlid, cichlid fly fishing, midas cichlid, oscar cichlid, snakehead, snakehead on fly, snakehead fly fishing, canal fishing, canal fly fishingComment

Selfish Celebration

The perfect wedding gift does’t exist but spending the day with close friends in sunny south Florida catching a number of different species is pretty dang close

Collin FullerMarch 16, 2021fly fishing, saltwater fly fishing, salwater fishing, reef fishing, miami fishing, offshore fishing, offshore fly fishing, reef fish, barracudaComment

Back in Bama

Earlier this month we met up with Adam and Steve from Blue Line Co. to fish around norther Alabama all while testing out some of their new products along the way.

Collin FullerFebruary 23, 2021Blue Line Fly Co., blue line flies, blue line co, streamer fishing, sculperino, rabbits foot, elk river, fly fishingComment

Hindsight 2020

2020 was hectic to say the least but for many angling enthusiasts it was a blessing in disguise

Jacob EanesDecember 24, 20202020, covid19, fly fishingComment

It's the Little Things

Join us as we discuss a few of our options for gear storage while on the water!

Jacob EanesDecember 10, 2020fly fishing, fly fishing pack, fly fishing backpack, praxis, orvis, orvis sling, orvis sling pack, fly boxes, storageComment

Blue Lining Appalachia

Have you ever looked at a map and wondered if those tiny blue squiggles high in the mountains held any fish worthy of pursuing? We have and that’s one of our favorite ways to spend a warm afternoon in the spring and fall or escape the heat of the summer!

Jacob EanesOctober 16, 2020blue lining, Appalachian, wild trout, brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, hiking, AT, Appalachian trail, north georgia, southern Appalachians, small stream fly fishing, fly fishing, 3wt, 4wtComment

The Great North Woods

The Great North Woods dives into the incredible brook trout fishing that took place late this summer in the great state of Maine

Jacob EanesOctober 2, 2020fly fishing, fly fishing maine, maine fishing, maine brook trout, maine fly fishing, brook trout, landlocked salmonComment

The Other Florida

Jacob EanesJuly 23, 2020Bowfin, Chain Pickerel, Spotted Gar, Gar, Swamp fly fishing, Choctawatchee river fly fishing, holmes creek fly fishing, gar, Choctawatchee, Choctawatchee river, bowfin on fly, pickerel on fly, gar on fly, fly fishing, florida fly fishing, swamp fishing, swamp fly fishingComment

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