Largemouth Bass Fishing: The Flipping and Pitching Playbook
Flipping and pitching is bass fishing's short-range technique for heavy cover. Here's how the pros set up for docks, laydowns, and grass mats.
Choosing Your First 5-Weight: Sage, Orvis, G. Loomis, and the Real Answer
A practical 5-weight fly rod guide — which rod suits which angler, price-vs-performance, and why the $900 rod isn't always better than the $300 one.
Smallmouth on the Fly: The Overlooked Warmwater Game
Smallmouth bass on a 6-weight in moving water may be the most underrated fly fishing in America. The flies, the water, and why guides quietly prefer them to trout.
Steelhead on the Skagit: Swung Flies and Why You Won't Catch One
Swung-fly steelhead on the Skagit is the hardest fly fishing in North America. Here's what the hunt looks like, and why you'll go home empty the first trip.
Dry Fly Purism Is Overrated: A Case for the Nymph
Dry fly fishing is romantic. Nymphing is how most trout actually eat. A practical defense of subsurface fishing in a sport obsessed with rises.
Reading Trout Water: Seams, Buckets, and the Lazy Inside Bend
Trout don't live in the whole river — they live in specific pieces of it. Here's how to read water and put your fly where the fish actually are.
The Best Fly Fishing Rivers in the American West (And Why Montana Still Wins)
An opinionated look at the American West's best trout rivers — the Madison, Yellowstone, Bighorn, Green, Henry's Fork — and what makes each worth the flight.
Shotgun Patterning: The Half Hour That Saves Your Season
Most hunters never pattern their shotgun with the loads they hunt with. It takes thirty minutes, costs a few shells, and kills cleaner birds.
The 12 Gauge, the 20, and Why Most Upland Hunters Pick Wrong
The 12 versus 20 gauge upland debate isn't about power — it's about handling. Here's which gauge fits which hunter and which bird.
Spring Turkey Gear You Don't Actually Need
The turkey vest with 30 pockets, five mouth calls, three different decoys, and a laser rangefinder. What you actually need is less than you think.
