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So, you’ve decided to teach your kids to fly fish., father and two sons fly fishing with dog in river

So, you’ve decided to teach your kids to fly fish.

So, you’ve decided to teach your kids to fly fish. Chris Opfer   You’re super into fly fishing. You watch every YouTube channel, you have all the latest gear, and your local fly shop lovingly refers to you as a “shop rat.” Well, lucky for us parents, we get to pass on this amazing hobby …

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Skinny Jeans - Selecting your first Euro rod., sunlight floats through an image of a Euro rod resting on natural brush in a river

Skinny Jeans – Selecting your first Euro rod.

Skinny Jeans – Selecting your first Euro rod. By Chris Opfer   So, you’ve decided you like wearing tight pants, flat-billed hats, and you have an odd, inexplicable desire to go find a disco hall somewhere. Your first euro rod is in your very near future. There are so many great rod manufacturers on the …

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Just a Pinch –Pinching your Barbs, photo of pinched barb

Just a Pinch – Pinching your Barbs

Just a Pinch – Pinching your Barbs Chris Opfer   My earliest memory, aside from falling down the stairs in a walking trainer is fishing. I remember we were in a small tributary of some kind. My father handed me a fishing pole after casting it out into the river. He told me that under …

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Float Fishing Gear Guide — Part 2: The Gear you need and the gear you “need.”, boat with float fishing gear on top in front of a river

Float Fishing Gear Guide — Part 2: The Gear you need and the gear you “need.”

Float Fishing Gear Guide — Part 2: The Gear you need and the gear you “need.” Chris Opfer   You’ve gone and created your “river craft” savings account at your local bank and you’ve saved every month until now. Maybe you’ve sold some of those unnecessary items around your house like your lawn mower, your …

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Float Fishing Guide Part 1 — The Boat, brown dog in green float fishing boat surrounded by fishing gear on the bank of a river

Float Fishing Guide Part 1 — The Boat

Floating Gear Guide Part 1: The Boat Chris Opfer   You’ve decided you need to reach the pinnacle of fly fishing prowess. You already have all the expensive rods, the Abel nippers to go with your Abel reel, and you can find the word “guide” on all of your fly fishing apparel. It’s time for …

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Fly Fish Colorado in winter – The Early Bird Gets more than the worm

Every year in March a guy walks into the shop to buy hooks or fly tying materials and I ask him the standard shop question. “Have you been out lately?” He looks up from his bundle of materials clenched in his hand. “Oh no,” he replies. “I don’t do my fishing until summertime. My wife …

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