Tip of the Week

Your fishing partner already knows how "amazingly pretty" these little wild rainbows are...trust me. Now back your ass out of the pool she is trying to fish!

Tip of the Week

When showing a friend that nasty line burn you got from your new Sharkskin fly line...be careful how you present it.

Tip of the Week

As tempting as the warm, black asphalt can be after a cold morning on the water...do your best to abstain. You can cause some serious damage to someones front wheel alignment.

Tip of the Week

Never disrupt another fishermen...even if he's just noodlin'.

Tip of the Week

Try not to be the one holding onto the blades of a Ninja Master Prep QB1004 Food Processor when it is suddenly turned on...because, among other negatives, it will seriously limit your ability to tie flies.

Tip of the Week

When in doubt, and if life gotcha down...climb the nearest mountain, pretend your life is set to an 80's action movie soundtrack and strike a pose, bitches!

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Colorado Roshambo 

Rock always wins

Tip of the Week

How stealthy you are when sneaking up to a pod of feeding fish is, after all...entirely up to you.

Tip of the Week

When you are fly fishing in remote areas, be sure to sample some of the wild flora...and don't let all the so-called experts try to tell you that the pretty berries and mushrooms are bad for you. The brighter the color, the sweeter the...uh...do you see all those spiders? OH MY GOD! THEY'RE ALL OVER MY BODY! 

Tip of the Week

If by chance you come upon a rusty Natural Lite beer can while fly fishing...and, let's say you picked it up and rubbed it as if it were a bronze lamp (I don't know, maybe you were double checking the calorie count. Sheesh!) And then, suddenly, a genie pops out and grants you a wish or two. (Yeah. it could happen.) But let us say the genie seemed a bit tired, or drunk, or whatever...and one of the things you asked for was the use of his magic flying carpet. (You happened to be sight fishing for carp that day. It would have helped.) But, instead what you got was a magic flying stump...don't complain, you ingrate, you still got a sweet magic flying stump!

Tip of the Week

If you hike up past 11,000 feet with a flask of whiskey and you are super excited that you remembered it...don't be tempted to start drinking from it at 10 am. You will fall asleep on a rock in the sun and temporarily lose your fly rod.

Tip of the Week

If your glasses are back at the truck and some stranger approaches on the river and grunts obscenities at you...think long and hard before engaging the fellow in a fist fight.

Tip of the Week

A knowledgeable angler will be sure his trout is balanced properly before heading to the river.

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Try to maintain when you catch a nice crappie...try to maintain.

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Never leave the river if the fish are biting...

Tip of the Week

Never eat your own fly

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The difference between a good ending to a night of hillbilly bobsledding...and a bad one is, as it turns out, exactly two and a half feet.

Tip of the Week

Later tonight you may suddenly realize ‘tis mortal men who need fire pokers. STOP…you have had too much rum. Okay…if you insist. Use your non-casting hand, at least…



Tip of the Week

Staging a horrific fall and faking one’s own death on a fishing trip, you know, as a lighthearted holiday prank…is apparently frowned upon in most camps.

Tip of the Week

Zap-A-Gap is great for fly tying…but even better for cuts and blisters.