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  • A Review of the Simms Women’s Fall Run Jacket

    A Review of the Simms Women’s Fall Run Jacket

    Simms Fall Run Jacket maintains 96% of its warmth when wet, providing the highest warmth to weight ratio available.   PrimaLoft Gold insulation maintains 96% of its warmth when wet and provides the highest warmth to weight ratio of any synthetic insulation available. Contoured seams and insulation baffling provide a Women’s fit designed to layer…

  • A review of the Cliff Ourdoors The Justin Case

    A review of the Cliff Ourdoors The Justin Case

    Sometimes Mother Nature and Lady Luck just aren’t fair. Have you ever got caught in a torrential downpour, had wind blow your box off the boat or kayak or spent lots of time in the saltwater environment? If you are a hard core angler, you know “stuff happens”. Let’s face it; if you have a…

  • A review of the Cliff Outdoors Float Patch

    A review of the Cliff Outdoors Float Patch

    Guide-tested by the Grey Reef Clifftarians, and used exclusively by legendary Bighorn River guide Kip “Snookie” Dean, our Float Patch has become a standard on western rivers. For more info Cliff Outdoors Float Patch

  • A review of the Cliff Outdoors Head liner Fly Patch

    A review of the Cliff Outdoors Head liner Fly Patch

    Cliff Outdoors The Head liner. If you’ve fished for a while, chances are somewhere in your fishing rig there are flies impaled in the upholstery. Cliff Outdoors The Head liner Of course is an easy solution, a few of these flies inevitably have barbs and are there to stay. Now, if you want to be…

  • A Review of the Sage Accel Switch Rod

    A Review of the Sage Accel Switch Rod

    Coming from Sage in August The Sage Accel Switch fly rod series is a new medium-fast action rod series that includes single hand, switch and spey rods. For the Accel Switch fly rod Sage has reinvented its G5 blank technology that was so well loved in the now classic Z-Axis series and the VXP series that the…

  • A review of the Sage Accel Spey Rod

    A review of the Sage Accel Spey Rod

    Coming from Sage in August The Sage Accel Two-Handed Spey fly rod series is a new medium-fast action rod series that includes single hand, switch and spey rods. For the Accel Two-Handed Spey fly rod Sage has reinvented its G5 blank technology that was so well loved in the now classic Z-Axis series and the VXP series that the…

  • A Review of the Sage Salt Fly Rod

    A Review of the Sage Salt Fly Rod

      The Sage Salt fly rod takes advantage of Sage’s new Konnetic technology. Konnetic technology uses new materials combined with pioneering manufacturing methods and processes. This technology incorporates an optimized ratio of Sage’s proprietary resin to exclusive high modulus aerospace-grade carbon fiber. The construction methods used on the Sage Salt fly rod include Sage’s Advanced…

  • On a Quest

    On a Quest

    We have been hearing rumors of an old abandoned mine, left over from the mining days.  So this weekend co-owner Matt Potter and his 7 year old son Leo packed a lunch and went looking.  We earned it hiking in but, once we hit the water the fishing was great – AND we found the…

  • A video review of the new Sage Accel Fly Rod

    A video review of the new Sage Accel Fly Rod

    Coming from Sage in August The Sage ACCEL fly rod series is a new medium-fast action rod series that includes single hand, switch and spey rods. For the ACCEL fly rod Sage has reinvented its G5 blank technology that was so well loved in the now classic Z-Axis series and the VXP series that the…

  • A Review of the Simms Windstopper Hoody

    A Review of the Simms Windstopper Hoody

    For years, Wyoming guides have rallied to eliminate “wind” from their judicious dialects. Say it. You’re doomed. Refrain and you might live to fish another day. When it rockets upstream, gusts down, and throws broadside sneak attacks, fight back and stay fishing with Simms’ proven WINDSTOPPER® Soft Shell Hoody. Updated features include a longer length…