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Hareline's Ripple Ice Fiber just landed in the shop and I think Mike Schmidt's Articulated Ripple Ice Deceiver is my new favorite quick and dirty deceiver variation. Tie it articulated like the video shows in pearl for bull trout, or on a single hook for a shorter smaller streamer that combine colors for your favorite species. The video from Fly Fishing The Ozarks features yellow and olive, but many effective color combinations are possible. Materials needed: Uni Big Fly thread in color of your choice  Gamakatsu B10S stinger Size 1...

  We have broadly covered what it takes to get started fishing in Southern Alberta over the last 4 weeks. I tried to cram as much relevant information in as concise a manner as I could, that being said the information I shared should be considered a place to start, there are lots of possibilities to continue learning and growing as an angler and we will talk about some of those today. We will start by talking about some shops you can visit and clubs you can join in the...

Just a reminder: Effective May 22nd (After the May Long Weekend) Monday: 7:30am - 7:00pm Tuesday: 7:30am - 7:00pm Wednesday: 7:30am - 7:00pm Thursday: 7:30am - 7:00pm Friday: 7:30am - 7:00pm Saturday: 7:30am - 6:00pm Sunday: 7:30am - 3:00pm

Saturday May 26th & Sunday May 27th marks our 3rd annual CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE.  Without you, our valued customers we'd be nothing and so now's when we can say thank you.  You may have seen gas prices jump for May long weekend but now watch Fly Fishing Gear prices drop for one special event and weekend. Sale is this weekend ONLY and for in stock items only! What's more if you're one of our loyal repeat customer who has a Customer Profile at the shop then you'll get to shop our...

 This week on getting started we will look at the three most common fly fishing techniques; Nymph, Dry Fly and Streamer fishing. Today we will talk about the basic techniques, but as you get more comfortable as a fly angler don't be afraid to experiment or make adjustments to what you read here. Lets look at nymphing first.  Nymphing is a technique where up to three flies (check your local regulations) are fished subsurface, usually under a strike indicator. This is usually done on deep rivers with relatively consistent depth like...

 This weeks entry of Getting Started - Fly Fishing for Trout on Southern Alberta Rivers will be focused on what newer fly anglers options are for Fly Rod and Reel outfits, as well as suggestions for what flies to put in your starter fly box. Let’s take a look at some fly rod outfits first.  We briefly touched on this in week 1 but the barrier to entry for fly fishing has lowered with the introduction of high quality, moderately priced fly rods. We will start by looking at the...