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Two longtime friends and mediocre fly fishers discuss their love of the sport and recount stories of their days on the river.
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Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Make your fly fishing more simple. And thus more enjoyable. When first starting out, most of us feel overwhelmed with the many types of fly rods, sizes of flies, tippet weights, leader lengths, casting techniques, how long the tippet should be, and where to put the split shot when fishing nymphs. There's a lot to learn! But over time, it's important to simplify the sport as much as possible. In this episode, we discuss how we've tried to make fly fishing more enjoyable by simplifying our experience.
Our Book for New Fly Fishers
The Fly Fisher's Book of Lists: Life is short, catch more fish
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Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Fly fishing high mountain lakes requires a modicum of thought and preparation. In some ways, a "hike and fish" means packing lots of water, the right rod and flies, a rain jacket, and the right mindset. We don't fish a lot of high mountain lakes ... but when we do, we try to keep a few basics in mind.
Our Book for New Fly Fishers
The Fly Fisher's Book of Lists: Life is short, catch more fish
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https://www.instagram.com/2guysandariver/
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
It's the dog days of summer, and hopefully you are slinging some grasshopper patterns or other terrestrials to catch fish on the surface. In this episode, we've identified four buckets of dry fly patterns for summer fly fishing. We also offer up our three must-have dry fly patterns for this wonderful season.
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Our Book for New Fly Fishers
The Fly Fisher's Book of Lists: Life is short, catch more fish
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Fly fishing with the summer crowds seems inevitable, if you plan to get out this summer. Warm weather and vacations bring out even more fly fishers to your favorite stream. In this episode, we offer several strategies to avoid the summer crowds, find a bit of solitude, and, hopefully, catch a few fish.
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Our Book for New Fly Fishers
The Fly Fisher's Book of Lists: Life is short, catch more fish
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
Quitters never win. And winners never quit. That's true. And it's also not true. Sometimes, the best thing you can do is to quit your favorite stream, creek, or stretch of river. In this episode, we wax not so eloquently on when it's time to walk away from what has been your favorite fishing spot. It may not be forever. But doing so may push you to find new water to fish.
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Our Book for New Fly Fishers
The Fly Fisher's Book of Lists: Life is short, catch more fish
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
Fly fishers who sling streamers tend to catch bigger fish. There's no scientific evidence to support this, of course, other than our anecdotal evidence. But we've had some terrific days on the river casting bigger flies that we fish on an active retrieve. In this episode, we provide an overview of our streamer fishing experience and provide some basic tips to getting started.
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Our Book for New Fly Fishers
The Fly Fisher's Book of Lists: Life is short, catch more fish
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Most fly fishers despise driving up to where they expect to fish for the day and see three trucks alongside the creek. In this episode, we discuss our basic approach to fishing the four seasons. We try as much as possible to fish the edges of winter, spring, summer, and fall. There are fewer fly fishers, the hotel rates are cheaper, and the fishing can be spectacular.
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Our Book for New Fly Fishers
The Fly Fisher's Book of Lists: Life is short, catch more fish
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
Fly fishing spring creeks often demands more finesse than fishing freestone rivers. The water temperature is more consistent in spring creeks, and the food more ubiquitous. If you want to catch fish in a spring creek, your tackle must be lighter, and you need to be more stealthy.
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Our Book for New Fly Fishers
Dave and Steve in Winter
We're best friends. And each thinks he is slightly better at fly fishing than the other guy. Somehow, as different as we are (Steve folds his underwear and organizes them in his drawer in a military formation), we've managed to stay friends since college.We love the outdoors. Love our days on the river. And we love fishing together. Our podcast, we hope, communicates the warmth and joy of our friendship.