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Which Line Should You Choose?
Other than the hook, the line is the all important variable in your fishing success. You can buy the most technologically advanced fishing rod and reel humankind has ever produced, but without a fishing line, you might as well be fishing with a spear.
About Spinner Baits
One of the key modifications you can add to a PIVIT Trailer Jig (or any other jig) is a spinner blade. These flat metal blades, which are often silver or gold colored, attach to the jig head through a right angled wire and spin to produce both flash and vibrations.
The One that Got Away - Rainbow
Fish get off. It's part of the deal. If you fish, sooner or later you will lose one that hurts.
The One that Got Away - Big Brown
You’d have to be blind and deaf as a fly fisher to fail to notice the allure and reputation of New Zealand trout fishing. The mythical isle’s spark...
When to Use Spinner Blades
One of the key modifications you can add to a PIVIT Trailer Jig is a spinner blade. These flat metal blades, which are often silver or gold, attach...
Why Hire A Guide?
A good guide will put you in the right spots, at the right times, with the right lure or fly, potentially saving you many hours of fruitless and frustrating prospecting.
The Magic of Steelhead
Steelhead are some of the most beautiful and stately fish in freshwater. Their eyes, icy blue, seem to exude the mystery of the ocean.
Trout vs. Bass
Trout versus bass! Which is stronger, bigger, more accessible, more catchable… better?
How To Be Guided
A fishing guide's take on how to get the most from your time on the water with a guide.
What Makes A Good Guide?
After leading a group of guides in Wyoming over this past season and having to train some of them from square one, I wanted to ingrain into their m...
Redfish
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that over the last ten years or so the redfish’s stock has really been on the rise. It seems like lots of people h...