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Review: The Scott GT Rod

One of the many things I love about Scott fly rods is their deliberate pace of new product releases. Jim Bartschi’s philosophy has always been to release a new rod only when there’s a truly meaningful step forward, never just to satisfy a cashflow forecast or slap a fresh slogan on last year’s blank to increase revenue.…

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Issue 48 is now online

It’s always great to have a fishing trip to look forward to. But it can also be a constant distraction—and occasionally a source of acute stress. Next week we’re off to Gabon to fly fish for tarpon, jack crevalle, longfin trevally, African threadfin, and more. At the same time, we’ve had a magazine to finish.…

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Ted Logardt – Wild Fish, Wild Places

Swedish filmmaker Ted Logardt and angler, TV host, and conservation advocate Emilie Björkman have joined forces to tell stories from some of the world’s most inspiring fisheries. Björkman is well known from the Swedish fishing TV show Fiskeliv, while Logardt has spent years producing documentaries and outdoor films. Together they created the series Wild Fish, Wild Places, produced for Loop Tackle’s YouTube…

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Targeting Permit: The longest drought

In the world of fly fishing, where patience and skill intertwine, anglers occasionally encounter enigmatic phenomena that defy explanation. Christiaan Pretorius, an avid and experienced fly fisherman, found himself in the throes of one such perplexing period known amongst fellow insiders as "The Drought." During this mystifying stretch, even the most expertly tied flies and…

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