Long Time Coming

Clark here, wow it has been awhile, and then some. Just felt like sharing some thoughts and some pictures. This last year or so has been quite eventful for myself, just enjoying life as much as possible, and now having a little one on the way. I have been trying to take social media in smaller less serious doses, as I feel it goes down hill quickly. I just wanna reach out to everyone out there listening that are just regular people trying to get...

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Streamer Fishing Pocket Water

Imagine a roaring freestone nestled in thick pines with smooth, round rocks scattered throughout it's tealish water. For me, this is exactly what I picture when I hear pocket water - a term used to describe a beat of water with many pools and eddies. Pocket water is a good thing due to the abundance of oxygen and shelter, two things that trout and trout food love. Most fly fisherman would tackle this scenario with some tungsten bead heads...

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VIDEO: Deep Water Smallies

Awesome weekend in Buffalo with Justin Damude of Hip to the Strip. This trip we were fishing for Smallies in the depths of Lake Erie. Enjoy Deep Water Smallies from Keystone Fly Fishing on Vimeo. ...

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Top Five Flies for Browns

This is a post we originally did for Seneca Creek, and are now posting here as well. Enjoy. Stimulator Stimulators are an awesome dry fly for imitating the “big bugs” on the water. When stoneflies are on the surface, this is a very effective pattern. It can be fished for most of the spring and summer. It has a strong presence on the water and can be fished in whatever color that matches the bugs on your stream. Since they are large...

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TESTED: Bozeman Fly Reel

These days hoards of new gear continually floods the niche market that is fly fishing. What does this mean for you? Well for starters, it can make for a frustrating learning curve. Basically you can buy a bunch of hyped up new products and can test them yourself...or you can rely on the word of friends / gear reviews. The problem with most reviews: they are written directly after purchase. Not the case here folks, I have been fishing this reel for...

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VIDEO: Leadbelly Loomis Tutorial

Leadbelly Loomis from Keystone Fly Fishing on Vimeo. A streamer pattern for anything that will eat a streamer. All it takes is 3 materials, hook(s), wire and beads. We give you, the Leadbelly Loomis For those who don't watch the video, this is my little trick. Secure a few beads to the "bottom" of the hook shank to make the fly ride hook point up. ...

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Chucking Meat: The Series

Never could I have imagined what to expect when I heard my friend John screaming up a storm streamside. I was about 150 yards away and heard a lot of commotion, in my mind I was already excited picturing the 20+ trout he had on his line. Without haste I made my way over yelling "you got one?"  To my surprise he was yelling back "I caught a sculpin, you have to see this thing!' when I got there I saw it, a fairly large...

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PURSUING ESOX

A few years back we filmed a piece of PURSUING ESOX with Austin Green of the Uncommon Angler. Well the time is here and the film is out! Check it out on SCOF Magazine's Summer Issue - 2016 PAGE 42. This film encapsulates everything that is chasing toothy critters. There's also a pretty epic figure 8 eat from a 40" purebred that Clark and Ty encountered. Check it out ...

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The Ride Out - The Start of Something

Knowing we had 2,300 miles of driving ahead of us, we got into the car, turned the key, and left home. I had packed my life into a backseat for the next two months. The destination was Missoula, Montana, to work a job for a Forest Products Company. My Dad was making the trip with me, and we had mapped out our venture in the atlas weeks ago. Drawing lines and circling the places to visit along the way. I have since settled comfortably here...

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