The name Dark Skies Fly Fishing often stirs curiosity. I’ve heard many guesses as to its meaning, its origins, and even some wild tales about who might be our audience. Truth be told, if you’re reading this, you’re our audience, and everything we do is for you. All of our articles, YouTube videos, and even […]
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Last year, I decided I was done with my tight-lining ways and decided to go all-in on Euro nymphing. Of course, that meant buying a fly rod designed specifically for Euro nymphing. Yes, to some degree, you can still effectively Euro nymph with just about any fly rod, but the heavier fighting butt and more
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I admit that I was fed up seeing endless online videos of fishers making thundering, yet elegant, two-handed Spey casts with ginormous fly rods across big rivers to wild chrome-colored salmon and steelhead moving up to spawn. I wanted to do that. (Spey cast–not spawn; I’ve three kids already…) So, I got my hands on
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In a shop at his woodsy home near Kunkletown, Pennsylvania, Art Weiler manufactures reproductions of famous maker bamboo fly rods. He’s most known for his Everett Garrison Reproduction rods in lengths six and a half to eight-foot models in line-weights from two to seven. But you will find more fine reproduction bamboo fly rods initially
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After more than 32 jumps as a member of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, various deployments overseas (mostly pre-9/11), and a post-military stint as an engineer, disabled veteran Scott Belisle of White Haven, Luzerne County, took a leap of faith and followed his passion for fishing and he built a better mousetrap. Not actually. But
The Lehigh Fishing Company: Custom Rods, Pennsylvania Made Read More »
The 2019 Ross Reels Animas is a product that is simultaneously functional and beautiful and any angler will be stoked to fish one. After a year of fishing this reel and hanging hundreds and hundreds of trout on it, I cannot be more satisfied with my purchase. The Animas is a good choice as an
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If you believe in luck, then you believe in lucky items. A rabbit’s foot, a lucky hat, maybe even a lucky fly. But how about a lucky net? I recently obtained a hand-crafted, 22-inch wooden handled net from Jennings Net Co in Mercer County, PA. The 22-inch handle is important here because, without it, I’m
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Broken fly rods are a fact of life, and sooner or later, everyone gets to enjoy the experience of having one of their prized possessions journey to the other side. It doesn’t matter how much you paid for the rod, either. Over 30 years of fly fishing, I’ve owned and used a number of
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Two of the stream guides that have only been available as digital downloads are now available in paperback in the online store. First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek and its Tributaries and Fly Fishing the Oil Creek Region have both been updated and expanded for these prints runs to include the most thorough information found anywhere
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One of my earliest fishing memories is driving across the bridge in Oil City as caddisflies plastered the windshield. They were everywhere, huge clouds of them high above the water. It was late April and the Grannoms were in full swing on Oil Creek. With a name like Oil Creek, you wouldn’t expect great
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