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An Inside Look At YAKIMA’S DoubleHaul Fly Rod Holder

Jared Zissu
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An Inside Look At YAKIMA’S DoubleHaul Fly Rod Holder

We’ve been fortunate enough to get our hands on the all-new Yakima DoubleHaul Fly Rod Holder over the past couple of weeks. The new rod rack debut last year, many anglers have been attracted to it for its durability and large reel and rod storing capability. We caught up with the Roof Rack aficionados at YAKIMA to learn more about the all-new DoubleHaul Fly Rod Holder.

Flylords: What Yakima roof rack systems integrate best with the DoubleHaul fly rod holder?

Yakima: The DoubleHaul comes with universal mounting hardware, which makes it compatible with all of our rack systems and most factory crossbars right out of the box. We also have a “SmarT-Slot Kit 3” (sold separately) that allows DoubleHaul to integrate seamlessly with most t-slot crossbars on the market.

Flylords: What separates the DoubleHaul from other rod holders on the market?

Yakima: The DoubleHaul’s two biggest distinctions in the market are its increased rod-and-reel capacity and its improved protection of rods and reels thanks to the way they’re oriented on their sides when stowed. The DoubleHaul can accommodate two spey rods and most 12-weight reels in the top two slots, and most 10-weight reels in the bottom two slots. All four tubes accommodate rods up to 10 feet long. Placing the reels on their side cuts down on road vibration being transferred to the rod and reduces strain and wear on rod eyelets.

Flylords: Are there design features that prevent the rods from rubbing in the tubes?

Yakima: In addition to the side placement of the reels, the plastic-lined aluminum rod tubes provide strength and separation for your rods while helping prevent abrasion. We also include clip-on rubber pads that provide extra padding for your rod for long road trips or extra rough roads.

Flylords: How well does the reel box accommodate larger reels 10WT+?

Yakima: The reel box accommodates most 12-weight reels in the upper slots. The lower slots accommodate most 10-weight reels. We do have a dimensional chart on the first page of the DoubleHaul instructions that will help you determine your exact setup compatibility.

Flylords: How simple is self-installation?

Yakima: Super easy! It’s tool-free, quick and lockable. Everything we do at Yakima is with the end-user in mind, and that is evident in the install experience. (First-time assembly requires the attachment of four bolts, but we include the required tools in the box.)

 

Flylords: What made you decide to enter the fishing space?

Yakima: It’s a natural fit since so many of our customers enjoy fishing in addition to camping, biking, skiing, and paddling. The growth in the popularity of kayak fishing is what really prompted our entrance into fishing in the last few years with the EasyRider multi-sport trailer and the BigCatch fishing kayak saddles. The next step was to create a product to carry fishing rods. We’ve made racks for bikes, skis, kayaks and other outdoor gear for 40 years, and this gives us the chance to leverage our expertise in carrying and protecting your fishing gear on your vehicle.

Flylords: Any fun projects in the works for 2020?

Yakima: Of course, but none we can tell you about yet! For now, we’ll keep busy making more new fishing products for all those hungry fishing customers out there.

Flylords: Where can someone pick up a new Doublehaul Rod Holder?

Yakima: Any Yakima dealer can get it for you. Hit the Shop Locally button on the DoubleHaul product page to help find dealers near you.

To get your hands on one of your own, check out the Doublehaul Rod Holder online here.

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Man Drowns While Fly Fishing in Orleans County, NY

Dan Zazworsky
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Man Drowns While Fly Fishing in Orleans County, NY

Photo Courtesy of SUNY-ESF Facebook

Jared Fearby and his grandfather were out fly fishing on Johnson Creek in Orleans County, NY on the morning of January 3rd when the pair separated to fish different sections of the creek. After not hearing anything from his grandson’s direction, Fearby’s grandfather decided to go look for his grandson, and after being unable to locate him, called 911 around 1:45 PM.

Search parties later found Jared’s body half onshore and half in the creek. Attempts were made to resuscitate Jared, but he was declared dead shortly after being found. It is assumed that Jared fell while wading in the fast-moving, high and muddy water and was swept away.

Jared was enrolled in the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry, located in Syracuse, NY. Jared was a part of the university’s Green Infrastructure Team and had a goal to “work a job that allows him to conserve and improve the environment.”

Our deepest condolences to Jared Fearby’s family, friends, and the SUNY ESF community.

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Get Your Fly Tying Gear Organized for 2020!

Sam McLean
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Get Your Fly Tying Gear Organized for 2020!

In this video by Mad River Outfitters, Ryan Ratliff discusses the several easy steps you can take as a fly tyer to organize your tools, resulting in more productivity at the vise. If you’re a novice fly tyer, this is a great place to get started; but if you’re a more experienced fly tyer, Ryan’s advise will help you re-organize your gear as we head into the new year. Fly tying is an activity that requires having the right tools in reach. Ryan Ratliff’s tips make your fly tying tools quickly accessible, simple to find, and efficient to use.

If you want to learn more about everything from improving your cast, to tying, and even reviews of popular new gear checkout Mad River Outfitters’ Youtube Channel!

This film was created by Mad River Outfitters. Be sure to check out more of their videos on the Mad River Outfitter YouTube page.

These instructional videos are curated and written by team member Sam McLean (@sam_d_mclean).

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Patagonia’s Worn Wear Is Offering Free Repairs at the Denver Fly Fishing Show

Dan Zazworsky
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Patagonia’s Worn Wear Is Offering Free Repairs at the Denver Fly Fishing Show

From Patagonia:

Patagonia’s Worn Wear wagon will be coming to The Fly Fishing Show at the Denver Mart January 3-5.  The repair team will be outfitted with new tools and supplies to stretch the life of well-loved fishing gear and clothing.

All brands of waders and clothes are welcome, as long as they’re dry. We can’t fix rods and other hardgoods, but we can tune-up all types of garments, so non-anglers are welcome. All repairs are free!

“What’s most important to us is that you are able to get out and fish. We know that we only act to save the things we love, so the more we spend time in the places fishing takes us, the more likely we are to rally when they are threatened,” said Ted Manning, Patagonia’s director of Fish. “And we know that no matter whose gear you use, if you are lucky enough to get and use it a lot, it will wear out. This Worn Wear tour is the convergence of those two ideas: get people back on the water and keep the gear they’ve loved going with them.”

Patagonia’s Worn Wear program was created in 2013 to encourage people to change their relationship with stuff because one of the most responsible things we can do as a company is to make high-quality products that last for years and can be repaired, so you can buy less. The program provides significant resources for responsible care, repair, reuse, resale and recycling at the end of a garment’s life. Known for building highly durable products, Patagonia believes in the intangible value of things that accumulate meaning over time. The memories contained in patches, stitches, and scars can’t be replaced with something new—and Worn Wear aims to help customers celebrate those stories.

The event information is below. We’ll be showing up with our trailer, armed with staff trained to mend people’s clothing. Please help us share this news with your fishing community who surely own gear in need of repair. We’ll be in booth X10 at the show.

When: Jan 3 – 5th

Where: The Fly Fishing Show – Denver Mart, booth X10

What: Repairs are on a first-come, first-served basis, one item per person per day, repairs on any brand of clothing for free!

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Salmon River, NY Report & Guide Tips: Jan 2., 2020

Dan Zazworsky
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Salmon River, NY Report & Guide Tips: Jan 2., 2020

Image used by permission from @trout_angler15

First Report of 2020!

Lower Salmon River

This past weekend and the early week, we had great weather and then Steelhead season weather. The warm weather was not typical, but the icy and windy conditions over the weekend are typical for the Steelhead season. The fishing overall was a bit less than okay. Part of what makes it a little bit less than ok is because you cannot predict the quality of fishing based on observable factors. Over the weekend, we had beautiful weather and good flow, but the fishing was a grind. We also had bad weather and windy conditions, but in the right location, the fishing was good.

Those that were swinging for Steelhead had a difficult time while nymphers and the center pin brigade did much better than swingers.

One note of hope was that new fresh fish were entering the system. The weather will continue to be warmer, but there is snow in the forecast for Saturday.  

For this weekend, as it is still part of the holidays, the fishing pressure will be higher. One thing I recommend is that you learn the structure that makes up a good fishing location. Take a look at this image below to see what makes up a good location.

Advice on finding fish and escaping the crowd this weekend:

Image used by permission from Capt. Ben Schultes @capt_schultes on Instagram

Here are four things in this picture that will help you to find good waters here on the Salmon River or any other Great Lakes tributary.

  1. Exposed tree roots.
  2. Walking speed water. Steelhead are very efficient, and they don’t like fast water, nor do they like super slow water.
  3. Look for trees that are leaning into the water.
  4. Above water structures that create tunnel-like features. Finding this type of structure will help you as an angler to fish during bad weather and windy conditions.

If you can see at least three out of the four items, you may have a chance of good water to fish. If you can learn these structures, you will never have to fish crowded water or overfished pools.

Douglaston Salmon Run

Fishing at the DSR was a bit like a Billie Eilish song. Lots of angst, but every once in a while, there were rays of hope. Those that fished the open waters had a harder time while most of the action was in the middle where there is structure. Most who were hooking up were using lighter tippet, so landing fish was hard. A reliable angler reported 0-8 while fishing for 3 hours.  

Your best bet during this time is to expect to grind it out and make every hookup count.  Make sure your knots are well tied and secure.

Town – Pulaski, NY

Fishing was slower this weekend except for Upper Staircase and Long Bridge, but otherwise, it was back to the regular Steelhead season. Only anglers hooking up were bottom bouncers. Due to the water levels going up, some fish were found in the smaller creeks off the main river in Town. Water will continue to be higher, so look for fish in the seams closest to you. During high water periods, anglers can step over fish as they try to wade deep.

Altmar, NY Section

Received more reports of fish spread out. I received reports of fresh Steelhead below Pineville to 81. Lots of nooks and crannies and great runs to be explored during warmer weather. I received reports from Trestles, Ellis Cove, Wires, and Lower Fly Zones as having the most action. However, the fish were spread out, so if you are not getting into fish, then take a walk to explore and look for structure. Received word that a small school of Cohos was around, and they were feisty. They were dark and beat up, but they were willing to bite and give a good fight.

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Photo Essay: Laguna Verde, Patagonia

Nicolas Detry
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Photo Essay: Laguna Verde, Patagonia

What I like most about Patagonia is not just the views of the beautiful nature and scenery, but the feeling that there are still places to discover with minimal human impact. Places that feel like a human has never been too.

This is a place (photo above) not far from home in Laguna Verde, Lanin National Park. I feel privileged to live in such a beautiful place.
This shot is from Nahuel Huapi Lake. My grandmother used to live right next to that beach, the fisherman is my youngest brother Ezequiel, who ask borrows the pontoon to my older brother Gonzalo at every chance he gets. Gonzalo is a professional fly fishing guide down here.
This shot was taken at the Limay River, a very good and well know spot to fish in Patagonia. The angler is my brother Tomas. This was truly a special fish.

Photos and words from Nicolas Detry (@nicolas.detry), a professional photographer in Patagonia. Look him up online at www.nicolasdetry.com.

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Be Careful Where You Wade: Florida Angler’s Leg Infected from Polluted River

Dan Zazworsky
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Be Careful Where You Wade: Florida Angler’s Leg Infected from Polluted River

Fort Lauderdale, Florida –

An unsettling, cautionary tale of what pollution and poor water management can result in.

Ft. Lauderdale has been hit with a bout of water main breaks in recent weeks, causing flooding in the streets and pollution in the local waterways. Some of the raw sewage from the latest break was pumped into the New River instead of being vacuumed up and taken to a treatment plant. And, this latest break has made us think twice before we wet wade again.

John Tedder was catching bait in the New River, as he usually does, before heading out on a Christmas Day fishing trip. He waded in the water, unaware that raw sewage from recent water main breaks in the city was flowing past his feet. It only took hours for a red infection on his leg to break out, resulting in sickness and severe swelling in his lower leg.

“I knew by 2 AM on the 26th,” Tedder told Local10 News, “I couldn’t stand on my left leg, it was swollen all the way to my kneecap.”

Luckily, Tedder got himself to the hospital shortly after symptoms of the infection began to show themselves and is expected to make a full recovery.

So, the next time you think about ditching the waders for a pair of wet wading socks, maybe check the news or your local water authority to check for any pollutants, local water main breaks or infectious viruses in the water.

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Fly Fishing Video of The Week: Ascension Bay

Wills Donaldson
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Fly Fishing Video of The Week: Ascension Bay

In this week’s Fly Fishing Destination Video of the Week, the folks of Trident Fly Fishing bring us south of the border on an 8 day long, 3-lodge wide, trip of a lifetime to target some of the most sought after saltwater fish in the world. Watch as these anglers travel through the breathtaking flats of Pesca Maya in pursuit of making dreams come true. It’s said that everyone’s first permit is one of the most special catches of their lives, well for one angler this special moment was experienced 18 times! These guys make it look easy as they spend all day basking in the luxury provided by the Grand Slam lodge, La Pescadora, and the Palometa Club; all while taking time in between to hook up on fish of legend. If adrenaline-pumping chases and massive strip sets get you going, you should check this out.

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Video courtesy of Trident Fly Fishing 

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Video of the Week: A Tale of Two Rivers

Conner Grimes
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Video of the Week: A Tale of Two Rivers

For our latest video of the week, we had the chance to sit down with Andrew McNeece of Bluff Line Media and talk about his latest film of the “Ozarks on the Fly” series. We also got to hear from both of the guides featured in the film. 

FlyLords: What gave you the idea to film on this stretch of water for Vol. 5?

Andrew: This “Ozarks on the Fly” was a tough one. I had the bright idea to do a story on the recent introduction of Bonneville Cutthroat to the Norfork tailwater. The local TU chapter has been working hard the past few years importing eggs and digging artificial redds in hopes of growing a self-propagating population of those amazing fish. It would have been great except, as target fishing can go, we did not catch any Bonnevilles! For whatever reason they eluded us, and it’s difficult to make a film about a fish of which you have no footage! However, all was not lost. Guide Brad Smith is a true angler, so we did have footage of some great brown trout! I long thought it would be cool to do an ‘above the lake, below the lake’ story, so plan B? The North Fork of the White in Missouri is quite a different river than the tailwater, and I thought that dichotomy was interesting. From there, the story began to take on a life of its own. From the Henry Schoolcraft expedition to the building and impact of the dam, we briefly hit a lot of topics on this one. Somehow it all came together and I feel fortunate to have covered one of the best fisheries in the Ozarks with such great fishermen. I think the film, though a big departure from what was originally intended, tells a more encompassing, holistic story that has lasting value.

Photo: @thejeffrose

FlyLords: How have the dams positively or negatively impacted the fishing?

Brad Smith: The initial damming of a natural free flowing river had both negative and positive impacts to the area’s economy and natural landscape. While dam construction created an influx of new jobs to the area, local farms and homesteads had to be relocated from the valleys to be filled by Lake Norfork. The ability to control the massive floods that had impacted areas all the way to Arkansas’s Delta region were now able to be controlled allowing commerce to operate more smoothly with less fear of massive floods.

We all love the cold water fishery dam construction created now, but at the time of construction, the area’s residents hardly saw trout as a fair trade for the loss of all the native small mouth bass habitat. Today, the lakes and tail waters below are the lifeblood of the local economy creating countless outdoor opportunities.

Photo: @thejeffrose

FlyLords: How do you see the fishery changing over the next 50 years?

Brad Fitzgerald: The biggest question on the North Fork of the White right now are the rainbows and the impact of the flood and the stocked stripers. The rainbows haven’t been stocked since the 60s, but the numbers have been down from those two factors. The riparian corridor took a huge beating after the flood of 2017, so since then the water temperatures have been higher in the summer. Also, the stripers have been coming up the river in greater force the last few years. So, will it stay an amazing trout stream or will it become more of a striper river? I’m partial to great trout fishing and hope it is restored back to that, but it sure is fun to catch big stripers in a small river.

Photo: @thejeffrose

FlyLords: What type of techniques were you using to catch these trout?

Brad Smith: We mainly fished large 5-8” streamers on sink tip lines while filming. The Norfork is short, only 4.8 miles before it dumps into the White River, but is great streamer water when we’re seeing some generation. With an abundance of stocked trout, larger more mature fish have an easy time growing huge on the hatchery supplied meals making streamer fishing a great way to target mainly larger fish.

FlyLords: What’s next for Ozarks on the Fly?

Andrew: On New Year’s Day we released the sixth episode. This one tells the story of two brothers, Tom and Mark Malkowicz, who have grown up floating and fishing these rivers together. I went out with them for a backcountry journey along one of Missouri’s most beautiful spring-fed rivers to catch wild rainbows and smallies. Because we spent a few days camping and floating, the film takes you along for a more immersive experience. I’m really excited about this one! I plan on making four more episodes to finish out the series over the next year or so. Once all ten episodes are complete, I’ll release a supercut. I hope the series inspires new and seasoned anglers alike to enjoy the ample opportunities this region has to offer while also promoting respectful and sustainable fishing habits.

Be sure to keep up with Bluff Line Media on YouTube to see their future episodes!

This interview was conducted by FlyLords team member Conner Grimes (@doublehaulmedia).

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Thule Group Acquires Rod Vault Maker Denver Outfitters

Dan Zazworsky
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Thule Group Acquires Rod Vault Maker Denver Outfitters

As the car-roof fly rod holder wars heat up, the Thule Group just threw their hat into the game. The Swedish car accessory maker just acquired Denver-based, Denver Outfitters, makers of the Rod Vault.

From SGB Media: 

“Thule Group this week announced the acquisition of Denver Outfitters, a Denver, CO-based maker of roof rack-mounted fly fishing rod vaults. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

Thule said the acquisition of Denver Outfitters, which had annual revenue of less than $1 million in 2019, is not expected to have a material impact on Thule’s financial picture.

But the acquisition broadens Thule’s expanding portfolio of products focused on an active lifestyle in the adventure camping segment, following the category additions of rooftop tents and van awnings for the North American market in recent years.

‘The recreational fishing category is a large global category in the outdoor industry, with close to 50 million participants in North America alone,’ said Magnus Welander, CEO, and president of the Thule Group. ‘Although fly fishing is the smallest fishing category, it is the fastest growing and anglers often travel and enjoy their fishing experience together. Therefore, being able to bring your fishing rods safely and easily is key for these consumers and the best way to do so is with fishing rod vaults mounted on the roof racks on the car. The team at Denver Outfitters have developed market-leading products and with the mutual philosophies on high quality, smart engineering and great design, as well as a shared passion for the outdoors, the products are a natural fit to our portfolio.'”

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