Jason Akl News & Tips

News & Tips: Early Season Fly Selection: Eggs
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Early Season Fly Selection: Eggs

Egg flies are an essential addition to every early-season fisherman's fly box. Having a few different types of egg…
News & Tips: Inline Spinner Trout Fishing Tactics
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Inline Spinner Trout Fishing Tactics

As effective as flies are for duping large trout, inline spinnerbait have a unique way of persuading lackadaisical fish…
News & Tips: One Last Trip on the Ice
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One Last Trip on the Ice

 you are lucky enough (or unlucky enough depending on how you see it) to live in an area that has been getting hit with…
News & Tips: Pocket Water Trout Fishing
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Pocket Water Trout Fishing

Even some of our best trout streams across America — those that are supposed to be a sure bet for catching trophy trout…
News & Tips: Early Season Fly Selection: Streamers
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Early Season Fly Selection: Streamers

  The Egg Sucking Leech is on the top of the author's list for the most productive and versatile patterns for early…
News & Tips: 12 Steps to Tying Yarn Egg Flies
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12 Steps to Tying Yarn Egg Flies

There's no disputing it — yarn egg flies are some of the most inexpensive and easiest fly fishing flies to ever come…
News & Tips: Fly Casting Primer
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Fly Casting Primer

With the early trout season opener only a week or so away refreshing casting techniques has to be on the minds of fly…
News & Tips: Cohos on the March Ice
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Cohos on the March Ice

What do you do when the temperature gauge reads sub zero for weeks on end? We do what any sane person would do: throw…
News & Tips: Wisconsin's Early Trout Season
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Wisconsin's Early Trout Season

If you are lucky enough to live in a Wisconsin county that has early season regulations (catch and release), getting…
News & Tips: Tying the Black Nose Dace
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Tying the Black Nose Dace

The Black Nose Dace is one of those special fly patterns that fly fisherman have favored for years on end. This…
News & Tips: Winter Midge Fishing
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Winter Midge Fishing

If you're of one of those fly fishers who packs away the gear at the first sign of snow, you're missing out on a very…
News & Tips: Tying the Beadhead Prince Nymph
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Tying the Beadhead Prince Nymph

The Beadhead Prince is a classic nymph pattern that will continue to be effective on streams and rivers for years to…