My wife and I enjoy fly fishing whenever we can, and that means year-round. I have several different brands of fly lines on my reels, so when I loaded my reel with the Sage Performance Taper I could make a decent comparison. read more...
I made a trip to Buffalo Lake recently to see if the kokanee (silvers) were biting yet, and the folks at Mack's Lure gave me a couple of their Double Whammy Kokanee Pro lures to try out. Unfortunately, the silvers weren't biting yet, but I did get a chance to see how this lure worked. read more...
Something that steelhead anglers might want to try for this season is the new stop knots from Macks Lure in Leavenworth. These knots are designed for "limited slip", and that means you can get a nice positive bite on your line. read more...
On the Story Page of my web site, I have a piece on the basic tackle for steelhead fishing in Central Washington. In this article I mention the jig and slip bobber technique. Jigs are essentially made with either buck tail or marabou, and both have advantages. read more...
I recently received a new product catalogue from Yakima Bait Company, and I would recommend that any angler get a copy. There are a whole bunch of products that most anglers would be familiar with, like the Flatfish, Rooster Tail, Spin-N-Glo, Lil’ Corky and others, but you won’t believe all the new colors that they now offer in these tried and true lures read more...
My brother Rick recently rigged a boat with a Minn Kota electric motor, with the Auto Pilot feature. This feature allows an angler to point the electric in the direction he wishes to travel and it automatically keeps the boat headed in that direction. read more...
Ernie Ross developed the Ross Swimmer Tail lure many years ago for commercial salmon fishing off the shores of British Columbia. I first saw the lure being used by my brother Rick Graybill, who guided anglers for land-locked salmon and mackinaw on Lake Chelan. read more...
Did you ever wonder which rod to take when traveling to a fishing location? Ever wish you had a rod that was versatile enough to use for different species or application so you didn’t have to overload the boat with rod cases? Problem solved with the new Wonder Rod being built by Bill McGuire in Rock Island, Washington. read more...
Anglers should run not walk to their local sporting good store to check out the new Ambassadeur reels from Abu Garcia. They just aren’t the same. read more...
New this year from Mack’s Lure in Wenatchee is the Line Tamer, a line storage device. If you’re like me, you have bunches of half-used filler spools of line scattered around. read more...