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Pillar 1: Mindset
Start here. Why do we fish? How do we venture boldly into the outdoors?
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Pillar 2: Environment
Where do fish live? How can we find them? All about watersheds, rivers, and all those who live in them.
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Pillar 3: Tools
What stuff do I need? Less than you think.
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Pillar 4: Technique
Casting, dry flies, nymphing, streamers and more.
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Pillar 5: Conservation
How to steward these gifts for the next generation
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Pillar 6: Connection
Building your support network inside the sport
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The different parts of a fly-fishing rig
The knee bone connects to the thigh bone...the thigh bone connects to the hip bone...digging into all the things that attach to your fly rod, from reel seat to tippet.
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How to buy your first fly rod
There's one mistake I want to help you avoid when you buy your first fly rod.
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The ultimate guide to fly-fishing knots
The do's and do-knot's fly-fishing knot tying. Find out what you need to know, what you don't, and how to build your skills and have confidence in your fly-fishing knots
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Scouting 101: Keys to finding great fly fishing spots
Scouting fly fishing spots can be a major challenge for beginners. It depends on combing through lots of sources of information to find places where you might find great water, then verifying those hunches in real life.
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Finding your Home Waters with the Big Here Quiz
Start your journey to find your home waters by grounding yourself on your home planet.
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What is fly fishing? Why do we fish? A very short introduction
For as long as humans have lived near rivers and oceans, we’ve fished. And I’d argue that fly fishing is the closest to how our ancestors did it.