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A Beginners Guide to Microfishing

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The goal in micro fishing is to catch small, often overlooked species of fish. It’s a fun hobby since you get to see and catch fish that go unnoticed by many anglers. There’s also a large variety of fish species the micro angler can target. The gear used in micro fishing is much smaller than gear used … Read more

Fly Tying on a budget: Cheap Sources for Materials

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I’m sure many of us have said at some point “I’ll tie my own flys! It’ll be much cheaper than buying them”. O how wrong we were. You would have to tie many, many flies in order to make tying your own cheaper than buying them. Fly tying materials can be so expensive. Sure it’s often … Read more

How to Fish A Bucktail Jig for Winter Flounder.

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Fishing for winter flounder can be tons of fun. They may not present the challenge of steelhead fishing, or put up the kind of fight you can expect from a striped bass, but winter flounder fishing is a fun way to spend an afternoon at the beach or on the dock. Don’t let the name … Read more

Barbed vs Barbless hooks

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advantages of barbless hooks fishing

Everyone that has been fishing for any amount of time will eventually come across the topic, should I be using barbed or barbless hooks? Many will use barbed hooks when they begin fishing, usually because 99% of flies, lures, and hooks come with barbs on them, and they never really give it a second thought.

It is only when they are talking to a seasoned fisherman, or perhaps come across a body of water with a barbless hook only policy that the new fisherman will stop and think about what they should use.

There are a number of advantages to using either barbed or barbless hooks. Let’s see which option is best for the type of fishing you are doing.

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