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Jun 25, 2018

When I was 9 I received a fly tying kit for Christmas or my birthday and dabbled in the technique but never had it fully introduced to me. As I grew up I was rebellious and found drugs and alcohol as an escape. This led me to many years of hardship and chaos. But there was always fishing, my dad knew that if he fished...


Jun 17, 2018

Matt Smythe enlisted in the Army as a senior in high school at the medium-rare age of 17, serving for 8 years before heading home to grow his hair long on top and change majors 7 times in college. Back in the late 90s, as an undergrad, he was hired as the diener at Genesee Hospital in Rochester, NY. Over the course of a...


Jun 11, 2018

Heather Hodson works hard to play even harder. If she's not saving lives as a Critical Care RN, you’ll find her traveling the country in search of new water to fish, hosting outings for women throughout the west, and teaching fly fishing classes. Heather founded United Women on the Fly in hopes of building a...


Jun 3, 2018

There I was.  340 lbs.  The thought of loosing weight would make me sweat.  Heck, breathing would make me sweat.  To be fair, I was down 20 lbs from my heaviest 7 years prior.  Due to experimenting with a diet pill that would make you crap yourself if you weren’t careful.  It was supposed to help you train yourself...