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Strategies & Tactics

How to Choose the Right Strike Indicator

by Jack Shirk | Dec 22, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DstJatJDm28 Indicators. Whether you love or hate indicator nymph fishing, it's hard to deny how effective it can be. In my opinion, it should have a place in every well-rounded angler's quiver of techniques. It seems that with...

Fly Tying

Tying Shirk’s Jack Knife Streamer

by Jack Shirk | Jul 2, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmKMWkvTz0&t=3627s This is a pattern I developed in 2022 and have been tweaking since. Great to fish on the two-hand burn as well as a normal strip cadence. If you're into streamer fishing for brown trout and smallmouth bass this...

Tying The Raghead Crab

by Jack Shirk | May 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sdMhdoapWo Quick video on how to tie the Raghead Crab, one of the most used and easy-to-tie saltwater flies for targeting permit. This fly and its variations are going to be on pretty much every Mexico/Belize/Yucatan fly lodge's...

The Best Fly Tying Vises, Accessories, & Tools

by Jack Shirk | Mar 22, 2024

I am revisiting this article almost three years after originally publishing to make some updates to my thoughts and opinions. Since I originally wrote this, I have switched my vise to the Renzetti Master from the Regal Revolution. Both are incredible vises and their...

Gear Reviews & Hacks

Best Fluorocarbon Tippet Material For Trout Fishing

by Jack Shirk | Dec 15, 2021

It wasn't till I got a dry-rotted spool of fluoro off a fly shop shelf my first year in Colorado that I decided to go down the tippet rabbit hole. I couldn't figure out why I had busted off two fish in a row that morning until I started applying some pressure to that...

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