Scientific Anglers Ambassador Blane Chocklett guides and fishes for a wide assortment of species. Smallmouth bass are one of his all-time favorite fish. The Amplitude Smooth Titan Long Taper was originally designed with smallmouth in mind, but has shown to be a great line for a number of situations. Overall head length is a bit over 40 feet. With a short front taper and extended rear taper, the Titan Long offers superior turnover with excellent… Continue reading
Taking Skagit to the Next Level Taking Skagit to the Next Level. Few things have helped to increase the popularity of swinging flies for steelhead and salmon like the use of Skagit lines. Named from their development on Washington’s Skagit River, these versatile lines have simplified Spey two-handed casting and allow the use of weighted flies and heavy sink tips. This has opened up a lot of areas for use with flies that could not be… Continue reading
Our Amplitude Smooth Anadro Indicator Taper is designed primarily as a nymphing line, but can do much more. Scientific Anglers Ambassadors Landon Mayer and Blane Chocklett both discuss the use of this line in a variety of situations. The head is 60-feet long and allows accurate, distance casting and mending. A short front taper gives easy turnover of heavy indicator rigs and hopper-dropper rigs. It can also be used to throw poppers and streamers if… Continue reading
Absolute Tri-Color Euro Sighter Tippet Material is an integral part of the set up for Euro-style nymphing. This is a short-line nymphing technique where a long rod is used to hold most of the line and part of the leader off the water to maintain a dead-drift presentation. A sighter material is added to the middle part of the leader and works as a strike indicator. Low memory, high abrasion resistance, maximum knot strength. When the sighter… Continue reading
Steps for How to Spool a Fly Reel Though some of the equipment we see in this video is a bit dated, how to spool a fly reel is still the same today. The focus here is the use of a line winder, but all of the connections are the same if you are loading the reel by hand. Attaching the Backing to the Fly Reel First step is to remove the reel spool… Continue reading
The Way of the Trout from early in the Scientific Anglers time period was a collaboration with Trout Unlimited. It opens with an angler on a woodland stream who has just landed a large rainbow trout. It turns out the angler has previously hooked and lost this fish. Now that he has landed it, he takes the time to admire the fish as it recovers and reflects on the fish’s life and hazards it survived.… Continue reading
Predator Leader Review Scientific Anglers Predator Leaders are designed to take on the gnarliest, sharp-toothed critters in both freshwater and saltwater. Whether you chucking flies for pike, muskie, golden dorado, barracuda, mahi, or any other situation with a toothy predator, there is a Predator Leader for your needs. All Predator Leaders are hand-tied in the U.S. and feature premium materials in their construction. They are designed to carry and turnover large flies. Absolute leaders… Continue reading
When it gets glassy calm, bonefish get extra skittish on the flats. Scientific Anglers Ambassador, Joel Dickey, takes us through the features on the best line for this use, the Amplitude Smooth Bonefish taper. This line has all the Amplitude technical features including AST Plus for increased shooting ability and durability. It is designed to load fast, cast accurately, and deliver the fly lightly. The Amplitude Smooth Bonefish Taper is true line weight for optimal… Continue reading
Amplitude Smooth Grand Slam Video As a Scientific Anglers Ambassador, Joel Dickey, knows most tropical saltwater anglers dream of catching a Grand Slam- three species, usually bonefish, tarpon, and permit, in a single day. This line was designed with that accomplishment in mind. Wind is the most common situation anglers struggle with on saltwater flats. The Amplitude Smooth Grand Slam taper helps flats anglers make presentations in windy conditions. The head is 40’ long with… Continue reading
SA Ambassador, Brian Chan, is one of the top stillwater trout anglers around. To paraphrase Chan, “As steelhead and salmon stocks decline, I see so many western Canada and US fly fishers turning to stillwaters. A proficient stillwater trout angler needs a variety of specialized sinking lines to properly cover the levels at which trout (and char) feed. The secret is matching the various sinking-line densities to the lifecycles of the food sources being imitated. … Continue reading
