
5 Tips for Fly Tying
Five bench habits from Christian Bacasa: the half-hitch tool, mixing your own dubbing, the wedge slice, and what to do when your thread breaks.
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Five bench habits from Christian Bacasa: the half-hitch tool, mixing your own dubbing, the wedge slice, and what to do when your thread breaks.

A dog test-floats a drift boat on the show floor, proving IFTD had more charm than just rods and reels.

Dense, no-nonsense bars packed with nuts, seeds, and dried fruit for whatever trail or truck bed you're headed to next.

A grain-free, gluten-free pizza crust that still holds up to your favorite toppings after a long day out.

A frothy, lime-bright pisco sour we picked up on a trip to Patagonia's Rio Manso Lodge, worth making again at home.

Hooks and hair, bare and ready: a close look at the parts that make a fly actually work.

Before you pick feathers and flash, you need the right hook. Here's how shape, bend, and eye style change what a fly can do.

Chicken, leek, sundried tomato, and mozzarella pearls come together for a pizza that tastes like it came off the back porch.

Three kinds of mushrooms, sweet caramelized onion, and goat cheese, all finished with a garlic aioli worth making extra of.

A spiced apple puree and a shot of bourbon turn a bottle of bubbly into a cold-weather cocktail worth passing around camp.

Wild southern grapes, patience, and a few gallons of sugar water turn into a wine worth waiting a year for.

Stumbling across this piece of history provided the perfect place to take a break and enjoy the sites and sounds of an Indian summer afternoon.