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Nome Buckman

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Tippet Rings

Tippet Rings

It’s been an overlooked helper for years. These tiny rings enable you to switch out tippet quickly and productively without burning through dozens of leaders in a season, because tippet rings give you a well-defined break off point.  I recommend installing them in the comfort of your favorite reading or fly tying spot where lighting is good and you can see the little buggers.   Tippet rings usually come packaged on a snap swivel for on-stream or off-stream ease. I suggest you tie onto the close

4/5/2017Nome Buckman
Hair Clips

Hair Clips

I feel I have some explaining to do when checking out with three dozen hair clips at a time when the longest hair on my head is under an inch long.  I pipe up and explain it’s for fly tying in an attempt to relieve the perplexed and judgmental look I get.  You would think I just told the checkout clerk I’m going to commit murder with these hair clips as the perplexed face turns to shock.  It definitely makes for good entertainment. When on the road tying at shows or venues, I get numerous comme

4/5/2017Nome Buckman
Freshette

Freshette

 It’s unassumingly liberating to finally have a pee aid that allows women to pee standing up flawlessly.  This product describes itself as a 'female urinary director,’ and it does just that.  I’ve tried several different brands and have concluded that Freshette is the best all-around product of this type.   There are numerous designs on the market with many racking up only mediocre reviews.  The Freshette takes high honors with an intelligent combination of soft and stiff materials in the corre

4/5/2017Nome Buckman
Wading Staff

Wading Staff

A wading staff is an important piece of safety equipment all anglers should carry with them.  Of course if your only fishing in sandy waters that are ankle deep with no boulders to negotiate or if you only fish out of a boat, then a staff might not be necessary for you.  But if you're like me and end up wading where you shouldn't, a staff is a handy tool to get you out of a difficult spot or into prime water where many are unwilling to go. Wading staffs are a great tool to feel the bottom for d

2/1/2017Nome Buckman
Rejects

Rejects

It’s that time of year; if you live in the north, most of the waters are frozen and, for the most part, you have to put your equipment away for the season.  Holidays consume much energy and help distract from the fact that you are suffering from withdrawal.  This is when fly tying season explodes, as we anglers are not willing to give up the ghost and we need hope to get us through to next spring.  Many new fly tiers will be born in these next few months. When you start to tie your own flies, a

12/1/2016Nome Buckman
Firewater

Firewater

It’s a relatively cool, cloudy, Sunday in late August.  AKA … brewing day.  I am a homebrewer - beer, wine, mead and anything in between, even a traditional Finnish drink called Sima, which is a delicious sparkling lemonade.  I’ve been waiting for cool weather (and spare time) all summer so I can try out new recipes. I also grew hops this year for the first time, and although they are not quite ready for harvest, I can’t wait to use them.  In fact, I planted an entire garden dedicated to brewing

9/15/2015Michelle Jarvie
Mice

Mice

Tossing rodent replicas on the water at night, not seeing a bloody thing.  Hoping to hear your fly go splat on the water somewhere and not hung up on the bank across stream or snagged in the trees from your back cast.  Your other senses are heightened to make up for your lack of vision.  Heart pounding, tingling with anticipation, waiting for the electricity of the killing kind to touch your line.  Fingers poised, ready to hear a watery explosion on your kabob offering as you swim it back to you

9/15/2015Nome Buckman
Haunted

Haunted

My favorite season is Fall or what I like to call “Musky Season.”  You can catch Musky in any season in rivers and lakes, but there is nothing like a beautiful fall Musky that has been feeding in preparation for winter.  They are known as the fish of 10,000 casts with 700 teeth, 2 of them actual canines.  What’s not to like? It amazes me the odd looks I get when I tell people my passion is Musky on the fly. A Musky is built like a submarine, but approaches like a torpedo. The bulk of my fishin

9/15/2015Megan Berns
Walk on the Safe Side

Walk on the Safe Side

"All women are b**ches and liars." Those were the exact words out of an older man’s mouth a few years ago when my partner and I were fishing on a famous Lake Ontario steelhead river. When this man first approached us, thanks to our completely gender-neutral appearance, he just seemed a little jealous that we had been out-fishing him and he wanted us out of “his space,” but when he figured out we were women, he began blurting out a rant about how horrible women were, including his own mother. Thi

6/15/2015Michelle Jarvie