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The Kit Lake Solace
June 2023 This was a month of resources on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. Those with capitals...
Chris O'Byrne
Jun 29, 20231 min read
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Charles & Cecil
What is fly fishing? Charles and Cecil start a Beautiful Addiction.
Chris O'Byrne
Jan 22, 20235 min read
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The Kit Lake Solace
SEPTEMBER 2022 It was a flipflopped month on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. For a while, the...
Chris O'Byrne
Sep 28, 20221 min read
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The Kit Lake Solace
June 2022 It was a month of leisure and work on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida's largemouth bass country. Bosses needed help...
Chris O'Byrne
Jun 27, 20221 min read
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Charles and Cecil
Charles and Cecil teach fly fishing
Chris O'Byrne
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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The Kit Lake Solace, December 2021
This was a month of change in the medium term on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. Managers changed...
Chris O'Byrne
Jan 1, 20221 min read
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The Kit Lake Solace October 2021
This was a month of improvement by way of breakdown on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. Sometimes...
Chris O'Byrne
Oct 30, 20211 min read
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Beads of Wisdom
Fly Fishing from a Paddle Craft In the previous article, we saw that kayak fly anglers can purchase enough gear to sink their boat. So we...
Chris O'Byrne
Oct 21, 20211 min read
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Beads of Wisdom
How to prepare to fly fish from a paddle craft.
Chris O'Byrne
Sep 19, 20211 min read
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Caster Types and Rod Swipes
Different types of fly rods bend and unbend with different characteristics. Manufacturers use the word action to describe where on the...
Chris O'Byrne
Jun 19, 20212 min read
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Trout Flies for Bass
You might already have a box of flies for largemouth bass
Chris O'Byrne
Mar 20, 20212 min read
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Fly Fishing Lessons
Like signing up with Arthur Murray before the party, or a morning with a ski instructor before going up the mountain, a good fly fishing sc
Chris O'Byrne
Mar 9, 20212 min read
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Field & Stream, 125th Anniversary Issue
Best Stories Ever Field & Stream magazine’s 125th Anniversary issue is a celebration, a great read, a touchstone of sporting literature,...
Chris O'Byrne
Feb 26, 20212 min read
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Beyond Straight Line Path
A Useful Adjustment Knotted leaders, broken leaders, lost flies, missed fish, and ugly casts. All of these dreaded fly fishing glitches...
Chris O'Byrne
Jan 11, 20212 min read
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Gifts to Get ‘em Outside
Before the end of 2020, we will pause to share gifts with one another. During this momentous year we’ve seen what being inside too much...
Chris O'Byrne
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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Check For Success
Inattentiveness can cost us. In the same way pilots constantly search the skies, you should be regularly checking...
Chris O'Byrne
Oct 9, 20202 min read
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