Thomas & Thomas Name the Spey Contest, Tips for Saving Snagged Flies, Live Blogging from Bristol Bay

July 29, 2012 By: Erin Block

  • Thomas & Thomas fly rods has put out the call for help. Two-handed help, in fact, for naming their new series of spey fly rods. Winnings include the first rod of the line, as well as an Atlantic Salmon trip. So think creatively, come up with something brilliant, and head over to the T&T blog for your chance to win.
  • Trevor Tanner of Fly-Carpin lets us in on a few of his tricks of the trade for un-snagging flies from “trees, stumps, rocks and other vengeful inanimate objects” and for saving those three dollars.
  • Award-winning author Paul Greenberg live blogs from Alaska’s Stuyahok River as he follows the sockeye salmon migration in Bristol Bay, Alaska; observing how the Pebble Mine may impact this species. “It takes a lot of country to grow a lot of salmon. But not just any country.” It takes a country whose rivers are untamed.