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TFO Moment 7wt Rod Review
by photos by Tom Weatherington TFO Moment 9’ 7 Weight Is this a ‘Sweet Lil Rod™’? Yea it is. Let’s start with the looks. Reminds me of the Scott Tidal or another Scott I am not putting my finger on at the Moment. It’s a nice gray blank with blue wraps that is unsanded too. Ok, that is why I am thinking Scott. I love the little snubbed, mushroom cap fighting butt on this seven weight. Nice little blue lines in the uplockers on the reel seat.
TFO Solution 5wt Rod Review
TFO SOLUTION 9’ 5wt Is this a sweet lil rod??Well, I’m no Scott Stevenson, but I’ve cast a rod or two, and this one ranks high in my trout-rod category. I’ve embarrassingly been casting 5 wts way more often than I’d like to admit lately. On my normal adventures, I’m usually leaning on something 7 wt+.
Should Fishing Always Be the First Date?
To be honest, I wasn’t sure I wanted to tackle this question when it first came to me. I turn 40 this year. And the thought of going through a first date again makes me physically sick to my stomach. Ugh. A first date. We all remember them. The energy spent wondering if just being ourselves would be enough. The outfit debacle. Do I shave my legs? The full Mariska Hargitay detective deep dive — finding every detail the World Wide Web has to offer on this person.
The Old Time Way - Benton's Country Ham
by Photos by Dave Fason “Y’all smell like Benton’s,” said the waitress as we eased up to the hostess station at The Mudpuppy, a marina bar on Tellico Lake. We did smell like Benton’s, because one of us was a Benton, Darrell Benton, and we had just come from his shop where his family has been curing, smoking, and slinging ham for over 50 years. The old waitress’ tone was tough to decipher. Was she ribbing Darrell? I couldn’t tell if she knew him. I didn’t know him.
Tortuga Madre - Chapter 1 — SCOF — Southern Culture On The Fly
by Illustrations by Eric Thrice Boat Nichols was headed into fourth grade the summer he caught his first musky. It was jet black. His mother was speechless. Tish thought the guides from Three Loon Lodge were playing a prank, but they were just as incredulous as the mother and son from south Florida. When Tish realized it was no farce, she felt a pang in her chest.
I Wanna See The Dock Lights Tonight — SCOF — Southern Culture On The Fly
A broker is blocking the boat ramp, but, in fairness, he’s entertaining customers who can presumably afford the six-figure leviathan that floats in the way, as my buddy rapidly backs down his skiff that is totally beautiful and totally shitty and totally perfect for tonight’s escapade, as debauched as it might be. I hear discussions of upholstery selections while unfolding my rusted beach chair in our ride’s cockpit. We’re gone before the deal is sealed.
The Tripletail Classic - SCOF
annual tag & release fly fishing tourney for triple tail in Fairhope, AL hosted by the Eastern Shore Fly Fishers, sponsored by Papas Pilar Rum
The SCOFCAST Episode 1
You have found the SCOFCAST. A podcast by the creators of southern culture on the fly magazine. SCOF is the collective voice of a community that is reverent, keen, and ridiculously fun. SCOF is not a Pickleball court or a golf tournament or an online magazine……not just a magazine anyway. We are the water tower on which the fly fishing South spray paints its name. We are a chameleon that is equal parts, hard-core and half assed.
Letter From the Editor
Dear Readers, Spring has finally sprung its elemental magic upon the waters and earth. The faces and people are glowing as if they are at a Bonnaroo festival in the heart of the Tennessee Valley, and us anglers sit on the precipice of an environmental moment that will bring us all together like teens playing a Ouija board seance while stoned. Yes, spring is here and we all throw caution to the wind and begin the piscatorial chase.
East Side Tying Social
Join us monthly at Boombozz Craft Pizza & Taphouse in East Nashville to tie flize n socialize. contact John Patrick Morris on instagram for more information.
Outpost Report Number 1 – Desert Island Solitaire - SCOF
“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” – Edward Abbey, The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West Ed Abbey has probably had more influence on me than any other writer. I often contemplate this conclusion because Abbey’s best-known writing focused on the arid U.S. West, not tropical shorelines where I spend most of my free time.
Motels - SCOF
I was bouncing from trout stream to trout stream in the Smoky Mountains one April when I visited a childhood friend at his mountain-side retirement home outside of Asheville. We sat on his balcony, occasionally reminiscing about the old days but mainly sipping premium whiskey while gazing at late afternoon sunbeams slanting through tall oaks that black bears sometimes climb. My friend’s wife, Lucy, broke our reverie by asking where I planned to sleep that night.
BENCH PRESS - Ribbit Rhol - SCOF
Materials -Hook: Size 1 Gamakatsu b10s -lead wire, .015 diameter -2mm River Road Creations frog foam cut to 5/8” wide. -Strung saddle hackle.(2 feathers per frog) -Medium round rubber leg sheet -River Road Creations 1/2” foam cylinder cut in half to 13/16”. (Yellow) -River Road Creations 1/4” foam cylinder cut in half.(Yellow) -Flymen Fishing Co 7mm living eyes(wind color) -Super Glue. I prefer loctite brand liquid. -UV resin.
The New Strip Club
There is something about a fishing tournament that gets me going. It’s almost enough in and of itself. The SCOF crew was staying in Gainesville, GA, on Lake Lanier. When I arrived, Hank was tying up a mess of blueback herring clousers. His fishing partner Eli was sitting next to him rolling an occasional joke out from under the table, and Alan was sitting on the other side of Hank subtly critiquing his work. Then he saw my newly bought fly box with the price sticker still on it. I was mortified.
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