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Fly Punk is a new online magazine coming out of the United Kingdom that is less tweed and all about fun on the water.  So far there have been two issues released with more coming every other month. Read Issue 1 and then check out Issue 2.  Enjoy. Visit the Fly Punk website for more information.

Keep an eye out at your local ECHO Fly Fishing dealer since the Bad Ass Glass fly rod series should be on the rack to take out to the yard to cast. Or order one up for that next salt trip planned over the winter. I took the nine weight along to Belize (T.F.M. posts HERE and HERE) last fall and the Bad Ass Glass series is going to make a lot of anglers happy who are looking for a quality heavy line weight fiberglass fly rod for way less than three hundred dollars.  Tim Rajeff breaks down the Bad Ass Glass series in this video that is worth checking out. Visit the ECHO Fly Fishing website for more information.

If there is one thing that I've learned from and about JP Ross of JP Ross Fly Rods is that he's always working on that "Next Thing".  His latest offering is the Black Jack which is a five piece 8' foot 5/6 weight carbon silica hybrid blank that has a lot of possibilities for the traveling angler or someone that just wants to have a easy to carry along for the ride fly rod behind the seat at all times. The other day JP Ross sent an email that provides quite a bit of background on where this blank design came from and the process of it's creation. JP Ross wrote...  "As many of you know, I have been fascinated with materials for many years.  Specifically the use of different materials in composites as well as metallurgy which I use in my day job in Electronics Manufacturing.   As I get older I spend more time with the loser 40 and 50 years old's that envy the flat brim trout bums that are out there living the life I once lived.  We have responsibility, w...