Helle is a Norwegian based knife maker well known for their superb craftsmanship. Since its founding in 1932, Helle’s philosophy hasn’t changed: quality handcrafted knives made by skilled craftsmen. Both the blade and the handle of every knife are handcrafted by a skilled Norwegian craftsman, some with decades of experience, making each knife truly one-of-a-kind.
This knife features a 106mm (4.17in) long blade made of stainless Sandvik 12C27 steel with full tang. The handle of the Alden is made of curly birch and includes a small finger guard with two stainless steel fittings. Weighing in at 145g (5.1oz), the Alden is well balanced and designed to fit the hand perfectly.
I’ve eyed up a beautiful cork-handled Helle Hellefisk filet knife for a while now. Every time I pick up a Helle knife I’m always impressed by the construction and I’m blown away at the prices. I’ve consistently seen knives for twice as much that didn’t even look half as good.
STORMR jackets are billed as an adaptation of the wetsuit for land. Which makes sense because their made from the same material that divers and surfers have used for years. The exterior of the STORMR jacket is a neoprene rubber that protects you from the elements, and the interior is mirco-fleece lined to keep you warm and cozy on the inside. All seams are glued, stitched and coated with an exterior liquid tape, just like a real wetsuit. Of course the zipper is waterproof as well, and the neoprene flap ensures full suit integrity.
It’s hard to tell how much pocket space the jacket really has, but if the STORMR really is built to “defy the elements” it could make for a fantastic wading jacket.
I know we’ve been posting a lot of fly fishing videos recently, but you have to admit they’re some of the most impressive, beautiful and heart pounding videos you’ve ever seen. Well, this next video is going make your heart explode.
Three fly fishermen (Conway Bowman, Kirk Deeter and Chris Santella) head up to Kodiak Island, Alaska to fish a legendary river that’s a bit like a unicorn – everyone has heard about it, but no one seems to have seen it, been there or fished its shallow waters. Along with local guide, Trent Deeter, the crew embarks on one of the most epic and prolific steelhead fishing trips of their lives.
If you thought fishing for sailfish was hard, you should check out this video of a guy catching one on the fly in Guatemala. They still troll to attract the fish, but one of the guides has to carefully tease the fish closer to the boat by keeping the lure just out of its reach. Once it’s close enough to the boat the fly fisherman will throw his fly behind the sailfish and the first lure is removed, once the sailfish turns around your fly is right in his face. The rest, is history.
Rivers of a Lost Coast is a turn of the century story about a handful of pioneer fisherman that carried their fly rods north into California’s remote north coast and gave birth to a culture that would revolutionize their sport. For a few of these fisherman, like Bill Schaadt, this fishing life style became an obsession, an obsession that would not accept compromise.
Agreed, swinging spiked bats around while water skiing is probably very dangerous. That said, I'm sure these guys are professionals :D
If I'm ever in Chicago it will be very tempting to make the 8 hour [...]
Sounds good to me Jon!
Yeah I'm always big on non-lead options too. Something about the reproductive toxicity of lead makes me uneasy in the nether regions.
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