Father's day deals

Father'™s Day: Gift ideas for Dad! Valid through June 15, 2015.

The Internet's least expensive ($12) fly reel?

Maybe you remember our very popular post about the Internet's most expensive fly reel? It appears that we may have found one of the least expensive. This "Resin Fly Fishing Reel" from Deal Extreme weighs in a hefty 5.7 ounces and costs a whopping $12.

The description touts it as "Great for Sea fishing!" We are guessing Marlin, Tarpon, Croaker and such. Mad Props to any readers who care to order one of these and then send us a picture of the largest fish ever caught on a $12 reel!

Guaranteed to up your catch rates...

if it doesn't kill you first. The Compact Electric Fishing Machine (380V/500W) available from Deal Extreme is only slightly less dangerous than dynamite. Which brings to mind the punch line "Are you going to stand their and talk or are you gonna fish?"

15 - 20% Coupon Code From Sierra Trading Post

Get 15% off $100 or 20% off $150 use code ALMARCH2KX. Valid March 4 to April 7 at Sierra Trading Post

The latest offering from our friends at Sierra Trading Post is a coupon code good for 15% off of $100 or for you big spenders 20% off $150. This is one of Sierra's rare coupon codes which can be combined with any of their on site offers for even more great savings.

The NJ Transition Continues

Thanks to the Trophy Wife and her excellent nose for the 50% off the already reduced clearance price rack, I scored an early Birthday present and added an eight weight Sage Xi2 and Tibor Back Country CL reel spooled with Sci Anglers intermediate line to the fledgling Saltwater arsenal. When does spring come around here anyway?

Deals: Almost Givin' it Away

Get 20% off $100 at Sierra Trading Post, use CODE: ALDECEMBER9, valid through 1.7.10

According to the double naught super secret spy email that we received today the code above will get you $20 off your next $100 purchase from our pals at Sierra Trading Post. In what amounts to either an odd twist of fate or a blatant attempt to get us to stock up on sweet fly fishing gear, this latest offer can be combined with other deals that they have floating around on the net.

"Sierra Trading Post decided our customers need a better deal this month– it is after all the holiday season! Your customers can now get 20% off $100 purchases, AND these can be combined with our other on-site offers! Use Code: ALDECEMBER9. Valid December 3rd – January 6th "

The electric bill can wait this month, deals like this don't come along every day. If baby does need a new pair of shoes, they sell those at STP. Add them to your cart along with a sweet fly rod.

As with all good things - some exclusions apply.

Black Fly Fishing Friday

Fresh from our TurDuckEn induced coma we bring you Black Friday Deals from friends of FlyFishMagazine.com.

Sierra Trading Post
Sierra Trading Post is pleased to announce our Black Friday promotions. From 12am to 8am on Friday, November 27, 2009 customers can recieve Free Shipping on all orders over $100! From 8am on we will be featuring 'Black Friday Bargains' on the home page, 10 items at great prices, these items will change every 2 hours until 4pm!

Shop at Sierra Trading Post on Black Friday and receive free shipping on $100 or more from 12 a.m. - 8 a.m.

Black Friday Bargains at Sierra Trading Post!

Joes Sports

Black Friday Sale! 15% Off Order. 11.27 Only!

And for those of you who want to read good and do other things good too: Alibris

Save $2 off $20 or more of books, music, & movies when you use coupon code ZEPPELIN on checkout at www.alibris.com. This coupon expires November 30, 2009.

Friday Wall Hangers: The 19' Tall Trout

For the angler who has everything: a 19 foot tall trout statue from Direct Manufacturing. On sale now for $11,780 and ships in 4 to 6 weeks.

"This Trout is a great way to add decoration to your wild life display and fishing supply store. Also great for displays at sea food restaurants!"

Friday Deals: 15-20% off at Sierra Trading Post

Just a quick post to remind you that you only have a few more days to take advantage of an additional 15-20% off at Sierra Trading Post. Use the code ALOCTOBER9 at check out and save yourself some green. Think of it as Trick or Treet for anglers without having to worry about someone egging your house.

It all comes to a halt on 11/04/09 so be sure to check out their deals via the banner above.

Try knocking 20% off of one of these for bargain so good we can't tell you the price here in the open:

Water Skeeter River Lite Pontoon Boat

Gear: Spot Satellite Messenger Rebate Deal

If you are one of those folks who regularly ventures outside of the realm of cell phone coverage and are in need of a functional way to either summon help or let the wife know that you are OK then you might want to consider a Spot Satellite Messenger. Spot uses GPS to dermine your location and communications satellite system to transmit that information to your loved ones or in the event of emergency to dispatch help via a GEOS International 9-1-1 response center.

The Spot Messenger is not a full blown emergency beacon, but rather fills a niche for outdoorsmen and women who may venture into the wild alone or with a buddy and who have wondered what might happen should they become incapacitated etc. A unique function is that the device allows you to either alert family and friends (via email and text message) to your plight or alert the authorities via the 9-1-1 key and summon professional help. The difference being that you have the option of alerting the wife to summon your fishing buddies come find your lost hindquarters down in the gorge or, in real life or death situations, calling on professional rescuers (and additional $8 per year provides 100k of coverage for rescue costs so bring on the helicopters). Another nice and somewhat less ominous feature is that the device can be used as a tracker that reports your location to a sharable webpage every ten minutes thus documenting your fishing trip and proving to the wife that you were actually fishing. (Don't worry. The device has to have a clear view of the sky to function so it can't work hidden in your trunk or anything like that.)

My initial back yard testing of the device delivered an "I'm OK" message to the wife within about four minutes of my pressing the button. It sent my Father a "Send Help ASAP" message (pre-arranged so as not to test his cardiac function) in a comparable amount of time. Text messages to cell phones included Longitude and Latitude information for my location and the email messages contained a link to a google map showing my back yard. I considered the test a success.

Currently Spot is offering a rebate of up to $150 dollars, which essentially gets you the unit for free, when you purchase two years of check in and help service ($99 per year) along two years of tracking ($49 per year). There are lesser rebates for those who only purchase the help service. Since the only way to use the unit for more than an orange doorstop is to purchase the service, this makes for a pretty good deal overall. As with all rebates, breakage means profits, so read the directions carefully and be sure to follow them to the letter or you will end up with less of a deal than you thought you were getting. The Spot Satellite Messenger retails for around $149 and is available are many outdoor retailers. Check out http://www.findmespot.com/ for more information.

**as with all of our opinions, be sure to do research on your own before trusting your life to something you read here or anywhere. We don't want you blaming us if you go and get yourself busted up or worse.

Cold Weather Week: Discounts for you

Let's start Cold Weather Week off on the right foot by passing along an extra 30% off on over 6500 items on sale at Sierra Trading Post. Use the banner above and enter coupon code: AC118A

COUPON DEAL: 30% off coupon on over 6,500 items
Cannot be combined with any other offers.
COUPON TERM: Now through December 3, 2008.

Reading: Old School Style

As an enlightned angler, does a portion of your reading take place offline using more tradtional media such as books? Do you enjoy the tactile feel of the paper? Do you appreciate a good leather (book) binding? Sometimes, a book without hypertext links or embedded youtube videos can be a very relaxing thing.

When you read real paper books you can scoff at that tool sitting beside you on the beach lamenting the fact that the battery on his laptop just died mid-page.

To this end we provide you with savings from our recommended purveyor of pre-loved books Alibris.

Enter code SEVENTIES at check out for $7 off your order of $70 or more between now and July 20th.

STP: We're Burning Down the Barn

Deal Alert: Rainbow Point Lodge - Alaska

FlyFishMagazine.com received a dispatch from Alaska today advising us of a special deal on an all inclusive package at the Rainbow Point Lodge located 220 miles Southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. New friends of FlyFishMagazine Mark Higgins and Brad Hughes have alerted us to special pricing as they complete bookings for the 2008 season.

From their email:

Hello Lee,

Our available dates are:

August 4-8

August 18-23

August 25-30

September 15-20

September 22-27

September 29-Oct 4

As Mark had mentioned we are giving these spots away for $3,397.59 per person.

Take care and have a great day!!

Brad Hughes

Alaska's Rainbow Point Lodge

1-877-850-5858

This price equates to half off their regular rates and includes accommodations, gourmet meals, and having a float plane and large rainbow trout pretty much at your beck and call.

STP: Wright & McGill Large Arbor Fly Reel $129

Wright and McGill Co. Large Arbor Fly Reel - 3/4wt, Essentials Reliance

The good folks over at Sierra Trading Post seem to have gotten their hands on an ample supply of Wright and McGill Large Arbor Fly Reels in various sizes. The are made from bar stock aluminum and our resident gear junkie thinks that they have a modern yet classy look. Who are we to argue with weight saving fish shaped cut outs in your spool? Available in various sizes so if a 3/4 weight doesn't work for you be sure to look around.

Act quickly, deals this good are sure not to last long!

We have been neglecting our friends at Sierra...

Hopefully this will help make up for our recent lack of blatant commercialism. Seriously though. Great gear - excellent prices. You know the drill.

Tuesday Safety

Adventure Medical Kits Solo Kit


Ideal for one-to two-day solo back country blue line fishing trips.
Ultra-light and packed into a resealable Aloksak® bag for waterproof protection up to 200'.
Kit includes instruments, medication and wound/burn/blister care.

$10.95 via Sierra Trading Post

Extra 15% off from Sierra Trading Post

Our affiliate partner Sierra Trading Post dropped us a line today to let us know that their warehouses were filled to the brim with excess fishing and hunting gear. Since they get no pleasure or profit from watching excellent fly fishing gear sit around and gather dust, they have presented the readers of FlyFishMagazine.com with an excellent gift, a coupon code good for 15% off Sierra's already deeply discounted prices on select items in the fishing and hunting categories.

There is no minimum purchase to take advantage of this discount! The checkout code is: ASPORTSMAN8

The code will only work if you use the link to the special landing page listed below: 15% off Coupon for Hunting, Fishing, and Work Gear! Must shop through this landing page!

There are around 1000 products included with top name brands like Columbia, Browning, Redington, and Sorel. Also, check out the Albright Fly Rods—they’re great rods for a great price.
Remember that Sierra's prices are already cut 35%-70% off of retail so an extra 15% off with no minimum purchase is huge. This offer is good until February 15th, 2008 but the folks at Sierra tell us they might extend the offer if the response is good.

Friday Fly Fishing Deal-O-Rama

Our affiliate partner Sierra Trading Post dropped us a line today to let us know that their warehouses were filled to the brim with excess fishing and hunting gear. Since they get no pleasure or profit from watching excellent fly fishing gear sit around and gather dust, they have presented the readers of FlyFishMagazine.com with an excellent gift, a coupon code good for 15% off Sierra's already deeply discounted prices on select items in the fishing and hunting categories. There is no minimum purchase to take advantage of this discount!

The checkout code is: ASPORTSMAN8

The code will only work if you use the link to the special landing page listed below:

15% off Coupon for Hunting, Fishing, and Work Gear! Must shop through this landing page!

There are around 1000 products included with top name brands like Columbia, Browning, Redington, and Sorel. Also, check out the Albright Fly Rods—they’re great rods for a great price.

Remember that Sierra's prices are already cut 35%-70% off of retail so an extra 15% off with no minimum purchase is huge. This offer is good until February 15th, 2008 but the folks at Sierra tell us they might extend the offer if the response is good. Now is the time to spend that Christmas money you got from Momma!

Ninja Style Fly Fishing Gear

O'Neill Ninja Split-Toe Boots - 3 mm (For Men)

Unleash your inner fly fishing Ninja with a pair of these split toe neoprene booties from Sierra Trading Post. They are a steal at only $8.95 a pair. You will thank us when the day comes where you need to pick up your fly rod with your toes.

Remember we do all the hard work for you and maintain links to all of Sierra Trading Post's fishing gear via the Deals on Gear section of FlyFishMagazine.com.