Skwala Lounge
Jan 26, 2023
Hell, You Could Wear Em’ to Dinner and Be Overdressed!
Sol Pants will not make you catch more or bigger fish. They won’t solve the hitch in your cast or the timing of your ...
Jan 10, 2023
The Eight Greatest Fly Fishing Films Ever Made
Fly fishing, a niche within a niche, a subculture within a subculture, inspires far more than its share of art, liter...
Dec 27, 2022
Best First Year Ever!
This time last year, Skwala didn’t exist. I mean, we knew—designing and building the best fly fishing apparel on the ...
Nov 21, 2022
Fall is For the Midwest
Many of the best anglers we know were spawned in the Upper Midwest. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan incubate most ...
Nov 14, 2022
Fall is for Road Trips
Popular opinion restricts road trips to warmer months. From May to September, packing a vehicle and pointing it towar...
Nov 2, 2022
Fall is for Steel
Admit it, either you’ve already been there, or your bucket list includes a British Columbia steelhead trip.
Maybe y...
Oct 26, 2022
Fall is for Sheep
By Miles Nolte and Joe Cermele
Excited for the fall streamer bite?
Well, that makes one of us.
I’m sorry to br...
Oct 19, 2022
Fall is for Winners
Do you feel it? That creep in your gut? That tingle in your fingernail beds? Maybe the barometer’s dropping. Maybe ...
Oct 11, 2022
Let’s Be Honest, You Don’t Know How Your Car Works Either
by Miles Nolte
Do you understand how a modern car engine works? Sure, you get the basic concept—new technology incr...
Aug 16, 2022
Bead Fishing is Stupid…Stupid Good
Only in Alaska do you find out a tiny piece of plastic is the key to your dream trip.
Aug 8, 2022
Fish Like Water
In a shocking new development, science has proven, once and for all that FISH LIKE WATER. I know, this is difficult to accept...
Aug 2, 2022
Gardiner is Open for Business
The Upper Yellowstone River and its tributaries are far from secret. Summer high season usually sees . . .