In this episode of the Fly-Fishing Insider Podcast we speak with Courtney Boice, the CEO of Blue Halo Fly Rods. Blue Halo is the leader in the Fiberglass fly rod market. Courtney has been at the helm of Blue Halo for almost 7 years now.

Blue Halo rods are the industry’s most advanced and best performing fiberglass rods. The technology that Courtney talks about is ground breaking with the launch of the new Liger rods and the S2 fiberglass. Basically, it’s a hybrid rod of graphite and fiberglass.

Courtney also talks about the difficult challenges that he and the team has faced trying to get the right feel load and cast out of the rod while also trying to get it made in the USA for a reasonable price, but sometimes things just don’t go as planned. Courtney mentions few other roadblocks the brand and company has faced and overcome.

Courtney shares with us his past and how he became involved in fly fishing to his reasons in wanting to start a fly rod business, that is strictly on line. We also hear how Courtney’s family is involved in the business as well.

Blue Halo tells us a sneak peak of what’s coming up next from the new technologies to their new rod developments and line ups. Courtney is pretty excited to share with us much of this news.

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In this Episode we speak with Brett Zundel a partner in Loon Outdoors. Loon Outdoors is an eco focused fly fishing brand providing many solutions to fly tyers and anglers.

Brett takes listeners through the emotional past that loon has encountered with how the company came to be and the many many challenges that loon has faced, did you know loon made rods and reels and waders as well back in the early days?

We learn that loon has always had a super strong focus on eco wise and preservation of the enviroment while fly fishing. Loon announces to us some new products that we can expect to see this year.

this is truly a great episode with much to hear and learn about from Brett and Loon Outdoors.

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In this episode we hear about the founders past growing up with his mom and living in a hippy setting on vancouver island. He tells us about how the family traditions were getting fish as food for the family. along with the long standing family tourment now in its 50th year.

Noel shares how hook and vice was being born as to what started out with a conversation with brian chan has now turned into a BC staple in the fly fishing biz. In the episode we can hear Noels passion in his voice when he mentions goals foR the brand moving forward.

Noels passion also shines through when he speaks of his creative content that Hook and Vise is currently developing such as his latest episode with Art Limber.

Later in the conversation Noel mentions why its so important for his brand to be so supportive of the shops and what Hook and Vice is doing to support the shops.

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