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SNEWS and Backpacker Magazine put out a call for nominations seeking the best outdoor specialty retailers in the US. An avalanche of forms were submitted leading to over 250 nominations. After several rounds of vigorous judging, 15 finalists were named. Your very own home-town Pack & Paddle was named as one of the 15 finalists!Read more

  This collection contains 8 standard flies for fishing for Redfish and Seatrout. The perfect collection and amount for a day on the water. Fly assortment contains Bob Clouser’s Deep & Skinny Water Minnows, Gold Spoon Fly, Bendback, Seducer, Copper Pee-Wee Pop, B-Ducer and Beadhead Redfish. All contained in a nice re-usable 5-compartment fly box.Read more

You’ll find the perfect hard-to-find book for your hard-to-shop-for person at Pack & Paddle. With armchair adventure books, documentary books, how-to and guide books you’ll have lots to choose from this Christmas.Read more

For all of you that have been asking, our new T-Shirts have finally arrived! The graphic is designed by Salida, Colorado artist and friend of P&P Jon McManus. A few months ago, Becky and I were in Salida eating dinner with Jon and his wife Ricky. I mentioned that we were looking for a newRead more

Rainy’s is a name well known in fly fishing circles for high quality, durable flies. We are carrying a variety of saltwater flies such as: The Merkin Crab for redfish The Super Spoon for redfish The Clouser Deep Minnow for Specks and Reds. The Micro Me pop popping bug for redfish. You can shop theseRead more

A P&P Adventure Certificate will can be purchased in any denomination and redeemed by your recipient to join any Pack & Paddle outing. Whether hiking, paddling, fishing or any of our activities, you are sure to be giving the memories of a lifetime.Read more

I wanted to give you, my faithful blog readers, the first heads-up on a VERY exciting event coming up in May. Through months of phone calls and emails, we have been able to arrange to bring National Geographic author, adventurer and living legend Jon Bowermaster to Lafayette for a talk and slideshow. The date forRead more

It’s been a few months in the making, and we are now excited to announce the addition of fishing gear to our lineup here at Pack & Paddle. We are carrying gear for both fly and spin/cast fishing. On the Fly Fishing side, you can now shop for rods and reels from TFO, flies fromRead more

We’ve combined a buttery soft organic cotton tee shirt with an adaptation of our original logo from 1974. This is a wearable collectors item and sure to please any P&P shopper on your list.Read more

There’s an emerging new kayak line in the industry that is really starting to take off in our area. Now, it’s in stock at Pack and Paddle! Native Watercraft is a line of sit on top and hybrid kayaks with some unique features. Shown above is the Native Ultimate. This kayak is designed from theRead more