{"id":21343,"date":"2024-08-21T00:48:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T06:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=21343"},"modified":"2024-08-20T17:31:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T23:31:43","slug":"chasing-perfect-loops-in-hailey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/chasing-perfect-loops-in-hailey\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Perfect Loops In Hailey"},"content":{"rendered":"

New fishing shop opens<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

By MIKE MCKENNA<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"There\u2019s an old saying that \u201cperfection is a myth.\u201d While this may be true in most parts of life, it certainly isn\u2019t when it comes to angling.
\nAs any good, or even hack, fly fisher will tell you, there are moments that are nothing shy of perfection when you\u2019re chasing after fish with a fly rod.
\nBut you don\u2019t have to believe me, just go ask Matt Curci at his new fly-fishing shop in Hailey.
\nPerfect Loop Angling Company opened in early July on the old \u201cused car lot\u201d on Main Street next to Power House Pub. As soon as the doors opened, folks started pouring in. Loads of locals, as well as lots of tourists passing through Hailey, have been asking for a fly shop for years. As one customer said as soon as he entered the shop earlier this week, \u201cWe finally have a real fly shop in Hailey!\u201d
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been busy since day one,\u201d Matt said. \u201cThere was definitely a need for an affordable and approachable place where there are no \u2018dumb questions.\u2019\u201d
\nMatt has been a fishing guide pretty much his entire adult life. His first guide trip was for the legendary Bill Mason back in 1996. That\u2019s why Matt knows as well as anyone that fly fishing can be an intimidating sport to get into and he wants to make sure his shop is here to welcome anglers of all abilities.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve been fishing my whole life and guiding for a long time. I\u2019ve become really good at teaching and I like to help people,\u201d Matt said. \u201cAt any level you\u2019re at, I can help polish your game.\u201d
\nPerfect Loop Angling Company offers just about anything you need to hit the water. The small shop is stuffed full of everything from nets, reels and rods\u2014including the \u201cBlue Ribbon Rod\u201d Matt designed for Temple Fork Outfitters (TFO)\u2014to tippet, leader and a solid selection of flies. And advice is always free.
\n\u201cThis town is full of the most humble, bad-ass people,\u201d said Matt, who has worked for Sun Valley Resort for over 20 years, including the last 13 as a ski patrolman. \u201cI\u2019m a product of being around these amazing people and teams that love to make other people shine. It\u2019s my time to pass it on and this shop is a great way to do that.\u201d
\nMatt\u2019s grandmother, Hannah Locke, was one of those amazing locals and one of America\u2019s first great female skiers. She started carving turns locally in the 1930s. \u201cSun Valley was always highly spoken of in our house,\u201d Matt recalled, and for him, it has been the perfect place to call home and raise a family.
\nNo matter whether you call Hailey home, or your second home, or are just passing through and want to do some fly fishing, there\u2019s a new shop here to help you chase after that perfect moment and that perfect casting loop.<\/p>\n

Perfect Loop Angling Company is located at 512 North Main Street in Hailey and is open 10 a.m.\u2013\u00ac5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, call (208) 309-2381.<\/p>\n

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New fishing shop opens By MIKE MCKENNA There\u2019s an old saying that \u201cperfection is a myth.\u201d While this may be true in most parts of life, it certainly isn\u2019t when it comes to angling. As any good, or even hack, fly fisher will tell you, there are moments that are nothing shy of perfection when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chamber-corner","8":"category-sponsored"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21345,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343\/revisions\/21345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}