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Monumental Myths: Part 1
/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog/2.png Editors note: This is the first in a three part series looking at the myths perpetuated in the national discussion about national monuments and the Antiquities Act. By Corey Fisher The issue of national monuments and the Antiquities Act tends to elicit passionate responses, both for and against. It also spurs misconceptions. On December…
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Video spotlight: How to perfect your forward cast
Ah, the loop. The tight loop. The wide loop. That god-awful tailing loop. As RIO's Simon Gawesworth explains in the video below, the loop is the key to perfecting your forward fly cast. Gawesworth, the brand manager for RIO, walks us through the process to improving your basic forward cast. Don't laugh. Even season anglers…
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2017 Sweepstakes Winners
Grand Prize: Michael W. (CA) First Prize: Michael K. (NY) Second Prize: James W. (AR) & Nathan P. (PA) Third Prize: Michael P. (CA), Janet J. (CO), & Gregory A. (CA) Fourth Prize: Clayton B. (CA), Mark J. (ME), & Eric M. (PA) Fifth Prize: Troy R. (CO), Henry H. (WI), Kathy S. (MN), Thomas…
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Why Alaska is everyone’s backyard
By David Lisi No one around you, you're in a pristine river setting, fishing for wild, native fish. This is THE magical, nearly unattainable goal for most fly fishermen. Rivers with Brown Bears bounding through the water chasing spawning salmon as you pluck your tenth 20" wild rainbow trout from their feeding lanes or hook…
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Hollenbeck and Turner Receive USFS Award in Washington D.C.
The Oregon Council of Trout Unlimited is proud to announce that Terry Turner and Dick Hollenbeck are the newest recipients of the Forest Service's Rise to the Future Award. Both Turner and Hollenbeck hail from the Clackamas Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU), where they have each served in various leadership capacities. Dick Hollenbeck also served…
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Fly tying: Less Mess Morrish Mouse
I haven’t spent a ton of time fishing mice. Other than a few nights looking for big browns — bushwhacking through the north woods with a underpowered headlamp just to lose most of my flies to unseen trees — my experience is pretty much limited to chucking these bugs into lily pads for largemouth. I’ve…
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Video spotlight: Slow Down the Fall
The video below may seem a bit poorly timed, what with spring springing all over the country, and its contents dealing largely with fly fishing in the fall. But, just the other day, on blustery March afternoon, I lucked out and managed to get into a really prolific blue-winged olive hatch on the South Fork.…
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