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Legendary Red Shed Fly Shop says the Lower Four should go
Legendary Red Shed Fly Shop says the Lower Four should go
Anglers talk a great deal about the incalculable importance of fly shops. While they’re great places to drop a few bucks on a new spool of tippet, a tube of floatant and a couple hot patterns, we’re talking about more than their value as retailers. A good fly shop is far more than that. The…
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Tie One On: Equinox Caddis a triple threat for fall
The Equinox Caddis is my go-to fly to fish when October Caddis are hatching. I designed this fly to solve a couple of problems. To effectively imitate an October Caddis, your fly should ride low, but this is often at the expense of buoyancy. Furthermore, the cold weather that brings on the October Caddis hatch…
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Tie One On: Rickety Cricket
Here’s a fly to tie before you hit the new Gold Medal stretch of the Colorado TU is helping create. This week in Colorado, TU celebrated the groundbreaking of a project that will reconnect a section of the upper Colorado River and, in a few short years, open up a new section of Gold Medal…
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Missoulian Angler caps boat days to limit ‘guide footprint’
Bold move to self-regulate in the face of unprecedented angling pressure I pulled into the town of Craig Saturday morning to meet my buddy Richard some time after I’d told him I’d be there. The thick layer of ice and snow caked on the front of my boat from my trip over the pass was…
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Tying the Steelhead Coachman
If you were to look in the box of a seasoned steelheader on the banks of the Snake, Grande Ronde or Clearwater chances are good you'll find.
I can distinctly remember the first few flies I started fishing with. As I would imagine the case is with many people, that selection of a dozen flies was a 'who's who' of the classics. The Adams, Elk-hair Caddis, Muddler Minnow, Pheasant Tail, and Royal Wulff seem almost like names from scripture in the pantheon…
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Update from the Madison River: Anglers rally to save trout
In the early hours of November 30th Hebgen Dam (the source of the Upper Madison) had malfunctioned, resulting a 70% drop in flows.
Long-term effects of dam failure still TBD When my colleague Bill Pfeiffer and I pulled into Ennis, we were met with some familiar sights. The grocery store parking lot was overflowing with people grabbing a couple of sandwiches to take with them to the river. As we drove upriver 287 nearly every pullout, boat ramp,…
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The art of conservation – sculptor David Richardson of Colorado Fly Fishing Art
When we talk about fly fishing, there's often a bit of debate regarding whether our pursuit is more art or science. While in the opinion of this author it's a healthy dose of both, for some the pursuit of trout on the fly serves as an irresistible inspiration to create actual art. And by that…
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Nick Halle
Nick works out of Missoula, Montana as Trout Unlimited's Volunteer Operations Coordinator. If he's not at his desk you're sure to find him with his…