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Check out Thin Air Angler for great fishing in Wyoming
You may know him as a fly-tying savant. His reputation there is solid, and if you’ve ever watched him at a fly-fishing show, you can see immediately that it’s deserved. He makes hard things look easy. Bob Reece is a professional in every sense of the word. He’s one of America’s best at the vise.…
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Check out Namebini for great fishing in Minnesota
Namebini has been a northern Minnesota business since 2007, taking its name from the original Ojibwe name for the nearby Sucker River. Namebini has been a northern Minnesota business since 2007, taking its name from the original Ojibwe name for the nearby Sucker River. Since then they have offered guided fly fishing and a variety of…
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Wind River Outdoor Company is a conservation leader
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my work with Trout Unlimited Business members, it’s this: “If you want to know about the outfit, you’ve got to know the boss.” I suppose that’s true almost across the board. Organizations, whether they’re multi-nationals or mom-and-pops, tend to reflect the qualities of their leaders. And nowhere is…
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Protect that valuable gear with Karmik Outdoors
Aaron Akins and Robert Gillingham hit upon a simple idea: Create an online lost and found service for outdoor enthusiasts. Simple, right? And pretty darn cool.
People lose stuff in the outdoors. It just happens. The rod tube cradling my beloved Winston 5-weight somehow took wing and soared out of my backpack and landed on a county road. Knives evaporate from my pockets and never reappear. Sunglasses vanish like Jimmy Hoffa, never to be seen again. All this is mostly just…
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Shop local with a TU Business member
We have somewhere over 400 great TU Business members. Check them out. Buy some gear. Book a trip. Buy a gift card. You’ll be glad you did, and so will the fish.
My dad was a small businessman in a small town. He managed an old-fashioned mercantile store, where you could buy anything from Christmas candy to horseshoe nails. I don’t think he ever loved it. He saved his love for his family and the mountains and rivers and deserts of our home country. But he was…
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Douglas SKY G a solid fast-action fly rod
I. Like. This. Rod. A Lot. Douglas does not sell direct to customers, so we suggest you check one of their rods out at your local TU Business member fly shop.
Looking for something special for someone special this Chistmas? Let me suggest this awesome fly rod from our friends at Douglas Outdoors. The first thing I noticed about this rod was the weight. It’s light, coming in at 2.7 oz. in a 5-weight. That’s not a lot different than plenty of other 5-weights, but you…
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Fly fishing Oregon and beyond with Chris Daughters from The Caddis Fly Shop
The Caddis Fly Angling Shop in Eugene, Ore., has been around for over 40 years, long enough to see its influence expand from a great regional shop to a real force on the fly-fishing scene. Like all great shops, this starts with the owners — Chris Daughters and his wife Shauna. They’ve owned the shop…
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