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Let your fly reel rock
Classic rock and fly fishing don't often seem to go together. Just hit any of the film festivals that are currently touring the country. The music embedded behind the cinematography rarely features Iron Maiden, Molly Hatchet, Van Halen ... or AC/DC. It's usually peaceful and rolling. It's meant to inspire and supplement the beauty of…
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Praising Arizona
Homeward bound out of Phoenix, I couldn’t believe how much water was on the landscape. More exactly, how much water was in the landscape, for as we all know, water in its physical, palpable form is a rare sight among the rocks and draws of the Sonoran hardscrabble. The water I saw was in the form of plants,…
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Handy
By Dean Finnerty My son really wanted this fish. He’d put in a lot of hours standing in the cold, winter flows of an Oregon coastal stream, plying its waters day after day, waiting for that tug. While he had caught steelhead before, when this tug finally came, on the other end was a fish…
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Cleaning up old mines, making fishing better
Southwest Colorado hosts some of the best high-mountain trout fishing in the country. From pristine mountain streams and lakes that hold native cutthroats, to larger rivers like the Animas, Southwest Colorado fishing is worth fighting for. That is exactly the reason behind TU’s extensive efforts to remediate acid mine waste from headwater streams in this…
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Streamer fishing with a Euro-nymph rod
If you have any questions about Euro-nymphing, competitive angler Lance Egan likely has the answers. And if you're just using your long Euro-nymphing rod for, well, Euro-nymphing, you might be just scratching the surface. https://youtu.be/fhO8HOVIuR8 Above, Lance uses a typical Euro-nymph rig to bounce streamers along the bottom ... and he's catching fishing doing it.…
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Time to change the view
I got a call from the RV repair shop this morning. My camper’s ready. Wheel bearings are packed and greased. Brakes are in good shape. Lights all work. It’s time. Well, it’s almost time. I’ve got a few things I need to do first, and it would be nice if spring actually started springing around…
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Three little nymphs
I love the way Matt Callies from Loon ties flies. Check that. I love the way he converses when he ties flies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPalbzdbgu0 You can tell Callies is a fly fishing guide and not just a vise junkie. He fishes what he ties, and he's pretty pragmatic about what comes from his vise when all…
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