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New gear: Pescador on the Fly premium travel rods
You may remember seeing our friends at Pescador on the Fly in previous blogs or in TROUT Magazine. They are excited to announce that they are now shipping their new Premium Travel Fly Rods, currently available in 5 weight, but rest assured, they have more sizes on the way. These 9-foot fly rods are super…
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Sierra Trout Camp 2018
By Tom Kloehn It was the first day of Sierra Trout Camp 2018, and even though the kids weren’t fishing yet, it was hard to miss their enthusiasm for any chance to get near a river. The kids were bouncing around the creek, splashing in and out of the water, completely oblivious to rocks and…
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Native Odyssey: Volunteering with Stream Watch on Alaska’s Russian River
Editor's note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. Starting July 5, these students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay…
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New gear: Snowbee XS Plus fly line
For new anglers, the numbers and weights attached to most fly-fishing jargon can be a bit much. Mabye there's a simpler way of doing it. The folks at Snowbee, a UK company that's making some inroads here in the U.S., has launched two new fly lines under the XS Plus brand that it claims match…
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New gear: Tacky Flydrophobic fly box
One of the biggest challenges with waterproof fly boxes is that they're waterproof on the outside ... and on the inside, too. How many times have you opened your waterproof fly box a week or so after you last closed it, only to find the flies you used on your last outing busy rusting out?…
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New gear: RIO Kahuna LT strike indicator
Nymphing with indicators can be a pretty base sort of fly fishing—your cast is sometimes more of a heave rather than a truly clean delivery, and sometimes, because of the way indicators add wind drag, casts don't always land where you want them to. Thanks to RIO, though, that awkward nymph cast might be a…
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Return of the Yellowstone cutthroat
Diana Miller with a migratory Yellowstone cutthroat caught in late June in the Thorofare area of the Bridger Teton National Forest in Wyoming. Dave Sweet photo.
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