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Video spotlight: Ready for spring yet?
I know it's been a hell of a winter back East, and while it may seem like it'll never end, my angling pals in the Eastern Time Zone are getting ready to enjoy the best trout fishing between now and next fall. See, while it may seem like winter, it's damn near spring. By March,…
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Video spotlight: Grayling Land
Disclaimer: I love grayling. A couple years ago, on an extended trip north through B.C., the Yukon and Alaska, I gleefully chased grayling. We have a few places here in the northern Rockies that have grayling, but they're few and far between, and the populations are fragile at best. But up north, grayling are prolific…
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Video spotlight: Fishing Close to Home
If you're new to fly fishing, Orvis' Tom Rosenbauer ought to the be voice in your head. Tom is maybe the nicest guy I've met, and he has a knack for making everything sound easy, and even when it's not, he can guide you through the process, step by step, until it is. While Tom…
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Video spotlight: Flashback to Saturday morning TV
Two decades ago, television was was still king of the castle when it came to fly fishing video. The film tours and the brand-sponsored "indie" films hadn't come into vogue—the equipment needed for really remote filmmaking was still a bit bulky, and the internet hadn't matured enough to handle the bandwidth needed to broadcast the…
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Video spotlight: How to Cast to Rising Trout
Tailing bonefish. A daisy chain of 80-pound tarpon. The reflection of the Caribbean sun off the sythe-shaped tail of a permit. A striper blitz. And rising trout. These are the images that raise goose bumps on our arms and up our blood pressure. The are, for lack of a better term, potential. They represent the…
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Video spotlight: John Ng and the Hawaiian Bonefish
I love good fishing stories. Now, I also understand that most good stories are equal parts fact and fiction, with inches and pounds loosely described and the drama of a situation doubled for our listening pleasure. In other words, I get that great fishing tales are inspired by true stories. Video of Lost Coast Outfitters…
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Video spotlight: Viva Libre
The Orvis Co. is one of America's great success stories. Not only is it a conscientious corporation that works hard to understand what its customers want, but it does so with the understanding that, without intact habitat, clean water and access to wild country, its business model would be in trouble. Orvis has been a…
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