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Time in the field brings balance into focus
by Tasha Sorensen We must give due consideration to the tenuous balance between fish and wildlife conservation and energy development and update our antiquated public land energy policy before it’s too late. Our public lands help sustain America’s energy needs, host a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities and provide healthy habitats to support some of the last strongholds of native fish and wildlife. As a mom, aunt…
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Tying the After Hours Stonefly
It's later in the season, but not too late for stoneflies. Below, TU's Nick Halle ties his After Hours Stonefly, a solid "tweener" of a bug that could be seen by trout as either a smaller Yellow Sally or even a larger, nocturnal stone. Even more likely? This pattern, at least this time of year,…
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River straps are for more than just boating
River straps. Cam straps. Tie downs. Whatever you call them they’re as important as having oars when you’re on the water. Having only rafted for seven years myself, I’ve already missed a lifetime of river-strap usage. But I’m making up for the lost time by putting them to work wherever I go outdoors. I’ve used…
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TU Tested: the best energy bars for your fishing pack
The drought and hot temperatures have us all hiking a little longer and a little higher to get to the fishing. If you're one of those people who gets the hangries (I'll just go ahead and raise my hand here), then finding a good energy bar for your backpack or fishing pack is a must.…
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Reflecting on the Yankee Fork project
Idaho work turns river right side up to help salmon, steelhead and trout It took a floating dredge just a few years between 1940 and 1952 to turn seven miles of Idaho’s Yankee Fork of the Salmon River upside down. In the 68 years since, there has been almost no natural recovery — the valley…
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Peer-to-peer boat rental? Yup, that exists
Not unlike Airbnb for houses, or Turo for cars, the company Boatsetter basically does the exact same thing for boats. No kidding. Big boats, little boats, and almost everything in between. Recently, Boatsetter also acquired Fisher Guiding, a U.S.-based platform launched in 2017 for booking fishing guides and charters. Hum… Do I smell drift-boat rentals…
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Light the pilot for a young angler and share the craft
I look back on my fishing life, and I can play certain moments in my mind like black-and-white highlight reels. That first snout of a brown trout sipping a grasshopper fly I cast in the right spot along the riverbank. That first tarpon jump, that made my knees knock as the silver king splashed down on…
