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    Mossy Creek Fly Fishing

    Let’s support each other. After all, we’re all in the same boat

    ITSB "in the same boat" INFORMAL be in the same unfortunate circumstances as others. What we do as fly anglers — what Trout Unlimited does as an organization — affects millions of others around the world. In a very real and very immediate sense, it affects our TU Business members. These members have supported us…

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    Spring Fly Showdown: The finals

    The Elk-hair Caddis and the Adams face off for dry-fly bragging rights

    Two classic dry flies square off for all the marbles Twenty flies, two weeks and some intriguing matchups all come to a head today as the Elk-hair Caddis and the Adams face off in the championship match of the TU-Loon Outdoors Spring Fly Showdown. And it's a big day for interested anglers, fly tiers and…

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    TU Sweepstakes winners announced

    Congratulations to the winner's in TU's latest Sweepstakes event. The Grand Prize winner, S. LeeDuMez of Colorado is the winner of the FlyCraft 3-man boat prize package. First-prize winners L. Free and B. Williams each will be awarded an Orvis H3D 9-foot, 4-piece 6-weight fly rod, along with a Mirage LT III fly reel and…

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    Spring Fly Showdown: The final four

    The Prince Nymph squares off with the Elk-hair Caddis, and the Adams goes up against the Woolly Bugger

    The first-ever TU-Loon Outdoors Spring Fly Showdown comes down to four much-loved fly patterns that likely have homes in fly boxes all over the world. Two classic dry-fly patterns, an old-school, yet still-beloved nymph and likely the best streamer pattern ever tied. Game 1: Elk-hair caddis vs. Prince Nymph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24oZLeiEYo Tying the Elk-hair Caddis. Like…

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    Spring Fly Showdown: The Woolly Bugger vs. the Pheasant-tail Nymph

    Vote in the TU-Loon Outdoors Spring Fly Showdown

    Two great attractor patterns. Two proven fish-catchers. These two staple fly patterns are squaring off against one another in the round of eight for the right to go to the final four in the TU-Loon Outdoors Spring Fly Showdown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qddVdhAFFg Tying the Woolly Bugger The Woolly Bugger is perhaps the most versatile fly ever crafted.…

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    Spring Fly Showdown: Copper John vs. the Adams

    The Copper John or the Adams?

    The round-of-eight bracket in the TU-Loon Outdoors Spring Fly Showdown features one of best deep-diving nymphs ever tied and perhaps the most widely used dry fly on earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on6tnuje1SY Tying the Copper John. First tied by Colorado fly tier John Barr, the Copper John is now a nymph angling go-to bug, particularly in tailwaters where,…