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Fishing spurred invention in ancient Japan
Photo courtesy Cosmos Magazine They say necessity is the mother of invention. In ancient Japan, it seems that pottery essentially came to be thanks to the need to store fish. Fishing made pottery necessary. Who knew? According to Cosmos Magazine, the initial assumption was that pottery came into being some 20,000 years ago because a…
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Video spotlight: Hook basics—shapes and proportions
I'm loving this ongoing series on "Hook Basics" done by Tim Flagler of Tightline Media and sponsored by Orvis. These simple videos are particularly salient to new fly tiers who might struggle at the fly shop in search of the right hook for the right fly. Video of Hook Basics - Shapes & ProportionsThere are…
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Fly tying: CDC Micro Caddis
How many times have you stood at the tail of a run that's just boiling with rising fish, but you have no idea what, exactly, they're after? Yeah, dozens, right? Me, too. Video of CDC Micro CaddisAbove, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions, ties his CDC Micro Caddis, a fly that he uses in these situations…
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Don’t fall in love with a walleye fly
By Chris Wood Do not fall in love with a walleye fly--at least not in Ontario because here there be monsters. Northern pike, with scores of needle-sharp teeth are a toothy circumpolar fish that occupy habitat from Siberia to Alaska to Wisconsin, and in Canada share much of the range of walleye. A pike’s teeth…
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Voices from the river: Creekin’
Creekin' on public lands in the central Sierra. By Sam Davidson
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Video spotlight: Out of Office
Some of my favorite fishing adventures have involved the wonderful people I work with at Trout Unlimited. From thigh-busting hikes into the canyons of Colorado's Roan Plateau, the lubricated walk-and-wade excursions into the Wyoming Range backcountry, fishing with my co-workers–some of my dearest friends—always seems more ... productive. Yeah, we talk shop. We take in…
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A tournament to benefit a friend
As fly fishers, we are perhaps more tuned into the way the natural world works, particularly when it involves fish and water. We pour over fly boxes, looking for something that resembles natural food for trout and bass, or even bonefish or permit. We focus on the cleanest waters, because that's where the best fishing…
