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What am I fishing for?
TU's Kirk Deeter wants to test your fishing chops. See the photo above? What's he fishing for in that water? The first five readers who answer correctly in the comments section below will be entered in a drawing to win this TU HydraPak water bottle. Hurry! Time's a wastin'!
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Trout Tips: Choosing a rod
When you can, cast a rod, or even take it fishing, before you spend hundreds of dollars on it. These days, when even a modestly priced rod will set you back $350, it's more important than ever to choose wisely. Whenever I rod shop, I'm reminded of that scene in Indiana Jones and the Last…
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Video spotlight: Fly Fishing for Bass in Tough Structure
First, let's just get this out of the way. Conway Bowman is probably the coolest fly fisher I know. Who else could stand atop a Yeti cool in the bow of a wobbly bass skiff and cast flies on a sinking line to bucketmouths in brutal structure? And this is when he's not chasing mako…
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Sportsmen key to cleaning up abandoned mines
Trout Unlimited began organizing sportsmen and women in a coordinated manner in 2001–largely in response to my observation when I worked at the Forest Service that the voice of hunters and anglers was largely missing from the development of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule—an initiative that protected nearly 60 million acres of some of the…
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Projects reconnect trout water in North Carolina mountains
By Andy Brown Recent projects to remove in-stream barriers on two North Carolina streams have opened miles of habitat for trout and other creek-dwelling creatures. The work was completed on Powdermill and Cedar Rock creeks and is part of TU's coldwater conservation program in the Southern Appalachians. Removing barriers helps fish, including native brook trout,…
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Voices from the River: Carp in the desert
By Chris Hunt The desert of southern Idaho is immense. Sliced ear to ear by the Snake River, this place is defined by fire. Some of the lava flows in Craters of the Moon National Monument are only 2,000 years old. Others are leftover from the last big blast from t he Yellowstone “hot spot”…
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Gear test: Costa Montauk Polarized Sunglasses
You have sunglasses and you have sunglasses. Perhaps the most underutilized angling accessory, shades provide protection from the sun as well as a rogue cast that could cause a potential injury. Much like your most beloved hat, fleece or any other piece of fishing gear, sunglasses are particular to the angler. You might have one…