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Taking action to protect the places we live and love
This week’s news that the EPA was suspending the Clean Water Act’s protections for headwater streams was a stark reminder that elections have consequences. The previous presidential administration worked for years to write the rule, and the new one doesn’t like it. Game over, right? No. Don’t forget an unassailable fact—elected leaders are elected. By…
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Skills: Avoiding line twist and memory
We've all been there. Maybe we're casting a streamer that's just a hair too big for the fly rod we're using, or maybe we're dragging fly line behind us while bonefishing, only to spot a fish much closer than we expected, forcing us to cast, but not cast the entire amount of line we've stripped…
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Fisher Guiding sporting 200 guides, online booking
Since launching in March 2017 with 12 initial guide partners, Fisher Guiding, a Trout Unlimited business member, has grown their website for booking guided fishing trips to include over 200 partnered fishing guid es, charters, and lodges in 16 countries. FisherGuiding.com is built for anglers to book guided trips in the same way other experiences…
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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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Gallatin River Lodge: Montana Luxury
I love Montana. I even like Bozeman. Sometimes those are two different things, as lots of Montanans will be happy to tell you. If I were going to pick a place where I could be close to Bozeman and still feel like I was in “real” Montana, I’d stay with some friends at their ranch…
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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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Trout Tips: Turn over rocks
When I was a kid fishing with my grandfather on bigger water, the first thing he always did was flip over rocks as we walked along the river. He'd give each rock a good look, and he'd point out squiggly little bugs to me and my brothers and cousins. "See that?" he'd ask, pointing to…