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RIO announces winner of Amateur Fly Fishing Film Awards
RIO Products celebrates amateur film makers in the fly fishing arena with its second annual RIO Amateur Fly Fishing Film Awards. With many great films submitted for year two, Meris McHaney took away the grand prize for 2018 with her film “Lucky." "Lucky" - Winner of the RIO Award in the 2018 RIO Amateur Fly…
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Skills: Super Easy Non-slip Knot
I use non-slip knots almost exclusively when fishing streamers—I think they give flies more action in the water, and they're very dependable. But, as age and ... evoloving... eyesight are kicking in, tying the knot sometimes takes a while. Video of Super Easy Non Slip Loop KnotAbove, Tim Flager shows a great way to tie…
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Video spotlight: Peter’s Test of Manhood
A couple years ago, I bought a small camper in preparation for an extended trip to the Arctic. It's easily been one of my best purchases—it gets regular use, and it gets me and my fishing crew streamside all summer long and well into the fall. But, at first, I struggled with counterintuitive act of…
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Voices from the river: Be careful out there
The author, wade fishing the Trinity River. By Sam Davidson A guy I didn’t know die d recently while wade-fishing the lower American River near Sacramento. One moment he was there, the next he wasn’t. Impossible to say, exactly, what happened, since no one witnessed the incident. Apparently, he was a newbie to wading, likely…
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Video spotlight: Following other anglers
The tell-tale bootprint in the mud. You're not the only one with the inclination to fish this stream today. Imagine yourself on a great backcountry trout stream. Conditions are ripe. Fish are active. Bugs are everywhere. These are the glorious days of summer when some lonesome fishing is exactly what the doctor ordered. Then, as…
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Voices from the River: The Bratwurst Theory
By Kirk Deeter I just finished floating the Deschutes River in Oregon with my friends from Korkers. The Deschutes is easily one of my favorite rivers to fish (and least favorite rivers to wade) in the world and there’s nobody better to fish that river with (and remain mostly vertical) than the crew from Korkers.…
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Keeping up the fight for trout
By Chris Wood I went to see Art Neumann a few months before he passed away. As I left, he punched me on the leg, and asked, “What are you going to do to keep up the fight for trout?” He died later that year after nearly 100 years of life and almost 75 years…