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Video spotlight: Pure New Zealand, parts I and II
If some truly unfortunate calamity were to strike the fly-fishing filmmaking industry, and only one artist could soldier forward and make movies about our beloved pasttime, my secret hope is that that one artist would be Todd Moen. Fly fishing, perhaps because many consider it an art in and of itself, lends itself to artistic…
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Work on small tribs in Michigan creates big impacts
Trout Unlimited staff and partners braved snow and cold to finish a fish passage project on Hinton Creek in Michigan. By Jeremy Geist Headwater streams are a critical component to the overall health of a watershed and largely add to the biodiversity of a whole river system. These types of streams are the ones we…
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Skills: Tying the non-slip loop knot
I was introduced to the non-slip loop knot a few years back on my first trip to the Louisiana marsh to chase redfish with a fly rod. The guide who toted me around the marsh not far outside of New Orleans explained to me that my fly needed a bit more action and that it…
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Voices from the River: Iced out
Ice fishing can be fun. Right? By Mark Taylor “Ice fishing?” The text popped up the other day, a week into the unusually frigid spell that had gripped much of the continental U.S. “I don’t think so,” I replied. I’m usually up for just about any kind of fishing, especially if options are limited. And…
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TU and KastKing—Going to the Mats
Trout Unlimited has partnered with KastKing on a branded wader-changing mat. KastKing will donate a portion of every sale of every KastKing Wader Changer to TU to help make fishing better all across North America. KastKing Wader Changer has a retail selling price of $19.98. KastKing will donate 5 percent of every sale to TU.…
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Six great winter fishing destinations
Most of trout country is in the grips of winter, but that doesn’t mean trout fishing has to stop. Fly fishing for winter trout can be just as productive as spring, summer or fall fishing if anglers take care to adjust to the changes in trout behavior, habitat and, of course, cold temperatures that might…
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Video spotlight: Fishing for Aggressive Houndfish
Last summer, while walking the beach near the little village of Los Barriles on the Sea of Cortez in search of roosters and jacks, I spied some commotion just past the surf line and quickly made a cast. The baitfish imitation landed quietly in the clear water and as soon as I started the retrieve…