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Voices from the River: Women connect on Wyoming float
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on the White Mountain Woman blog. By Robin Robison As an avid female angler, I am always looking for ways to connect with other women who love to be on the water. I have been fishing my entire life and some of my favorite memories are of time spent…
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Video spotlight: Urban Fly Fishing Berlin
First, forgive the subtitles, unless you speak German, of course. Often we tend to forget that fly-rod worthy fish can live just about anywhere—the staff in Arlington, Va.'s headquarters office has turned chasing carp, gar and snakeheads in the Potomac into something of an obsession. And we know that great urban angling exists among the…
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Gear test: Le Chameau Condor LCX hunting boots
Grouse season always sneaks up on me, and I'm lucky if I can get out for a day or two early in the season when the weather is still nice and the birds haven't been walked over too many times. But this year, thanks to the folks at Le Chameau, a quality bootmaker who sent…
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Fly tying: October Caddis Skater
Not to be confused with the October Caddis Euro Nymph we featured from Tim Flagler last week, this high-floating dry fly is a multi-purpose weapon for fall trout that can be absolutely deadly. Video of October Caddis SkaterThe October Caddis Skater, as Flagler points out above, can be fished on the drift like a normal…
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Video spotlight? How to fish dry flies on lakes
First a disclaimer. I'm not a very enthusiastic lake fisherman. I should be, because lake-dwelling trout are generally bigger, burlier and stronger than their river-dwelling brothers and sisters, simply because they don't have currents to fight and food is situated throughout the water column, from the bottom all the way to the surface. And that's…
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Have a Bristol Bay salmon dinner … with a mission
By: Jenny Weis Eating delicious, wild, Bristol Bay salmon in your home just got easier thanks to TU Gold-level business member, Pride of Bristol Bay. (Click to order!*) Let me tell you why I'm so excited about this. Fishing Bristol Bay is amazing in its own right. The trout are enormous, the landscape is remote…
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Best beer … for the fish?
We had a pretty lively social media discussion on favorite fishing beers recently—most folks took it in the spirit for which it was intended. But how about what beers are actually best for the fish? Trout Unlimited is fortunate to partner with several breweries across the country—businesses that give a share of their profits to…