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Is your stream at risk?
Go to the map Trout Unlimited released an interactive map today that illustrates the importance of intermittent and ephemeral streams - the small tributaries and headwaters that sometimes run dry throughout the year. The map is aimed at helping citizens understand the risk of repealing the 2015 Clean Water Rule which clarified protections for intermittent…
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Video spotlight: Epic fails
We've all been there. But, thankfully, for must of us, nobody was standing by with a video camera. And, for those of us who've never been caught on camera failing miserably while fishing, we have this to appreciate. I've endured my share, for sure. I took a fly deep in the flesh of my forearm…
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Native: Elk River cutthroats
It hadn't done much but rain in the Rockies straddling the border of Montana and British Columbia last July, and the weather had put traditional fly hatches off a bit. Instead of pale-morning duns and stoneflies bursting from the snow-chilled waters of the Elk River near the town of Fernie, huge green drakes were popping…
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Voices from the River: Dollies save the day
By Eric Booton I'm not a mechanic. In fact I'm pretty much the exact opposite. So when the check engine light on our beloved camper van named Ivy popped on and the performance of the engine took a turn for the worse, I wasn't thrilled. As the vehicle that gets me to the river, launches…
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Video spotlight: Middle Fork of the Salmon River
Time for "an oldie, but a goodie." Because it's that time of year here in Idaho. The Middle Fork of the Salmon River has long been known as one of the best backcountry floats in the Lower 48, and for good reason. The dry-fly fishing for native cutthroats is unparalleled. The river is wild and…
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Secret spots … to share, or not to share?
A screen capture shows the kind of trophy brook trout caught by Mike Borger in a secret lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, a wild landscape bigger than the state of Delaware. I may be on the wrong side of this particular issue, but I loathe the notion of guarding fishing secrets so closely that it…
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Seeing red on Clean Water Rule
Find out if your stream is at risk By Randy Scholfield Take a look at this map—the red lines show so-called “intermittent and ephemeral ” streams, the small seasonal streams that typically don’t flow year round. All of this red is what’s at stake in the EPA’s current review of the Clean Water Rule. Our…