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Voices from the River: Shocking truths
Al Kittredge of the Smith River chapter of Trout Unlimited displays a 24.8-inch brown trout collected from the river during an electroshock sampling trip in June. The fish was released after it was measured. By Mark Taylor We all know that one decision or event can radically alter our life’s path. Halfway through my senior…
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Video spotlight: Ascension Bay Permit Tournament
The little fishing village of Punta Allen sits on sandy spit on the edge of Ascension Bay along Mexico's Yucatan Penninsula. It was a government grant to the locals to be used for lobster fishing. But, as with any fishy destination boasting permit, bonefish, tarpon snook and a host of other game fish, the fly…
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Gear test: Filson Fishing Pack
Having never used a hip or waist pack, I was a skeptical to try one out. Standing only 5-feet, 5-inches tall, it seemed that the waxed-cotton Filson fishing waist pack would be too bulky for me to use, inhibit me from wading deep and become heavy with water. Yes, it did get heavy with water…
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New brook trout life for Virginia’s Passage Creek
By Mark Taylor NEW MARKET, Va. — When it comes to restoring populations of trout and salmon, Trout Unlimited has a pretty simple philosophy: Take care of the habitat and the fish will take care of themselves. Our history is full of success stories of imperiled fish populations rebounding when provided with a habitat nudge,…
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30 Great Places: Pisgah National Forest
Region: Southern AppalachiaActivities: FishingSpecies: Brook, brown and rainbow trout Where: The Pisgah National Forest is a 500,000 plus acre wonderland of hardwood forests, mile-high peaks and rushi ng rivers situated along the eastern edge of the mountains of western North Carolina. It was the first national forest established east of the Mississippi and is home…
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Fly tying: October Caddis Euro Nymph
Here in the West, October caddis usually start to show up after the first chilly squalls of September. The same is true, according to Tim Flagler, in the Northeast. I love the October hatch because it will usually last through Indian Summer until the first in-earnest high-country snowfall, usually sometime in November. Video of October…
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30 Great Places: Black River, Arizona
Region: Southwest/Southern RockiesActivity: FishingSpecies: Apache, rainbow and brown trout Where: The Black River courses through the two million-acre Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests and the San Carlos and Fort Apache reservations in the White Mountains of east-central Arizona. This is not the desert country that Arizona conjures up, but forested terrain criss-crossed with cold, clear-running streams and…