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Short casts: Greenbacks get a new home; Zinke tours Oregon monument; volunteer preaches clean water
Photo by Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post Colorado’s state fish, the imperiled greenback cutthroat trout, got a boost this week when nearly 1,000 year-old fish were released into a small stream high along the Continental Divide above the famed Eisenhower Tunnel that cuts through the mountains that divide the state in two. The fish,…
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New gear: Waterworks Lamson Center Axis rod and reel
The idea is to "de-lever" the fly rod. To remove the weight of the reel from the fly rod and make it so you're holding a single product, not two unique tools for fly fishing. It's brazen, I'll give you that. The Waterworks Lamson Center Axis rod-and-reel combo was perhaps the most curious new product…
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AmeriCorps Team Moose 4 helps out trout!
The Moose 4 team: (Left to right) Becca Marcott, 25, Linwood, Mich; Brandon Shepard, 23, Mt. Juliet, Tenn.; Adam Bagley, 20, Seattle; Josh Kenon, 22, Colquitt, Ga.; Jacob Allen, 25, Golden Meadow, La.,: Gus Merwin, 25, Pardeeville, Wisc.; and Kennedy Morris, 22, Greenville, S.C. . A team from AmeriCorps has been helping out trout in…
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Voices from the River: The impartial third party
By Jenny Weis I imagine the following series of events has played out in households other than just mine: Partner loves fly fishing and goes all the time. Partner tells me *he thinks I, too, would love fly fishing. I believe him and am genuinely excited for him to teach me! Partner teaches me to…
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Video spotlight: Fly Fishing for Cutthroat Trout
It's that time of year ... runoff is over, for the most part. High-country streams are cold and clear and accessible. The bugs aren't as bad as they were a month ago. It's cutthroat time. These magical weeks of summer and into the fall are the best time of year to catch native cutthroat trout.…
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Drift boat dogs: Maya
As my good friend Jon Christiansen says, “Your gotta show them the puppies…” Well in this case, I’m showing the newest addition to our family, an 8-week-old pudelpointer named Maya. She’s as sweet as she looks, really sharp, and very active! A pudelpointer, you may ask? Well, I was looking for a dog my son,…
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Trout Tips: Go different
Sometimes, picky fish will take something big and ugly. Something ... different. Editor's note: The following is exerpted from TU's new book, "Trout Tips," available now for overnight delivery. You probably know this, becuase it's hardly a secret, but don't get hung up on popular or traditional patterns. Sometimes, even on super-tough, technical water, fish…