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Monument 100+ Outdoor businesses
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Gear Test: Smartwool PhD Light Crew Socks
The Smartwool PhD Light Crew Socks are a class act. Though socks might not appear to be an important part of one’s wardrobe, these socks provide style, comfort and practicality all in one. The seamless toe and sleek fit are styled to a fit without adding bulk in the heel or toe area. They have…
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Trout Tips: Wood is good, foam is home
Beverly Smith is TU's vice president of volunteer operations, and she's a heck of an angler who spends a lot of time on waters like the South Fork, the Henry's Fork and the Snake River through Jackson, Wyo. Her tip in TU's latest book, "Trout Tips" is spot on. You'd be wise to heed the…
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High water fishing tips?
A fly fisher in Stanley, Idaho, casts to the edges of the Salmon River during high water over the weekend. I spent the weekend driving along a couple of Idaho's more fabled trout waters—first, the Salmon near the "top of Idaho" in Stanely, and then the Big Wood as it roars through Ketchum near Sun…
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Short casts: Winston bamboo shop lost to fire, Driftless impact is real, kids release trout
Verta Anne Dorseth photo Here's a real hearbreaker. The famous shop where the R.L. Winston Co. makes its venerable bamboo fly rods was lost to fire over the weekend. The shop, a must-see destinat ion for fly fishers visiting southwest Montana from the world over, caught fire early Sunday morning and is a total loss.…
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Video spotlight: WWHD Pebble Mine
In today's polarized political landscape, it's not uncommon to have federal agencies and their directives change drastically when administrations change. Take the Environmental Protection Agency, for instance, and its findings in 2015 that hard-rock mining in Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed would likely prove harmful to the region's salmon runs—it's home to half of the world's…
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Video spotlight: Trevor Sithole, Fly Fishing Guide
A lot of anglers don't know that trout swim in the cold, clear rivers of South Africa—brown trout are common, having been planted in African waters well over a century ago. And Trevor Sithole, who lives in the village of Thendela in the KwaZulu province of South Africa, guides anglers for browns in his local…