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Cast better.
Know the number one factor that turns a zinger fly cast into a clunker. Don't feel bad. All of us have at least one flaw in our casting strokes. But there’s one flaw that can turn an otherwise great cast into a dud. The bad news is that most people who make this mistake don’t…
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Planting Hope in Rural America
This week in Tennessee, we were doing more than putting trees in the ground. “We do things that are meaningful. Things that build a legacy and inspire the next generation of people who want to live a rural lifestyle.” Marti Skold-Jordan has good reason to be proud of her work with the Tractor Supply Company…
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Dams Complicate Fish Migration
Science shows downstream passages wreak havoc on migratory fish Anadromous fish have it rough. Not only do these fish swim miles and miles from their natal streams out to the ocean to grow while surviving its many predators and then swim all the way back to spawn, but we also throw dams in their way…
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Refuge Field Guide: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
The Red Rocks Lake National Wildlife Refuge, hidden away in the sparsely populated southwest corner of Montana, is the largest wetland complex in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. It has often been called the most beautiful National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. At 91 miles from the nearest airport and 41 miles from the nearest…
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The True Cast – Some things artificial intelligence will never replace…
Have you messed around with any of the artificial intelligence writing tools, like Jasper, Copy Shark or Writesonic? Impressive. Surprising. Frightening. I started dabbling around the other day, and thought, “Wow, AI can turn a phrase! And it puts all the punctuation in the right places… I wish I could do that all the time.” …
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Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival
The Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival is making its return after a successful debut last spring. Held in Arlington, Vt., April 27-30, the show features how-to seminars by some of the fly fishing’s most respected experts, the International Fly Fishing Film Festival, music and a full slate of social events The show will also provide insight…
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A Monumental Action at the Grand Canyon
New national monument would permanently protect the region from uranium mining and conserve important fish and wildlife habitat . Grand Canyon overlook showing the Colorado River Earlier this week, 11 local Tribal Nations hosted a press conference in conjunction with Congressman Raúl Grijalva and Senator Kyrsten Sinema to call upon President Biden to establish our nation’s…