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Short casts: Pebble declared worthless, Smith River needs help, brookies in western NY
A New York investment firm has declared Northern Dynasty, the company that wants to dig Pebble Mine in Alaska, worthless. Pat Ford photo. It's a good day to be a salmon or a trout in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. Today, Kerrisdale Capital, a New York City investment firm, declared Northern Dynasty worthless. Northern…
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Deep Thoughts: On fencing off water
With all due respect to Jack Handey, here’s a thought to consider regarding access, private water, and all that. I don’t have anything against private water. What I don’t like to see is “privatization” of public water. We shouldn’t backtrack. That’s my opinion. But in the larger picture, I have to ask… if you’re the…
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Video spotlight: Buena Suerte
I love rock-hopping and chasing wild trout under the canopy—it's one of the many visceral experiences that fly fishers can collect over time spent afield. For me, chasing wild brook trout in cold, clear Appalachian waters is among the finest of times spent with a fly rod in hand. When I first saw the video…
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Trout Tips: Don’t get cocky
Editor's note: The following is exerpted from The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing by Kirk Deeter and Charlie Meyers. The number-one mistake most novice fly casters make is going back too far on the backcast. The only tipoffs are the noises of line slapping the water or the rod tip scraping the ground behind…
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Voices from the River: Who’s your hero?
TU's own Tom Reed casts to native Colorado River cutthroat trout in the Wyoming Range. by Chris Hunt I got a note today from someone who read a piece by my fellow Trout Unlimited communicator, Brett Prettyman, on John Weis, a late TU volunteer from Utah who was involved in his local chapter in the…
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Big, wild, and coming back: California’s Eel River
Soda Creek, tributary to the upper Eel River. Large wood structure project directed by TU's North Coast Coho Project. The Eel River is the beating heart of California’s “Lost Coast,” a swath of rugged country famous for its steelhead a nd salmon streams. Historically, the Eel was the third largest producer of salmon and steelhead…
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Traditions: Fishing the High Uintas
By Brett Prettyman Among the many thoughts running through my mind while traipsing though the wilds is one that does more than the others to clear out the chaos and clutter of every day life. “Am I the first human to stand in this place?” The fact I am even pondering the possibility means I…