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Hooked
Photographer and Guide Jeff Forsee Reckons With Flyfishing Obsession
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Carp Ballet
With the ranger on full patrol, you pass up the manicured state park experience. Sleeping in a dirt lot on the side of a quiet county road is more attractive. You don’t need sites #14-27 or the neighbors’ campfire smoke...
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Bristol or Bust
Supported by Patagonia, Yakima and Fat Tire. To learn more about Bristol Bay, the threats it faces from Pebble Mine and what is being done to stop it, visit www.savebristolbay.org. Want to help? Contact your members of congress using the...
Artifact
The Manikin 25
My grandfather was a smoker. His study, as I remember it, was at the far end of the house he shared with my grandmother. As you approached along the corridor, the smell of tobacco grew steadily stronger, regardless of whether...
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Crash Course
What is 'The Crash' ? Well, it's a little-known phenomenon that happens every summer in Wisconsin and Kyle Zempel is here to offer his best explanation. Zempel is owner of Black Earth Angling and every summer he hosts Crash Camp...
Locale
Everyone’s Water
My friend Duncan mentioned “urban fishing” when he invited me to Sheffield, England, and in my mind’s eye I saw the river I grew up on in Yarmouth, ME, though a bit more Shire-like. My childhood was spent on the...
Cutbank
The Gar Dentist
I was looking for small bills to pay the ramp fee when a late ’80s Chevy pulled into the repurposed trailer park where boaters leave their rigs. The doors to the truck swung open and out stepped two guys, one...
Mystery
Down The Path
ABOVE Ron Scheepstra. Photo courtesy of Cindy Scheepstra. 1. Ron’s Gone On April 11, 2009, Ronald Scheepstra began his morning much the same as he had on past flyfishing trips to Xcalak, Mexico. The 49-year-old was on a do-it-yourself (DIY)...
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Citizen Science
We're from all over the Northwest and our life histories are just as diverse as the fish we love to chase. Dave tells stories from Kamchatka while others find parking spots along the highway. Toshi unwraps his Subway brunch. River...
Conservation
The River Brings Everything
Between 1918 and 1965 five dams were built on the Klamath River, cutting off access to the upstream spawning habitat for Steelhead, lamprey and five species of Pacific Salmon. In 2021 crews will begin removing four of the five dams,...
Conservation
Stop Pebble 2019
Take Action Now! Despite over a decade of opposition, the agency reviewing the permit application for the massive proposed Pebble mine in Bristol Bay, AK, recently moved the mega-project one step closer to reality. The rivers and streams of Bristol...
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Off Season - Montana
Every angler knows about Montana in the summer: long days, abundant bug life, willing trout. But, what about the off season? "Montana in the fall is more mellow," says Hilary Hutcheson. "After all the people are gone and you have...