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I Will Die Here, My Friend
Sea-run Brown Trout on the Fly in Tierra del Fuego
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Over the Mountain & Down the River
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after. ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit or There and Back Again...
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Seafood Sampler
Supported by Patagonia and Yakima. To learn more about Tre Fin Day Boat Seafood and their Community Supported Fishery (CSF), visit www.trefinfoods.com. At the time of the last census in 2010, the population of Ilwaco, WA, stood at 936, meaning...
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Relax with Your Horsepower
Dean River steelhead are legendary, chrome rockets that are the stuff of feverish dreams and sleepless nights. As anyone with a basic understanding of piscine genetics knows, the river makes the fish, and Dean River steelhead are defined by a...
Photo Essay
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...