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Fly tying: The Bluegill Belly Bean
Here in the West, we're officially in the Dog Days — it's hot. As Niel Simon wrote in Biloxi Blues, "Man, it's hot. It's like Africa hot. Tarzan couldn't take this kind of hot." OK, maybe I'm being a little dramatic. But, when it gets this hot, it stresses our lower-elevation trout strea ms—water temperatures…
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The gift of a fly pattern
Photo shamelessly lifted from Scott Hood's Facebook page. My friend Scott Hood shared a little video recently on his Facebook page—simple instructions for tying his locally famous TFTCE fly (The Fly That Catches Everything). To date, Scott tells me, this Woolly Bugger-variant has nabbed about 15 species of fish, both near Scott's home in Broken…
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TU Five Rivers Odyssey: Running on empty
Editor's note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited sent four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. These students are exploring the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay and the Tongass National…
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Voices from the River: Yellowstone promise
A native Yellowstone cutthroat trout. A backcountry treasure. Photo by Chris Hunt. By Chris Hunt Who knows how many times I'd driven over the little creek as it flows southeast through an arched culvert toward its eventual confluence with the mighty Yellowstone River. A hundred? At least a hundred. And every time, I made a…
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Video spotlight: Costa Rica Jungle Trout Fishing
When I first heard that, some time ago, rainbow trout had been introduced to the high-mountain streams of Costa Rica, I was, to say the least, surprised. But it makes sense. These high-elevation streams are shaded by the jungle canopy and temperatures are pretty mild in the mountains all year long. And, if you squint…
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Video spotlight: Biot Basics
Fly-tying materials, particularly for new tiers, can be confounding. And it doesn't help when professional tiers go all out with exotic materials that are both expensive and super hard to find. But some materials are easy to get a hold of, and, with some advice from seasoned tiers, can be put to use right away,…
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New gear: TroutHunter EVO nylon tippet
TroutHunter, the iconic fly fishing outfitter and fly shop in Island Park, Idaho, on the banks of the storied Henry's Fork, is launching a new line of nylon tippet that the company claims has the strength of flourocarbon and floats better than other nylon tippets. Using EVO nylon technology, the company notes, the new tippet…
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