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As Zen and Cool as it gets
The outsize conservation legacy of a garage bamboo rod builder. Bill Lamberson started making his first bamboo rod in 1981. He didn’t finish it until 1998. Now, from his garage-shop in Columbia, Missouri, he makes about one bamboo rod per month. Bill Lamberson fishing bamboo with success - Photo courtesy of Noppadol Paothong, Missouri Department…
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Be well. Fish on.
When this group gets together, it’s much more than a fishing trip.
"Be well. Fish on." Stewart Brown wrote those words with his finger on the rear window of a friend’s dusty pick-up after a day of fishing in Colorado. It was three days before he would go into surgery for brain cancer. A few of his friends noted how much peace fishing gave Stewart through his…
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Time forgot this place. We haven’t.
Why folks at Trout Unlimited care so much about a shad fishery up the road from the Washington monument Everyone has a special place. When I was going to high school in Jersey City, one of mine was the abandoned docks below the Hoboken train station. To get there, I had to sneak past darkened…
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Mastering the March Brown hatch
A son catches his first trout on a fly rod, and a father fears losing the family fishing crown My dad, who went to Georgetown on a basketball scholarship, bet my three brothers and I that none of us would be able to beat him one-on-one before we were 16. I beat him at 15. …
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Returning Thanks
During the Beaver Creek Invitational, veterans understand the therapeutic nature of rivers. “There is always something therapeutic about being on the water. The river is so beautiful, catching fish becomes a bonus. The amount of support and love given to us veterans is truly amazing. I’m grateful for all the time and energy given by…
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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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The simplest way to care for a river?
Chris Wood finds inspiration on the Lost River in West Virginia Tom Rosenbauer of Orvis occupies a space close to the Pope, Bruce Springsteen and Melissa Etheridge for me. While my spiritual life and love of music were well sated by the latter folks, it was Tom’s book, The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide that captivated and…
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Chris Wood
Chris has worked at TU for 20 years, and is not the best angler, but he is among the most earnest.