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Trout Tips: De-boning a trout
While most trout anglers these days practice catch-and-release, there are instances where keeping a trout or two for dinner is perfectly acceptable, and, in some cases, good for the river or stream (a non-native rainbow trout in a cutthroat trout stream, for instance). But even when we keep trout for the occasional meal, it's incumbent…
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Trout Tips: The ‘worm’
We've all grown out of fishing with worms, right? Well, maybe we shouldn't have, especially when this time of year rolls around and runoff strikes, sending a winter's worth of snow down our rivers in a murky torrent. When high water hits and scours riverbanks, worms that dwell in the earth often find themselves waterborne,…
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Trout Tips: Skate the fly
This little small-stream rainbow gobbled up a skated caddis. Ah, the dry fly, cast upstream over the perfect current seam. Is there a better sight in all of fly fishing?And when it works out ... Damn, it 's awesome. It's inspiring, effective and, well, it's proper. But things don't always line up just right, do…
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Trout Tips: Choosing a rod
When you can, cast a rod, or even take it fishing, before you spend hundreds of dollars on it. These days, when even a modestly priced rod will set you back $350, it's more important than ever to choose wisely. Whenever I rod shop, I'm reminded of that scene in Indiana Jones and the Last…
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Trout Tips: 40 feet, 4 seconds
When I first waded the flats some years back, one of the Bahamian guides explained to me that I should have a good amount of line out on the water at all times, and if I wasn't fishing, I should have the fly pinched between the thumb and forefinger of my non-casting hand. That way,…
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Trout Tips: Bring two rods
Fishing in late winter and early spring, before runoff kicks in, can be pretty tricky, given short windows for dry-fly action, the likelihood that, even though the calendar reads April, an out-of-nowhere snow squall is certainly possible and the general finicky nature of cold-water trout. The solution, as Garrison Doctor of Rep Your Water describes…
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Trout Tips: Practice makes perfect
Here's one from the archives, and I picked it because a lot of fly fishers around the country are dusting off the gear and getting ready to hit the water for the first time this spring. It's simple, really. Don't forget to practice. Practice Casting Intro from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo. Ask Kirk Deeter shows…
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