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Fishing spurred invention in ancient Japan
Photo courtesy Cosmos Magazine They say necessity is the mother of invention. In ancient Japan, it seems that pottery essentially came to be thanks to the need to store fish. Fishing made pottery necessary. Who knew? According to Cosmos Magazine, the initial assumption was that pottery came into being some 20,000 years ago because a…
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A tournament to benefit a friend
As fly fishers, we are perhaps more tuned into the way the natural world works, particularly when it involves fish and water. We pour over fly boxes, looking for something that resembles natural food for trout and bass, or even bonefish or permit. We focus on the cleanest waters, because that's where the best fishing…
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TU in Action: Bonnies in Arkansas; saving water in Colorado, and more
We don't all have trout fisheries in our backyards or even close to home. But in many "developed" watersheds across America, bottom-release dams designed for hydropower or flood control create stretches of cold rivers that can and do support healthy populations of introduced trout. I suppose we could debate the merits of introducing a non-native…
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New gear: Pescador on the Fly premium travel rods
You may remember seeing our friends at Pescador on the Fly in previous blogs or in TROUT Magazine. They are excited to announce that they are now shipping their new Premium Travel Fly Rods, currently available in 5 weight, but rest assured, they have more sizes on the way. These 9-foot fly rods are super…
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Sierra Trout Camp 2018
By Tom Kloehn It was the first day of Sierra Trout Camp 2018, and even though the kids weren’t fishing yet, it was hard to miss their enthusiasm for any chance to get near a river. The kids were bouncing around the creek, splashing in and out of the water, completely oblivious to rocks and…
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Native Odyssey: Volunteering with Stream Watch on Alaska’s Russian River
Editor's note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending 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. Starting July 5, these students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay…
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New gear: Snowbee XS Plus fly line
For new anglers, the numbers and weights attached to most fly-fishing jargon can be a bit much. Mabye there's a simpler way of doing it. The folks at Snowbee, a UK company that's making some inroads here in the U.S., has launched two new fly lines under the XS Plus brand that it claims match…
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