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Video spotlight: How to Wade Fish for Bonefish
My first bonefishing trip several years back was a disaster. I spent a week on the blustery, rainy flats of Long Island in the Bahamas and didn't catch a single fish. I know now that my failure was a three-part effort. First, I lacked any flats-fishing experience. Second, the weather and the elements conspired against…
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Video spotlight: Orvis’ ‘Moment of Chill’
Holiday hustle and bustle got you down? Need a quick break. The folks at Orvis might have just the quick blood-pressure reducer you're looking for. Video of Orvis Moment of Chill: Brown-Bear Pool PartyThe company's new "Moment of Chill" series is a host of minute-long videos designed to just let you take it all in.…
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Video spotlight: Tightline Nymphing for Beginners
Tight-lline or "Euro" nymphing isn't anything new, but for a lot of anglers—particularly new or novice fly fishers—it can be a bit confusing. I think what confounds most anglers new to the method is the disbelief that a full-grown fisherman can generally stand right in the midst of feeding trout and work a run for…
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Video spotlight: Labrador Atlantic salmon
Wild Atlantic salmon in the United States are extremely rare—there are a few that hang on in the coastal rivers in Maine, but, for the most part, three centuries of development have cost this iconic fish most of its spawning and rearing habitat and earned it a likely permanent place on the Endangered Species List.…
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Video spotlight: Stories from the Fountain
More than 200 years ago, the entire of state of Pennsylvania was forested. By the 1930s, the whole state had been completely logged. Today, Pennsylvania is a reforested trout wonderland—it has more miles of trout streams than any state other than Alaska.But, for native brook trout, all is not well. The state's forest are single-aged…
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Video spotlight: Fighting Big Fish with a Fly Rod
Now, most of us will never stand on the bow of a boat in the waters off of San Diego and battle a 200-pound mako shark. But, if you fish long enough, you will get the opportunity to battle big fish, whether it's a big smallmouth bass, a fat rainbow in a spring creek, a…
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Video spotlight: Together
Volunteers from the Snake River Cutthroats (Idaho Falls), Star Valley (Wyoming), and Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited chapters braved cold in mid-October 2017 to plant willows, mulch and seed. Kris Millgate/Tight Line Media. Partners in the Tincup Creek Stream Restoration Project in eastern Idaho near the Wyoming border recently completed Phase 2 of the plan with…
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