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Video spotlight: River Krusnica
Fly fishing trophy hunters are all about traveling to far-flung places to chase big fish. Heck, we just highlighted a pair of videos that focus on chasing giant browns and rainbows in New Zealand, where both species of trout are interlopers in Kiwi waters. And then there's Patagonia, where big trout swim in rivers where…
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Video spotlight: Catching cruising trout
As noted in the video below, "cruising trout are feeding trout." When we see pods of trout working certain stretches of the river, it's tough to keep our cool sometimes. The prospect of an afternoon spent wandering a small stretch of river while catching several trout is pretty appealing, right? Video of How to Catch…
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Video spotlight: Pure New Zealand, parts I and II
If some truly unfortunate calamity were to strike the fly-fishing filmmaking industry, and only one artist could soldier forward and make movies about our beloved pasttime, my secret hope is that that one artist would be Todd Moen. Fly fishing, perhaps because many consider it an art in and of itself, lends itself to artistic…
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Video spotlight: Fishing for Aggressive Houndfish
Last summer, while walking the beach near the little village of Los Barriles on the Sea of Cortez in search of roosters and jacks, I spied some commotion just past the surf line and quickly made a cast. The baitfish imitation landed quietly in the clear water and as soon as I started the retrieve…
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Video spotlight: Inshore Saltwater Fly Fishing
Blonde sand beaches. Warm, clear Caribbean flats. Soft breezes. Bright sun. Stop me if you're not tired of winter yet, because I can go on. And on. And on. This is the time of year when I toil over the travel sites and search out the best deals for tropical fly fishing retreats. Even getting…
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Video spotlight: Strip…
Damn it's cold outside, right? When these deep freeze "bomb cyclones" dip into the normally temperate climes of the American South and leave us all chilled to the bone, I tend to start surfing the travel sites for great deals to points south. Way south. Tropical south. And that, of course, makes me think of…
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Video spotlight: Diyak
I love do-it-yourself fishing. The challenge of essentially learning as you go on new water has always appealed to me. That, and, of course, I just can't afford to shovel $500 across the cab of a pickup to a guide that often. But there's DIY. And then there's the DIY where you're dropped off on…
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