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Video spotlight: Welcome to Iceland
Good fly fishing films not only show good fly fishing. I think a good film is more than just great eats, tailwalking fish and unreal cinematography. I think a good film makes you think. Video of "Welcome to Iceland" Full FilmIn the full version of "Welcome to Iceland," (above), the German anglers who crafted the…
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Video spotlight: Toe to Toe
From the Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself Department, I offer you this: A new Orvis film about a remarkable woman who had polio as a child and now goes fly fishing ... with her feet. Video of ORVIS Presents: Toe to ToeMary Loudder is pretty pragmatic about her disability. She's lived a lifetime with paralysis…
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Video spotlight: High country, long wands
A few years ago, I had the amazing opportunity to visit the east coast of Australia and tour some river and estuary restoration projects in New South Wales, while speaking with Aussie anglers about conservation and restoration when it comes to fishing. It was an eye-opening experience, and I was fortunate to meet some people…
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Video spotlight: Catching Escaped Atlantic Salmon in Puget Sound
Last week, about 300,000 farm-raised Atlantic salmon escaped from a Cooke Aquaculture net pen near Cypress Island in Puget Sound. The fish are not native to the Pacific and there are a host of really good reasons for anglers to get out there are try to catch as many of these fish as possible, not…
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Video spotlight: The Fix
About this time every year, anglers in Idaho start watching the numbers of steelhead topping Bonneville Dam on the Columbia. Every steelhead bound for the Gem State has to pass over Bonneville Dam and several more dams, including four on the Lower Snake, before finding their way into the Salmon and Clearwater rivers to spawn…
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Video spotlight: Tsimane 3X
So, here's the deal. If you don't want to do this, your fly fishing soul is dead. Granted, simple finances and the challenges that come with travel to remote places where golden dorado congregate in cold, clear rainforest waters might make this a dream adventure that never comes true. But if a part of you…
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Video spotlight: National Monuments and Sportsmen
When the Trump administration indicated it would review all national monuments for size, scope and appopriateness earlier this year, one group of American hailing from all points on the political spectrum stood up and denounced the idea. That group? Sportsmen and women. We understand that national monuments that set aside land to protect everything from…
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