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Video spotlight: Corazon
R.A. Beattie's film about the tarpon of Mexico's Holbox (pronounced HOLE-bosh) Island is a lively feature on the legendary guide Sandflea, and it's a pleasure to watch. But sometimes, it's the little things that get me interested in today's fly fishing films. As mentioned in the trailer, Holbox used to be a great fishery for…
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Video spotlight: Tarpon in Belize
There's a lot of good fisheries conservation work being done in saltwater these days, what with the appreciation anglers have developed for fish like permit, tarpon and bonefish over the last two decades or so. Angler science is becoming a mainstream idea—just a few years ago, I helped catch and tag permit in Mexico's Ascension…
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Video spotlight: Middle of Nowhere
We've all dreamed of being the first angler to set foot in some remote paradise. The first to cast to catch fish that have never seen a fly. That fantasy is buried in the depths of all our souls, and, sadly, for most of us, it won't become a reality. But we can live vicariously…
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Video spotlight: Interview with a Brook Trout
Special thanks to Carolyn Thomas, a middle school science teacher at Wildwood Middle School in Shenandoah Junction, WV for today's video. Her students worked with staff and volunteers at the National Conservation Training Center outside of Shepherdstown, WV, on this project, and they have a long list of conservation partners who work with students throughout…
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Video spotlight: Hank Patterson explains TU to newbies
I first met Travis Swartz several years back, when the first "Hank Patterson" videos hit YouTube and became all the range. The idea of a know-it-all guide misguiding those under his tutelage really struck a cord with the fly fishing community, and Travis' deadpan portrayal of the "world-famous fly fishing guide and high-school graduate" was…
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Video spotlight: Olympic Peninsula Steelhead
Steelhead fishing is an exercise in patience, no matter where you chase these majestic fish. My first two steelhead trips were fruitless endeavors—I spent hours casting over Idaho's Salmon River with nothing to show for it but a sore shoulder a bout with frustration. It's a thinker's brand of fishing, which makes it easy to…
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Video spotlight: The Dorado
What do you get when you send one of the world's best-known steelhead anglers into the Bolivian jungle with a spey rod? Some pretty impressive cinematography, to start. This is a land of wild rivers teeming with toothy fish, high-canopied jungles sheltering everything from jaguars to snakes as long as some of the dug-out canoes…
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