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Video spotlight: Hook basics—barbed and barbless hooks
Tim Flagler from Tightline Productions and Orvis have teamed up to do a short video series on hook basics, aimed presumbably at new anglers. In past episodes, they've covered the anatomy of a hook and hook sizes. Video of Hook Basics - Barbed & BarblessThe video above focuses on barbed and barbless hooks. This may…
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Gear test: Filson rugged twill compact rod case
Who wants to go fishing? Well, just grab the bag. It has everything we need in it. The rods are tucked safely inside. The reels in their cases. All of the flies in the outside pockets with the nippers, the floatant, the extra leaders are all there for quick and easy access. Don't forget the…
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Video spotlight: Fly Fish Arkansas
Most of us have heard of the famous tailwaters in Arkansas, where big trout lurk in cold, bottom-release river water. Few of us outside of Arkansas have ever actually fished these storied waters, let alone tangled with their trophy residents. After watching the film below, I think we should. Video of FLY FISH ARKANSAS -…
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New Jersey Trout Unlimited teams up to improve public lands
By Cole Baldino On June 18, 2018, a large excavator entered the quiet banks of the Musconetcong River in Bloomsbury, a restoration plan now under way and an arsenal of native limestone boulders at the ready. Five days later the machine was gone and this 1,300-foot section of state-owned Wildlife Management Area had been restored,…
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Video spotlight: Think Like a Fly
There may be only one fly fishing filmmaker who can blend the beauty of Norman Maclean's famous prose, a canine suicide and the signature verse from Styx's "Paradise Theater." Yep. Hank Patterson has a new short film out. And it's funny. Video of Hank Patterson's "Think Like A Fly!"The theme of the film, aside from…
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Voices from the River: The opener
By Eric Booton The countdown begins every winter when I receive my Trout Unlimited calendar (thanks TU!). I immediately spend several minutes noting the important dates, trips and plans that need to be remembered; several of which are the closures and openers of my favorite Alaska fishing holes. I am surrounded by, or just a…
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Thanks Joe
By Chris Wood “I was the first person Charles Gauvin hired at Trout Unlimited when he became CEO in 1992. He wanted to hire Steve Moyer, but Steve and Michelle just had their first child, and Steve thought the organization’s finances were too unstable. At the time Trout Unlimited had a budget of $2 million…
