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Pescador on the Fly launches Kickstarter effort
Do you know our friends at Pescador on the Fly? If not, you should. Right now, they’re launching their line of Premium Travel Fly Rods. These 9-foot fly rods are super light weight and fit into a tube that’s less than 20 inches long. They travel like a dream, but most important, they fish like…
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Video spotlight: Life of a Guide
There was a time when I thought being a fishing guide would be about the coolest existence a guy could experience. That all changed one rainy Father's Day weekend some 15 years ago when renowned guide Rod Patch floated me and my wife down the Cardiac Canyon reach of the Henry's Fork. From bouncing the…
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Gear test: Cabela’s Vector FW fly rod
It’s no secret that fly anglers love deals—who doesn’t? The Cabela’s Vector FW fly rod is a great deal for the emerging angler or the most versatile angler. Why? The simple value of the rod. It’s not a super high-end or an embarrassingly low end rod. It falls right in that comfortable price zone for…
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Video spotlight: Coastal Chrome
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a huge steelhead guy. I love to chase big ocean-going rainbows as they come back home to Idaho and prepare to spawn, but sometimes, the reward is slim. Frozen fingers, frozen toes and few, if any fish, to show for it leave me wanting. Video of…
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TU in Action: Cleaning up rivers; reviving a fishing derby; planting trees, and more
Amateur scientists examine bug life on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam. Photo by USGS Editor's note: Every day, all across America, TU volunteers are working in their local watersheds to improve habitat, water quality and angler opportunity. We're starting a new weekly feature here on the TU blog to honor those volunteers and…
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Voices from the River: Lost and found
"History is written from what can be found; what isn't saved is lost, sunken and rotted, eaten by earth." —Jill Lepore By Dave Ammons Hey, I found your fishing rod. It was early morning during my daily walk up the road as the lig ht was breaking across the canyon walls. I passed the day-use…
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Video spotlight: South—The Road Trip
New Zealand's South Island is known for its off-the-charts brown trout fishing, and for most of us outside of Kiwi borders, seeing is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure (if that) that generally involves parachuting in for a week, maybe two, and sampling a small number of rivers. But what if we had a camper van, a raft…