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Short casts: Shad return to the Musky, a fresh look at ‘Middle America,’ Umpqua steps up on the Tongass
Anglers casting for trout on New Jersey's Musconetcong River made a welcome discovery this month—American shad have returned to the river following the removal last year of the Hughesville Dam in Warren County. A number of lower-river dams have come out in recent years, opening up six miles of spawning habitat for anadromous fish, like…
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Video spotlight: Hank Patterson and the Bait Fishers, part 2
Hank Patterson is back with the sequel to his "Hank Patterson and the Bait Fishers" video that he published last fall. This version is just as funny, and, frankly, it will test the mettle of any fly fisher who values the craft because it's more "repsonisble" or more socially acceptible. Video of Hank Patterson &…
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Skills: Tying a neat head on dry flies
When I first started tying flies many years ago, one of the biggest challenges for me was tying hackle into the head of the fly without getting too close to the end of the hook and covering up the hook eye as I finished the fly. Even now, a couple of decades later, this is…
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Conservation dollars make Blackfoot legendary once again
Above: Blackfoot River/Nate Shepard Here’s some fish film trivia for you: When shooting “A River Runs Through It,” producers passed on filming on the Blackfoot River, the setting chosen by the book’s author Norman Maclean. Instead, they filmed on the Yellowstone and Gallatin Rivers near Bozeman. Why? Back then, the Blackfoot was a mess. Mine…
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Video spotlight: Cosmo
The Seychelles might be the farthest-flung fishing destination for North American anglers. It's Indian Ocean waters, well off the African east coast teem with fishy denizens, ranging from giant trevally to bonefish and other sight-casting prizes. Video of YETI Presents: CosmoIn the video above, YETI takes a look at Cosmoledo Atoll and takes a shot…
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Native Odyssey: Trout among fire
Editor's Note: Five students from the TU Costa 5 Rivers Outreach Program have embarked on a once-in a-lifetime journey in pursuit of 16 native trout species, all on public lands. With support from the U.S. Forest Service, Costa Sunglasses, Simms Fishing Products, Fishpond and Post Fly Box, these students will tell the stories of our…
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Trout Tips: Lessons from the Firehole
Editor's note: For great fishing tips and tricks from TU staffers and volunteers all over America, you can buy TU's new book, "Trout Tips" online and have it shipped overnight. I spent an afternoon last week on the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park. It's one of the West's iconic rivers, and it's also one…