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Skills: The perfection loop
I use a variety of knots, both on the water and in the rigging process. Perhaps none is quicker, easier and more dependable than the simple perfection loop. Video of Perfection LoopHere, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions demonstrates just how easy the perfection loop is to tie, and not just for what I'd consider the…
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Video spotlight: Fifth graders schooled on raising, releasing trout
It's that time of year again. Students all over America are releasing the trout they've spent the better part of a school year raising in chilled tanks as a part of Trout Unlimited's Trout in the Classroom program. TIC is a science-based curriculum that teaches elementary and middle-school students all about trout (and, in some…
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A memorial for a giant
A few weeks ago, the Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited and other partners met in Lovells, Michigan to dedicate a memorial to Art Neumann, the last surviving founder of Trout Unlimited who passed away last year. It was a great day, and Art's kids—TU members in good standing—attended the dedication, and wanted me to pass…
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Video spotlight: Guadaloupe
Fly fishing isn't always that solo, lonesome adventure that many believe it to be. Don't misunderstand—sometimes, it's ideal to be wonderfully alone along a mountain stream or a Caribbean flat, casting to fish and letting your mind just wander away from the thoughts that occupy it on a daily basis. But sometimes, fishing is better…
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Gear Test: YETI Rambler one-gallon jug
It’s hard to keep up with all the new widgets for keeping stuff cool (or hot) YETI is cranking out these days, but this one really caught my eye, and it’s probably already my favorite of anything YETI has ever made. It isn’t cheap (the one-gallon version is $130, and the half-gallon jug will run…
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Short casts: Atlantic salmon in Detroit River, Farling moving on, American Fork restrictions
This may surprise many—it certainly surprised me. Atlantic salmon were once native to Lake Ontario. They are not native to the other Great Lakes, but according to Bring Back the Salmon, a Canadian conservation group seeking to restore Atlantic salmon to Lake Ontario, this was once the case. But, that initial population of salmon has…
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Rogue River receives high acclaim during national River Rally conference
By Jamie Vaughan This past week, Grand Rapids, Mich., hosted River Rally, a national conference hosted by the River Network that brings together hundreds of water champions and river enthusiasts to cultivate new partnerships and inspire the sharing of knowledge and ideas within the river and water community. NGO staff and volunteers, academics, agency and…