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Voices from the River: Jon Baiocchi, California’s guide
John Baiocchi, on one of his home waters, the Truckee River. It is clear that his dad’s conservation legacy is a source of great pride and inspiration for Jon—and that he feels he has a duty to carry it forward. SD: Talk a little about when and where you started fishing. JB: My dad moved…
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Video spotlight: New England Mountain Fly Fishing
Being a western guy with roots in the Rockies, my angling experience in the mountains of New England is pretty limited. I did spend a great afternoon several years ago chasing fat rainbows in Connectictut's upper Farmington River before being chased away by a rainstorm, and I got to fish some Adirondack streams for native…
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Short casts: Outdoor industry dings Utah, fish and pain, wisdom from Fred Rasmussen
Patagonia and the Outdoor Industry Association have put Utah on notice for its public lands stance of late. The outdoor recreation world has been abuzz the last few months with news that the organizers behind the lucrative Outdoor Retailer trade shows that come to Salt Lake City twice a year are considering a move to…
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US House: TU Supports BLM Planning 2.0
On Feb. 7th, 2017, TU sent the following letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging vote against CRA Resolution H.J. Res. 44, which would eliminate BLM Resource Management Planning rule (Planning 2.0). House vote is today. Senate is expected to take up the resolution sometime during the week of February 13th. UPDATE:…
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Five reasons sonar is super cool
(Above: Upstream from the future sonar site on the South Fork of the John Day) When trying to manage steelhead, one difficult task is getting an accurate picture of population size in any given year and over time. Traditional methods of estimating the number of adult steelhead that return to a river, such as counting…
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Protect Wisconsin’s public land
As a kid, Taylor Ridderbusch didn't realize how fortunate he was to live near 660,000 acres of public land in Nothern Wisconsin. By Taylor Ridderbusch Growing up in Northern Wisconsin, I took the Nicolet National Forest for granted. I didn’t realize that it was unusual to have more than 660,000 acres of public land right…
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Trout tips: The Mend
We often make fly fishing more complicated than we need to. A good example of that is mending our fly line to get a better, more natural drift as our flies work their way downstream. Often, as TU's Kirk Deeter points out in the video below, our mends are too jerky or move the flies…