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Go fish yourself
Last year was quite a ride, wasn’t it? Aside from all the good stuff, - I hope we all found lots to be thankful for throughout 2025 – we saw plenty of ugliness that we hopefully won’t see again. Without going into detail, I will simply opine that our nation may be as angry now…
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The True Cast – Equality
“All men are equal before fish.” –Herbert Hoover
“All men are equal before fish.” –Herbert Hoover Regardless of what you might say about our 31st President, who bears the ignominious reputation for leading the United States into the Great Depression nearly a century ago, he at least had this thought right. At the end of the day, the rivers or oceans don’t care—nor…
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Is trout fishing better out West? Or just different?
The instant the trout ate I felt my courtesy rewarded.
The instant the trout ate I felt my courtesy rewarded. A few minutes earlier, Erik Johnsen and I had slipped down the dusty riverbank trail to a sweet-looking run on Colorado’s Eagle River, not too far from Vail. Johnsen wanted me to have the first shot, but I wasn’t having it. “It’s all you,” I…
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Fulfilling America’s great conservation tool: the Land and Water Conservation Fund
What the future of LWCF means for fishing, hunting and habitat For more than 50 years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has been one of America’s most powerful bipartisan conservation tools It has conserved fish and wildlife habitat, expanded public access for hunting and fishing and supported local economies that depend on outdoor…
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TROUT Tip – sight fishing nymphs
Learn how to sight fish with nymphs in this week’s video tip from Orvis’s Tom Rosenbauer.
Many anglers don’t love just watching a bobber drifting down while fishing with nymphs. Perhaps it’s just too reminiscent of time spent on a lake conventional fishing before fly fishing took hold. Maybe it’s because they want to stay true to traditional fly fishing techniques. Or maybe that angler just wants more of a challenge…
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The True Cast – Small water: Where it all begins…
Sometimes the smallest water is the most abundant, yet at the same time, the most challenging to fish.
I’ve spent a good part of the past month fishing in saltwater in the Low Country of South Carolina. There’s something special about fishing in the salt, particularly for redfish. Not so much in the open ocean, rather, back in the marshes and flats. Fishing in the backcountry in channels carved by tides is like…
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Trout Tip – selecting nymphs
Now that dry fly season is pretty much over, it’s time to fish under the surface. Watch this week’s tip video from Orvis on how to select nymphs, which kind of trout food they imitate and how to pick the right fly. See All Orvis Learning Center Fly Fishing Video Lessons