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The True Cast – Camo for casting? Does it matter?
One of the topics many of my friends just “agree to disagree” on is whether wearing drab colors, or even camouflaging yourself really matters at all in the context of trout fishing. If you go to New Zealand and show up in a loud Hawaiian shirt, the locals will laugh you off the river. Then…
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The True Cast – Can you judge a magazine by its cover? We sure hope so!
They say you cannot judge a book by its cover, and I believe that. But I think it’s a whole different ballgame when it comes to magazines. Granted, that game is changing in this era, but when it comes to printed periodicals, covers still matter. As an editor, I can tell you that the cover…
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The True Cast – catch an angler this season.
Nobody gets to where they are in the fly-fishing world without a little nudge, or connection, or instruction, or inspiration. As such, when I am fishing, I often think about mentors like my dad, who put the first fly rod in my hands when we lived on the banks of the Little Lehigh in Pennsylvania.…
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The True Cast – When your kid rows your boat…
Riding in the back seat of my own drift boat, I’m looking over my son Paul’s shoulder as he sizes up the entry and plots a line through a rapid. It isn’t a terribly complicated run—there are a couple sneaky rocks that might pin or flip a boat if you hit them sideways, but otherwise,…
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The True Cast – same gear different sports
Fly fishing in rivers and on saltwater flats are worlds apart. I often daydream about fly fishing for trout. But my night dreams inevitably involve tarpon. Like over 90 percent of fly anglers, I got my start on a little river chasing trout. But I’m now an “anadromous” fisherman, migrating back and forth from salt…
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The True Cast – We Should Take It Easy on “Make it Easy”
At what point did some fly fishing companies decide that the learning curve was a bad thing? After all, it seems like every piece of gear these days is designed to make fishing easier. This fancy rod will not only help you cast farther it will also improve your accuracy like nothing else! This reel…
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True Cast – The Best Trout Fishing Places in America
So, what are the best trout fishing places in America? They are the ones that you appreciate most, often times for reasons other than how many fish you catch.
I once made the mistake of writing a story on “America’s Best Fly-Fishing Towns” for Field & Stream magazine. The story turned out fine, but then they put me on a radio tour, and one happy town heaped praise on me, while nine others grilled me on why I didn’t rank them first. It looks…
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