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Lose Count—Fortress Lake Brook Trout

I was nine hours into the drive before I realized that Cline River isn’t actually a town and, instead , is a simple outpost in the Alberta wilderness that offers a motel, a campground, some old-school gasoline pumps, a small … Continue reading

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Fishing Montana’s High Mountain Lakes

You can’t get into all the West’s mountain lakes right now, but most of them below 8,000 feet are accessible, free of ice, and offering eager cutthroat, rainbow and brook trout. A few lakes also hold golden trout, which are … Continue reading

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