Category Archives: US & Canada
Anglers: You could be seeing grizzlies and black bears soon
This article just came out and it means that all of us should probably start keeping an eye open for bears when we’re wandering around the banks of streams, or up in the hills this spring. Bear spray? Check. Handgun? … Continue reading
Blogout: Alaska’s Tongass 77
As many of you know, southeast Alaska is one of my favorite places in the world, a lot of that sentiment coming from the fact that I lived there when I was young and have continued to visit the area … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Conservation, Industry, Northwest
Tagged Tongass National Forest, Trout Unlimited
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Interim agreement keeps hatchery steel out of Elwha
In Fly Rod & Reel’s winter issue I had Ted Williams write about the hatchery steelhead debacle on Washington’s Elwha River. I’d spoken with Jim Schmitz of the Wild Steelhead Coalition and heard the frustration in his voice—we both wondered, … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Northwest, Washington
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Brown Drakes and Guide Nightmares on Silver Creek
Ketchum, Idaho is one of the greatest places on earth and if I had it to do all over I wouldn’t have moved away from there back in the mid-1990s. For the angler, you’d be hard pressed to find a … Continue reading
Posted in Idaho, Northern Rockies
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Over Idaho Waters: Drones in the Sky.
If you’re fishing in Idaho this year you may see something other than a bald eagle or a raven flying through the sky. That’s because an Idaho Power Company biologist decided that drone aircraft would be
Posted in Idaho, Northern Rockies
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Streamers for Big Trout
I penned this story a year or more ago and it ran in the pages of Fly Rod & Reel. I think it’s worth reprinting here because when I read it I get fired up and want to throw a … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Northern Rockies
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Alaska Gets a New Editor. Facelift Next?
When growing up in southeast Alaska and Seattle, magazines were a staple diet in our house and one of those was the Alaska Sportsman, which printed wonderful stories of adventure, ranging from hunting Dall sheep, moose, brown bears and caribou, … Continue reading
Book Alaska. Save Bristol Bay
Caught wind of this sweet deal from the Whitefish, Montana-based AlaskaFlyOut.com, which promotes fishing trips in the Great Land, and is heavily opposed to a massive mine in the Bristol Bay drainage. Through March 10, five percent of revenue from … Continue reading
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Suit Filed Against Elwha Hatchery
We just threw out some props to the Seattle, Wash., based Wild Steelhead Coalition and it’s already time to do it again. That’s because they’ve fought hard to salvage the Elwha River, which flows into the Strait of Juan de … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Northwest, Washington
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Great Moments With Fire, 2
I’ve got a bud up in the Great White North, the Fisherman’s Paradise, Canada you know. He’s a crack shot with a moose rifle, I’m told, and I am personal witness to his skills with a camera. Geoff Moore lives … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Industry, Northwest, Photography
Tagged British Columbia, Geoff Moore
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