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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON August 9 - 1 COMMENTS
The Essence of Why
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By Aaron Kindle I am often asked why I choose to spend so much time out in wild country? The question always strikes me as odd. I usually respond with “why not”? I simply can’t imagine a life without wide-open spaces, clear streams and wild critters. It would be a life I wouldn’t want to live. Most [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON August 8 - 0 COMMENTS
Tongass on the Brain
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P7160176.jpg   P7200015.JPG   It's only been a couple of weeks, and usually by now, I've come off the high that comes with fishing far-flung places and stopped looking at real estate next to particularly fishy waters. But this time is... different.  I was fortunate enough to [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON August 2 - 0 COMMENTS
TU Blogger Tour: Who's Who?
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As many of you know, TU, with the gracious support of Fishpond, RIO Products and Tenkara USA, visited Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest in July with a host of writers, bloggers and photographers with the hope that shining a little light on the fly fishing opportunities in the region would [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON August 1 - 1 COMMENTS
The Evolution
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By Dave Glenn I do it once a year. Me, a fly rod, four horses and a couple of dogs. When the heat of the summer is in its prime I’ll head for the mountains for a week of “Dave solo time.” I don’t do it to get in all the fishing I possibly can and it’s not about covering all the country I can. It’s [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON July 25 - 2 COMMENTS
Timing It Right
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By Corey Fisher For the last few months, USGS Daily Stream Flow Conditions and NRCS Montana Snotel have been my two most frequented websites. Not Facebook, not Twitter, not www.new.tu.org. Nope, I’ve been in search of hard data, the kind of government funded, scientific, real time statistics that [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON July 18 - 0 COMMENTS
Bloggers and writers see how salmon make Alaska work
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The TU Blogger Tour, version 2013, visited a local Alaskan fish processing plant on Tuesday of this week and journalists got a true inside look into how wild Alaskan salmon go from the nets or the lines to the market and, eventually, to your table. Thanks to Tyson Fick of the Alaskan Seafood [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON July 15 - 2 COMMENTS
TU Sponsors Make Blogger Tour Happen
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Just a quick note to thank TU's sponsors of this year's TU Blogger Tour. Fishpond, RIO Products and Tenkara USA each contributed funding and gear to make this year's tour to Alaska's Tongass National Forest possible, and we're grateful for their support. The Tongass is a true angler's paradise that [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON July 9 - 0 COMMENTS
Thompson Divide Vignette - Kara Armano
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Thompson Divide Vignette - Kara Armano from Our Sporting Heritage on Vimeo.   Located west of Carbondale, Colo., the Thompson Divide is one of the most pristine places in the West and is currently under threat from energy development. It harbors some of the best elk hunting in the state, a dozen [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON June 17 - 0 COMMENTS
Wonder
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Ty Churchwell   There is innate wonder in a boy, in any boy. We look at a mountain and wonder if it can be conquered. We see an old oak tree and wonder how high we can climb. For whatever reason, boys just need to be the masters of their environment, to be victorious over challenges. As we [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON June 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Costa's "Films on Tap Tour" under way
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If you're an avid fly fisher... a wannabe fish bum... and you haven't seen the suite of Costa films yet, here's your chance. Through July, Costa and its sponsor Budweiser are taking the renowned films "GeoFish" and "Jungle Fish," as well as it's series, "The Take," on the road to craft breweries [ READ MORE... ]
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