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News
Orvis Built the Church. Duck Camp is Filling the Pews.
Fly fishing isn’t graying out. It’s growing. The question is who’s actually driving that growth, and what that means for the next decade.


Skills
Decoding The Madison River
It finally dawned on me that the only fish I was catching were those rising quietly. It was the explosion risers I couldn’t touch.


Fly-tying Knowhow: Hackle Grading
Most tyers building a hackle bench do the same thing: buy one cape or saddle in one color, run out of the colors they use most, then go back and buy another cape…


In Praise of 12-inch Trout
Relative pleasure in angling is becoming a function of fish size, where bigger equals better. I’m a little worried by this development.



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