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In The July Issue |
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| Chile: Feedback Raises Still More Questions About Rio Palena |
Our report last month on the re-opening of Rio Palena Lodge in Chile has jarred loose some very interesting feedback. The lodge, you’ll recall, is being reopened after a 10-year hiatus by Derek Botchford and Mike VanWormer, who have an extensive and very positive resume a..... |
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| New England: Striped Bass And Bluefish: Best Fishing Still Ahead |
Late August through October is prime time for striped bass and bluefish along the coast of New England. Southern New England offers the added bonus of weakfish, bonito, false albacore and, on occasion, schoolie bluefin tuna. I know this remarkable fishery well becau..... |
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| New Zealand: Driftfishing: A Fresh Look At The Clutha River |
New Zealand is world-renowned for quality brown and rainbow trout fishing. But some of the best fishing areas are difficult to access and only lightly fished. Remote headwaters, steep-sided gorges, deep ravines, sheer bluffs, braided glides, overhanging vegetation, ..... |
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| Ontario: All About A Fly-Friendly Trip For Northern Pike, Walleyes |
We are indebted to Subscriber Jon Zbyrowski for an interesting and very detailed report on a fly-friendly walleye, northern pike and brook trout lodge in Ontario. He writes: “Last September I was privileged to be able to fish with four other guys heading to Canada on a qu..... |
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| Seychelles: Two Motherships And More Are In The Works |
New fishing opportunities in Seychelles are busting out all over. Would you believe that a third land-based operation is emerging there this coming season, plus two mothership operations? This flurry of activity is occurring despite a truly scary incident not so lon..... |
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| Vermont: All About Bowfin And More On Lake Champlain |
I have been fly-fishing for only 15 years but, like a lot of late converts, I’m a fanatic. I own far too much gear, and I have fished in quite a few places: my home state of New York, Maine, the British Virgin Islands, California, British Columbia and other points n..... |
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Almost everyone who fishes these days - in salt water at least - knows Guy Harvey. A renowned fishing artist, a scientist, a diver, an angler and a conservationist, Harvey is now an important book author. His newly published Panama Paradise: A Tribute To Tropic Star Lodge is an outstanding book. A physically handsome, coffee-table-size volume, it is a well written history/appreciation of a Panamanian big-game fishing lodge that has seized the hearts and imaginations of countless anglers over the years......
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Few fish inspire the single-minded obsession, total dedication, and physical stamina it takes to catch the mighty muskellunge on a fly rod. Known universally as “the fish of 10,000 casts,” this giant freshwater predator grows to lengths of 50 inches and weights of 40 pounds.......
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If you travel to fish, you already know what a headache air travel has
become. No fishing line allowed in your carry-on bag. Ditto fish hooks. On some airlines, the same is true of fishing rods. On top of those
problems, there is the mounting problem of lost and stolen luggage.....
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Over the many years that I have been traveling to go fishing, I have not ever gone anywhere out of the country without consulting a dog-eared copy of The Times Books World Weather Guide.....
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Many are familiar with the photographic prowess of R. Valentine Atkinson. Nick Lyons said of him in the forward to Atkinson's book The Greatest Fly Fishing Around the World (Lyons Press, 2003), "What I love most, I think, is that Val's eye catches the quintessential moments of fly-fishing......
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