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3y ago
Hard charging performance dogs—like pointers, setters, Labs, English cockers, GSP’s and many, many others— are wired to work. Their work requires fuel appropriate to their exercise level, nutrients to support good physical health for their extra workloads, and antioxidants to help with post-exercise recovery. Feeding your sporting dog isn’t difficult, but it should involve more than just filling up a bowl. The diet you choose to feed your dog can have a big impact on their ability to perform at their peak.
To perform at high levels, optimal digestion and nutrient absorption are key for sportin ..read more
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4y ago
Why wouldn’t ya throw?
Standing on the casting deck of the Dolphin flats skiff as our Cuban guide, Keinlert, poles us across seemingly endless ocean flats in search of permit, I start to see the shapes of fish, a huge mixed school—some flashing silvery white, others dark torpedoes—moving through the too-deep-to-wade water directly under the boat.
“What am I seeing?” I ask Keinlert.
“The white ones are yellow jacks, the black ones, bonefish,” he answers from high on the poling platform. “Some big snappers there too.”
Oh, it’s just another school of hundreds of jacks and bonefish and snappers. M ..read more
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4y ago
With daughters, in Wyoming’s Wind River Range.
Article & Photograpy by Chris Morgan
No matter the season, my family and I usually have packs attached to our backs and are tromping around the West. Winter is filled with backcountry skiing, and spring is our time for rock climbing. Summer is the special time—that’s when we escape the hot valleys and head into remote mountain ranges where fish thrive in aqua-blue lakes and tumbling streams. We hike long distances and wake to the metallic chill of high mountain air.
Our planning begins early in the year with ideas spoken out loud around the d ..read more
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4y ago
Who needs Iceland when you land on the golden trout mother lode?
By Jeff Day
If I knew anything about Iceland, it would, no doubt, look like this mountain. Massive granite boulders. Snow on the edge of everything, even though we are far enough into summer that it is almost fall. If I’d ever been to Iceland, and this were it, it would be perfect.
Instead, I’m in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains with my son, Nate. We are 18 miles from the trailhead, and 10,800 feet above sea level. It has been a three-day hike against thin air and steep terrain. Maybe four. I lose track. And none of it has been ea ..read more
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4y ago
by Simon K Barr
Battling through thick forest on the shoreline above one of the many creeks cutting into Barenof Island, Alaska, I came to a conclusion: going on a wilderness adventure with the owners of one of the world’s greatest hunting and fishing stores, was extremely useful. I’d started my trip by flying to Houston, Texas, to meet Russell Gordy, and his son Garrett, founders of Gordy & Sons, who I’d also be pursuing steelhead with in south-eastern Alaska.
Their much talked about store is just outside Downtown Houston. They claim to be able to outfit you for any hunting, shooting or f ..read more
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4y ago
Recreational landings of Atlantic bluefish to blame.
By Charles Witek
On November 19, 2019, the National Marine Fisheries Service formally notified the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council that the Atlantic bluefish stock had become overfished. The Council, which manages bluefish in federal waters, must now create a plan to rebuild that stock.
A benchmark stock assessment released in 2016 found the bluefish stock to be reasonably healthy, so news that it is overfished came as a surprise to some fishermen and to some fishery ..read more
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4y ago
Casper ,Wyoming is a trout-fisher’s dream, and a recent securement of public land makes in-town fishing that much easier.
By Jen Ripple
I pull in my fly for the umpteenth time and clear it of vegetation. It’s the third week of September and conditions are not exactly perfect. I have come to Casper, Wyoming to fish the Miracle Mile, and instead find myself floating a section of the North Platte River called Grey Reef, which is located about 25 miles southwest of the city. As I wonder if my fly will ever make it past flotsam to those fat, acrobatic rainbows lurking beneath, a rhythm begins. Cast ..read more
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4y ago
There are secrets to be had in thin water.
By Ralph Scherder
The rougher the road got, the narrower the stream became, and by the time our convoy arrived at its destination, the flow was little more than a trickle. I’d decided to join a team of biologists from the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission as they electroshocked the headwaters of one of my favorite streams. Although the mainstem had been designated Class A Wild Trout waters back in the early 1990s, its tributaries were never surveyed. I jumped at the chance to join, but I wasn’t expecting to spend the day sampling such skinny wat ..read more
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4y ago
Deschutes River, Oregon
By Chris Santella
Oregon may not rank as high as neighboring Idaho and Montana for bucket-list dry-fly fishing, but there are exceptions—March browns on the McKenzie; green drakes on the Metolius; Hexagenia on the Williamson . . . and, most notably, salmonflies on the lower Deschutes River.
In fact, my first great day on the “D” came with the salmonflies. But for some years, I grew disenchanted with the hatch. It can be erratic—the fish are on them one day, and completely indifferent the next. If you’ve ..read more
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4y ago
Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers
Simon and Schuster; $27; 225 pages
John Gierach’s most recent collection of essays, Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers, demonstrates the numerous and varied ways that fly fishing can be a metaphor for life. He writes about fishing dogs, the intricacies of musky flies, restoring wooden drift boats, the pleasures of fishing for and eating bluegills, and much more, all while making observations that come from a lifetime on the water. After writing more than 20 books and countless articles, Gierach’s latest work makes it clear that he is still a master ..read more