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Jack Dennis, Vladi Trzebunia Survive Rollover

“Dennis and Polish angler Vladi Trzebunia were returning to Jackson after the final day of the NFFC and in the very early morning hours of Oct. 8, only 40 miles from home, their car went off the road with Trzebunia…

Fly Fishing People: Dan Ellison and Donnie Priest

Donnie Priest was a top news story 25 years ago when he was removed from a cold Yosemite mountain top by an intrepid team of rescuers, including helicopter pilot Dan Ellison. Priest lost both of his parents in the crash,…

A Home-Grown Fly Fishing Vest

If you pay attention only to what the big manufacturers design for fly fishers each season, it’s easy to miss the smaller inventors whose ideas come primarily from personal experience or necessity. Such is the case with the TechVest, which…

“Wave a Wand and Turn Into Brad Pitt”

“The trick is learning how to take a graphite rod (around $100 up to $700 or so), a reel ($40 to hundreds), coated floating line (tapered, yellow is nice, about $60), fluorocarbon leaders ($13 for a two-pack) and a teensy-weensy…

Shrinking Glaciers and Bull Trout

On the heels of the announcement that Al Gore won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change, Michael Jamison published this eye-opening piece that traces the link between glacier health and the species that depend on their…

Funny But True: A Ghillie Story

After ranting for a bit about Budweiser and bad sports, Nick Mills relates a hilarious story about an English lord and his Scottish ghillie (or gillie, if you prefer) on MaineToday.com. “The current was relentless. The lord thought he was…



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