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Switzerland: Alps, Sweet Home

Article20. august 202495Views0Likes0Comments
There’s no place like home. The older I get, the more I appreciate the pure and untouched nature of the Swiss Alps. Crystal-clear alpine lakes reflect the majesty of the surrounding mountains. Gushing creeks run down from snow-covered peaks, crossing picturesque forests and multi-colored flower meadows before they pour into deep, cool lakes. Catches might…

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The Sabbatical Report 

Article8. juli 2024187Views3Likes0Comments
I took some time off one spring to fish. I had mostly planned for it. Months earlier, as I tied flies and rigged my truck for camping, my wife began referring to the coming downtime as my “sabbatical.”  That felt generous, a characterization maybe reserved for priests and tenured professors, not a bored, half-assed attorney.…

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RISING TROUT & READING THE RISE

Article27. maj 2024213Views0Likes0Comments
Rising trout can create a real rollercoaster of emotions. They offer the promise of easy-to-locate fishing that are obviously feeding, but the myriad of technicalities around hatches, presentations, and capabilities as an angler can combine to make it seem like hooking one of these fish is an impossible task. And nowhere is this more evident…

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A Chilean Road Trip

Article3. april 2024178Views0Likes0Comments
“Cast there,” Fabian says as he works the oars to hold the raft in place.  It’s a shadowy inlet under a tree with logs scattered below the surface. The black sex-dungeon lands in a pocket of dark, crystal clear water and I strip once, twice and then boom, the take. “Muy bien”. A hungry brown trout…

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