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This August I went on my 16th float trip in Alaska, joined by longtime friends Ken and Craig, for their first. The last few years I have arranged a DIY style float trip based out of Bethel, using Wade Renfro as the outfitter. Over the last 16 years, I...
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I may be partial about my fondness of Alaska, but once you have stepped foot on those wild lands, tangled with fish in the waters, and played in the land of the midnight sun, you can’t shake it. The vast array of waters that you can fish are unscathed...
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It’s negative seven degrees as green slime sprays our left wing on the Missoula runway. We are leaving winter in pursuit of Louisiana Redfish. This adventure is several years in the making, piggy-backed by an absence of a Water Master Rafts adventure. So, goodbye minus seven! Hurricane Ida took...
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Extraction day I flip and flop like a fish in my sleeping bag, searching for any peace, as the rain continuously beats upon our fragile nylon fort. Glancing at my watch, and it showing 4:24am, doesn’t add to the mood.  “Damn, three more hours of this crap,” I snort.“Yep,” chuckles...
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My eyes open, and I am amazed, not only being alive, but actually feeling rested. I was later informed that my snoring kept the big bruisers away. My apologies, Will. Unzipping our tent, I am greeted with crisp salty air dragging a spattering of clouds across a faint blue...
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“Congrats, boys, we made it,” the three of us cheer, spitting flies at each other. These things get into every orifice known to man. I couldn’t cover up enough. Our only option was putting our heads down and getting to work, besides our gear was soaking in salmon decay....
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Two decades ago, I exchanged my bar rag for a chance to manage a small crew at a local manufacturing business known as “Water Master.” A packable, one-man raft, light enough to check on any commercial flight, or better yet, a bush plane. Water Master rafts were being manufactured...
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Tobacco Root Mountains in Montana. Should I keep going? Okay, my brother Jason, and I decided to hike into an alpine lake and spend the weekend fishing. One of my goals for this angling season was to do more camping and more still water fishing. I needed incentive, and...
The Bow River, Calgary AB
Why do we fish? Why do you fish? I have asked and answered this question countless times over my 40 years of fishing, and the answers seem to lack consistency. Life changes and interrupts our wants and desires. Life demands time and energy, and as anglers we spend every...
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October Fishing.  Need I say more as an angler?  This is, arguably, one of the most popular months to chase trout. Anglers enjoy fair weather, fewer crowds, pre-spawn brown trout on testosterone, bugs hatching, and rainbows on the prowl. October in Montana can be beautiful; 60-degree days, or 20...
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