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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The River in Autumn by Bryan Huskey
- By: IDP
- 21st October 2011
- Fly Fishing
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The Bogdan Legacy by Kelly Boatright | Photography by David Krehl
- By: IDP
- 21st October 2011
- Fly Fishing
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I believe the year was 1984, or maybe it was 1985. My old friend, Joe Hedrick, had just sold me a vintage Leonard Rod and he casually suggested the need for a Bogdan trout reel. I asked where I might acquire this reel and he replied that I would need to dial this phone number (which he had handy) in Nashua, New Hampshire, and then go out to the Crossroads and make a deal with Old Scratch.
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Steamboat Inn Photography by Frank Barnett | Story by Mart McCann
- By: IDP
- 21st October 2011
- Fly Fishing
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Art Nouveau & the Modern Game Gun by Terry Wieland
- By: IDP
- 21st October 2011
- Wingshooting
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Spey Fishing Primer No. 2 by Jeff Bright
- By: IDP
- 21st October 2011
- Fly Fishing
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In recent years, few trends in fly fishing have captivated its practitioners as thoroughly as Spey casting. We have conclaves, fairs, contests, and all manner of events concentrated on the teaching, demonstration, and thorough examination of that very exercise. There is even a cult of casters so possessed with distance and the competitive aspect of the activity I suspect they rarely apply their considerable skills in the service of fishing. (It could be I say this because these casters are so good, and can throw such a long line, I have to imagine they seldom fish in order to not feel completely inadequate!)
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Grouse Camp Photography by Dale Spartas | Text by Ron Ellis
- By: IDP
- 21st October 2011
- Wingshooting
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You’ve been going every year to the “Grouse Camp” up in Minnesota to hunt grouse and woodcock for who knows how long now. And every year when autumn flavors the wind, you start thinking, almost continuously, about the countless memories you and your friends have made in this place that continues to draw you back year after year.
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The Second Annual Contemporary Sportsman Getaway
- By: IDP
- 5th October 2011
- Fly Fishing
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April 21st – May 3rd, 2012
Travel with the writers and photographers of The Contemporary Sportsman to Patagonia to chase some of the largest Rainbows and Brown Trout on the planet. Twelve nights and eleven days fishing some of the greatest waters Patagonia has to offer. The pièce de résistance is a three day float trip down the Rio Lemay. The Lemay is considered by many people the best big trout river in the southern hemisphere.
Email Jim Stenson the Managing Editor and Publisher of The Contemporary Sportsman and The Contemporary Wingshooter for more details at jim@integrateddigitalpublishing.com.
Subscription Challenge
- By: IDP
- 5th October 2011
- Fly Fishing
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The Contemporary Sportsman’s Subscription Challenge
Enter for your chance to be the lucky winner of a new Tibor Everglades QC.
To qualify all you need to be a current subscriber and recruit 10 friends to be new subscribers.
Remember it’s still free. Just send the first name, last name, and email address of 10 friends to Jim Stenson at jim@integrateddigitalpublishing.com. We will set up their accounts and let them know of your gift and you are on your way to winning. Your name then goes into a drawing and the winner will be selected March 1, 2012.