On the Waterfront // Skinny Water: A Turning Point for Western States :: Russ Schnitzer
- By: jim
- 26th December 2013
- Fly Fishing, Conservation
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Leonardo da Vinci is credited with the quote: “Water is the driving force in nature.” In many ways this is irrefutable, particularly when considered from a human perspective. Coastlines and major rivers have defined the patterns of human development spanning thousands of years. The relatively brief post-Plymouth Rock history of the United States of America is a prime example. European settlement of this country began on the eastern seaboard. The new arrivals were bound by water.
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Notes from the Editor: The New Year—A New Beginning by Jim Stenson
- By: jim
- 25th December 2013
- Fly Fishing, Wingshooting
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First and foremost, we want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. In this issue, we also have a little housekeeping to get out of the way. The first housekeeping item is the integration of magazines. Starting in January 2014, Integrated Digital Publishing will incorporate The Contemporary Sportsman (TCS) and The Contemporary Wingshooter (TCW) into one glorious magazine. We are taking the best of both magazines and publishing it under The Contemporary Sportsman title.
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Richness of Life: Summertime at High Lonesome Ranch :: Photo Essay by Russ Schnitzer
- By: jim
- 25th December 2013
- Fly Fishing
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A paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast… a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still there.
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You Might… :: Sandra Stenson
- By: IDP
- 2nd January 2013
- Fly Fishing
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You might be married to an exiled south Florida fishing nut when, during football season:
1. On the first Sunday in recent memory you actually get to sleep late, your fishing nut suddenly bolts upright and exclaims with panic “Crap, I’ve gotta go to Hooters.” (The only place in town a Dolphin fan can cheer on his team in peace.)
2. The days the Fins are on regular TV are national holidays and not to be defiled with any kind of untoward, productive activity.
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Monte Perdido: Lost, and Found June 1989 Part Three :: Norm Zeigler
- By: IDP
- 31st December 2012
- Fly Fishing
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For an angler, the day never holds as much promise as when viewed from midstream at first light. When I stepped into the river the world was still shades of gray. But with the lightening sky, shapes flat and indistinct became bankside willows, yellow and pale green; peaks ochre and brown and slate; sand and gravel bars bleached-bone white and flecked with silver mica.
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In the Land of the Czars :: Isaias Miciu Nicolaevici
- By: IDP
- 29th December 2012
- Fly Fishing
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James Acord Creates Another Beautiful Reel Case
- By: IDP
- 5th October 2012
- Fly Fishing, Culture
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James Acord recently created a truly unique reel case for a customer in Vancouver,WA. I’m sure you have heard of Bogdan reels, this is a portrait of Stan Bogdan that was in the New York Times obituary after he passed on last winter. This customer has some Bogdan Salmon reels and James Acord has made him other cases in the past. Check out the photos below to see his amazing skill and craftsmanship.
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Big Laxá: Part Two :: By Jeff Bright
- By: IDP
- 23rd August 2012
- Fly Fishing
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Farquhar Atoll — Seychelles :: By Henry Gilbey
- By: IDP
- 21st August 2012
- Fly Fishing
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It’s the moment when you lift off into the unknown that a fishing trip like this really starts. I totally get that the Seychelles are one of the world’s most desirable hot weather holiday and honeymoon destinations, but to me they will always be synonymous with some of the best saltwater flats fishing to be found anywhere on this earth.
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