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Bled dry

An iconic western river bears witness to climate change

by Chris Madson - Tuesday, Aug 4th, 2020

The North Platte River (photo: Chris Madson).

I guess you could say the upper North Platte River in southern Wyoming is my home stream. It’s an easy couple of hours from the house, a river my family has long embraced as a refuge from the heat of the high plains in July and August, a place we fish in the summer and I hunt in the fall, a thread of emerald and sapphire in a landscape of gray and tan.

Review: Redington TRACE fly rod

Redington's successor to its incredibly popular Hydrogen series aims to do it all

by Spencer Durrant - Friday, Jul 31st, 2020

Photo: Chad Shmukler

Redington recently announced the discontinuation of their popular Hydrogen rod series, which has long been one of the brand’s most popular rods. Few companies, though, are willing to stand pat with their lineups these days, especially where fly rods are concerned.

Trump administration set to green-light Pebble Mine

The once-dead mine, which threatens to destroy the world's largest and most pristine salmon fishery, is nearing approval

by Hatch Magazine - Friday, Jul 24th, 2020

Subsistence salmon fishing in a native Yupik village in Alaska (photo: Pat Clayton).

Since taking office in 2017, Donald Trump and his administration have made a mockery of the EPA and U.S. environmental policy. Trump has appointed industry toadies such as disgraced former EPA head Scott Pruit and current EPA administrator and former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler.

Snot Hill

Listen to the locals—they're always right

by Spencer Durrant - Thursday, Jul 23rd, 2020

Photo: Spencer Durrant

March is the cruelest month. At least, it is for anglers in the Rocky Mountains. March flirts with the idea of spring, stringing along enough warm days that the bigger bugs start hatching. After a winter of tossing tiny flies, the size 18 blue-winged olives that first show up in March are a welcome reprieve.

5 great small-stream fisheries for your Yellowstone road trip

Brown trout, brook trout, lake fishing — these intimate destinations offer a little bit of everything

by Chris Hunt - Tuesday, Jul 21st, 2020

A Nez Perce Creek brown trout (photo: Chris Hunt).

Ah, the summer of COVID-19. Won’t we have some stories to tell to the grandkids?

For me, it was supposed to be, largely, a Canadian summer. I had two trips planned to the Arctic, and one trip to the Yukon, just shy of the Arctic Circle. Pike. Grayling. Brook trout.