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Haaland begins work of reversing Trump's pro-fossil fuel, anti-climate agenda

New orders reverse a dozen oil and gas-friendly policies, establish Climate Task Force

by Hatch Magazine - Saturday, Apr 17th, 2021

Caribou range on the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (photo: Bob Wick/BLM).

Conservation and environmental groups are lauding an order issued by the newly appointed Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, which reverses a slew of pro-fossil fuel actions enacted by Interior secretaries Ryan Zinke and David Bernhardt during the Trump administration. According to Haaland, the actions of her predecessors were “inconsistent with the department’s commitment to protect public health; conserve land, water, and wildlife; and elevate science.”

Easy-to-tie bonefish flies

Simple, quick-to-tie bonefish flies for your next flats outing

by Chris Hunt - Friday, Apr 16th, 2021

A Bahamas bonefish that fell prey to a gotcha (photo: Chad Shmukler).

It’s amazing what a little vaccine will do for your outlook. I’m due for my second dose of Moderna in the days ahead, and it took me all of a week after my first shot to get online and plan my first flats trip since well before the coronavirus outbreak.

Bahamas, here I come.

Born with this

The last days of the Klamath River dams

by Steve Duda - Wednesday, Apr 14th, 2021

Before heading downstream in search of a wild steelhead, CalTrout’s Mikey Wier takes an unsentimental view of PacifiCorp’s Iron Gate Dam on the Klamath River (photo: Jeremiah Watt).

The Hornbrook Chevron looks like any other place to buy gas, snacks and a fishing license along the I-5 corridor in Northern California. It’s also one of the few businesses still standing in Hornbrook, California (population around 200). For a few hours though, it comes to life because the Chevron parking lot is the unofficial rendezvous point for fly-fishing trips on the upper Klamath River. It’s here that guides meet anglers, coffee chases donuts and steelhead strategies hatch.

What is the number one thing fly fishers can do to improve?

Lessons from atop the angling mountain

by Todd Tanner - Saturday, Apr 10th, 2021

Photo: Jeremy Roberts

One of the advantages to running a small, twice-a-year fly fishing school with some of the world’s most acclaimed anglers is that I can reach out with trout-related questions whenever I get the itch. Last week, I asked our School of Trout instructors if they’d be willing to share their thoughts on the following question:

The dispersed camper's guide to etiquette

A primer on good camping behavior

by Chris Hunt - Wednesday, Apr 7th, 2021

Photo: USFS

By all counts, there will be more of us outdoors this coming summer. And anyone who visited public lands last summer, particularly in the West, can testify, anecdotally of course, that more people were out and about in 2020 than in years past, thanks largely to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the desire to find safe recreation alternatives away from crowds. Experts in the camping and RV fields are quick to point out that RV sales were up markedly in 2020, and that the trend is continuing in 2021.