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Someone might say that a #16-sized nymph carrying a #18 hook [tube fly] is “too small to hook a trout.” But trout regularly eat entire caddis imitations tied on #18 and #20 hooks.

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Public lands are under sustained assault. Access, conservation safeguards, agency authority, and the very idea of a shared national estate are being weakened in plain view.

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Trump's approach to environmental protection is absurd in its disregard for evidence challenging outcomes on public lands and especially the original monument of Yosemite. It is also heartless in its neglect of the people, communities, and ecosystems affected by those outcomes.

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Some anglers and professional captains argue that unless you follow IGFA fly fishing rules, it doesn't truly count as fishing.

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Forests, rivers, and saltwater flats do not care about you wealth or status. They teach you to value character and steadiness over rank.

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