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8 Fly Fishing Gift Swap Ideas

White Elephant. Yankee Swap. The super original “gift exchange.” Whatever you call it,  it can be a lot of fun and a quick way to waste $20. So why not have fun with it? If you get invited to a TU or fly shop holiday party, you can bring something that brings the seasonal heat. …

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Achieving Peak Orvis

There I was, looking at my dog curled up on an expensive human chair in my living room, saying: “Why not? Why shouldn’t I buy him a dog bed from Orvis?” So I did. But I feel like I have to explain myself. Dog beds were, for a time, one of the punch lines about …

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The 4 Fly Fishing Closets

Clothes make the man. But do clothes  make the fly fisherman? True: fishing is more about reading the water, making the right cast, and matching the hatch. But you can’t do any of this unless you’re dressed for the occasion. (And in most locales, it is probably frowned upon to fish if you’re not dressed.) …

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Orvis’ Fools: Its Not that Crazy

I am not a huge fain of April Fools’ Day. Primarily for the reason that I am already quite skeptical of anything and everything I read online. But I do enjoy the yearly gags that some companies routinely roll out. Orvis’ efforts, with all the marketing power at their disposal, are usually worth a smile. …

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There are Flies on My Shirt

“Hey. There are flies on your shirt.” Sometimes it happens in my first meeting of the day. Sometimes it happens as I’m in the checkout line. It even occurs as I walk down the stairs in my own home. Apparently I look like a man who doesn’t know what he’s wearing. At the bare minimum, …

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The Presidential Fly Fishness Test

For many children of the past 75 years, there was a certain rhythm to the school year. Field days, D.A.R.E. presentations, and book fairs marked the passage of educational time. Another momentous milestone, loved by some and abhorred by most, was the Presidential Fitness Test. Although there were older iterations, JFK cranked this exercise in …

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Fighting Supernatural Nature

On a warm, overcast fall morning the fish were jumping all across the pond. With every stroke of the paddle, there was a flash under water or ripples on the surface. Baitfish skittered. Lazy insects disappeared in loud slurps. Fish shot out of the water, presumably for the joy only comprehendible to the simple mind …

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The Gift Guides… They’re Coming

The neighbor to one side of you still hasn’t removed all of the fake spiderwebs from her bushes, and the neighbor on the other side is staking illuminated reindeer down in his front yard. Thanksgiving (the superior holiday, mind you) is a turkey and pie speedbump that simply launches our culture headlong over Black Friday …

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Ms. May & Trout Calendars

For over 20 years I’ve been surprised when I open the mailbox on a random day in October. Why? Because sometime in early autumn the next year’s Trout Unlimited calendar shows up. While hardly an informal holiday, it is a pleasant event to receiving mail  that doesn’t make an immediate trip to the recycling bin. …

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The Smiling Trout

“What do you do  in your spare time?” “Ah guh higsing.” “What?” “Uh, I go fishing.” Dentists asking questions while  their hands are in patients’ mouths is a well-worn trope. But this comically befuddling stereotype is as sure as a thing as being told to floss more. “Yeah, there is great fly fishing around here. …

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