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2020 will be a tough year for guides and outfitters due to impacts from Coronavirus, what can you do to stay afloat? It has been said, “you can’t swing a dead cat in a Missoula bar without hitting a fishing guide.” Well, right now you could, as the bars are…
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Pursuit of the barracuda can leave anglers with broken tackle…and hearts, as Justin Karnopp recently discovered on a fly fishing adventure in the Bahamas. An initial scan revealed a marauding missile, the outline of the fish was umistakable and I was about to get my shot at a big barracuda.…
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Karnopp sprinkles a dose of reality on the hype surrounding Montana’s Spring Skwala hatch. There’s an inch-long, dark-bodied stonefly, called a Skwala, that shows itself out here in Western Montana in the latter stages of winter (“Spring” is a myth here). The timing of this “hatch” is congruent with cabin…
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