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The end of dispersed camping?

An increasing number of campers are trashing dispersed camping sites around the country

by Chris Hunt - Tuesday, Sep 8th, 2020

Dispersed camping in the Cocoino National Forest (photo: USFS).

I love to camp. I love to camp almost as much as I love to fish. Being outside, far from city lights and city traffic, is soul-building. Dropping the jacks on my little camper overlooking a stretch of fishy water and spending a week away from computer screens, cell phone signals and the damn lawn mower is how I recharge.

The raggedy old collar

A story about a dog named Jake

by Johnny Carrol Sain - Thursday, Aug 27th, 2020

Photo: Johnny Carrol Sain

The raggedy old collar resurfaced while cleaning up the back room. As I sat down on our kindling box and traced a finger over the orange nylon, an afternoon sun illuminated one auburn hair wedged in the buckle. I thought about my friend. His name was Jake.

Sandblasted

When you've traveled to fish, you endure

by Chris Hunt - Tuesday, Aug 25th, 2020

Patterns in the sand on South Padre Island in Texas (photo: John W. Schulze / cc2.0)

As we strung up the rods beneath the shelter of the rental car's hatchback, I could feel the reluctance on Todd's part. It was palpable.

“We left a perfectly good hotel room stocked with rum and beer and the balcony view of the pool for this? They even had a never-ending supply of bacon on the breakfast buffet.”

This, as it turned out, was wind. Well, wind might not be entirely accurate. Not exactly, anyway.

Trout Unlimited intros new trout-themed COVID-19 face coverings

New face masks are an extension of TU's #ResponsibleRecreation campaign

by Hatch Magazine - Wednesday, Aug 5th, 2020

Photo: Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited this week unveiled its new double-lined face coverings designed to be worn by anglers who fish with and alongside others as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the nation.

A great personality

The fishing is always better on another river

by Chris Hunt - Thursday, Jul 30th, 2020

Casting to native westslope cutthroat trout on a river with great personality (photo: Chad Shmukler).

Several years back, my buddy Mark Taylor hosted a group of friends for a smallmouth trip out of Roanoke, Va. — we were all in town for the annual Outdoor Writers Association of America conference, and Mark worked hard to get a group of friends together to do some fishing before the conference began.