Voice of the Millennial Sportsman
By Spencer Durrant | Managing Editor It's hard to believe that the annual circus put on by spawning brown trout is nearly here. I hunted most of October (chasing elk through the Mt. Nebo Wilderness Area), as did our Shooting Director Justin Stapley (though he hunted deer). Usually I don't hunt as long, or as …
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By Spencer Durrant | Managing Editor It's easy to poke fun at fly anglers for being catch-and-release snobs. Not long ago, Hank Patterson did a fantastic parody of the highfalutin' attitude often associated with catch-and-release fishing. All jokes aside, catch-and-release fishing plays a vital role in the viability of our fisheries. As my friend and …
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By Spencer Durrant | Managing Editor John Juracek - who's quickly becoming one of my favorite fly fishing writers - made an interesting, albeit sad, observation in a recent piece for Hatch Magazine. For quite some years now, the classic books of fly fishing have been skating on thin ice. Very thin ice. Recently it appears—at …