WEB BONUS: Baja Flies

  • By: Scott Sadil
From the top  Tuna Tux  Amigo  JPs Sardina and Crease Fly

Four fly patterns that Baja guide Gary Bulla uses to put clients on ocean fish.

Spring Creek Stealth

  • By: Tom Keer
  • Photography by: Jim Levison
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Tactical approaches on a hidden spring creek bring success.

Bass, Hornets & Good Endings

  • By: Robin Carey
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Stinging memories trigger deeper remembrances.

The Heartland's Hottest Hatches

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Plan your attack for seven months of the best bug action in the Midwest.

New Gear

The Bauer Rogue is a useful and intelligent design from a company already notable for high quality large arbor reels

March 2008: Bauer's Rogue Reel, new tying vises and material

Essay: After the Fire

  • By: John Holt
I can stare directly at the sun all day  It      s just a blood red ball up in the sky  The smoke and the never ending heat   it

A trip into the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness finds fish and new life amid the ashes

Six Big Smallie Streamers

  • By: Harry Murray
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Flies guaranteed to catch smallmouths all across the country

Gear Review: 13 Budget and Backup Rods

  • By: Ted Leeson
Temple Fork Outfitters   Jim Teeny

$200 can buy a lot of rod these days

The Epic Salmon of Russia's Kola Peninsula

  • By: Greg Thomas
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A once-in-a-lifetime trip to the best salmon river in the world

Mud Hole Browns

  • By: Chad Mason
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Don't ignore the dark water for big trout