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What’s Going on with Orvis? An Interview with Simon Perkins

October 6, 2025 0 Comments

Orvis president Simon Perkins (left) with his late grandfather, Leigh Perkins, who bought the company in 1965. Simon took over the company in 2020, and Leigh passed away in 2021. Photo: Brian Grossenbacher, courtesy of Orvis Many anglers were surprised to see the statement below from the Orvis Company appear on social media last week, […] Read more
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2,000th Angler Completes Utah Cutthroat Slam

October 5, 2025 0 Comments

Each of the four medallions for the Cutthroat Slam feature one of the subspecies. Photo: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources The Utah Cutthroat Slam launched in 2016, giving anglers a chance to challenge themselves to land all four of the state’s native cutthroat subspecies: the Bonneville cutthroat, Bear River cutthroat, Coloroado River Read more
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An Alaskan graphite mine races towards an unprecedented approval, but at what cost? | Hatch Magazine

October 3, 2025 0 Comments

The Kigluaik Mountains stretch across the Seward Peninsula of western Alaska like a spine, their jagged ridges keeping a record of time. The Inupiaq have long read these ridges and valleys as a living story: Fire and fracture have marked the rock, and glaciers’ slow grind polished it. The talus slopes gleam in the low […] Read more
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Vote for the Winners in the 2025 “20 Days in September” Contest—and Maybe Win Something for Yourself!

October 3, 2025 0 Comments

It’s gonna be tough to choose just three! Starting on September 1, many of you committed to an important challenge: trying to get out on the water at least 20 times during the 30 days of the month. This is a concept that dates back to 2014, which means that this is the 11th year! I […] Read more
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Salmon has been king on this Canadian river for millennia—what happens when another species takes over? | Hatch Magazine

October 2, 2025 0 Comments

When I planned the trip earlier in the year, I was told the late May week I’d booked was typically in the heart of the annual striped-bass run. I heard stories of anglers hooking a hen and when they stuck the net into the water, two bucks jumped in after her. As the old adage […] Read more
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Biologists use DNA to Identify Two “New” Bass Species

October 2, 2025 0 Comments

Bartram’s bass. Photo: UGA Trout anglers have long been accustomed to taxonomic changes—some of us are old enough to remember the seismic shock of Salmo gairdneri changing to Oncorhynchus mykiss—but the bass world has seen its share, as well. Recently, anglers in the Southeast learned that the bass they’ve been catching their whole lives Read more
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