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2026 Wading Gear Goes Lighter, Greener, and Grippier

March 9, 2026 Comments Off on 2026 Wading Gear Goes Lighter, Greener, and Grippier

The 2026 wading gear market has arrived with recycled fabrics, PFAS-free water repellents, and smarter sole technology as the expected baseline. Several major releases in the past few months—from Patagonia, Simms, Skwala, Guideline, and SITKA Gear, which just entered the fishing category—reflect an industry where materials science now pairs Read more
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Secrets, subterfuge and paradises lost | Hatch Magazine

March 7, 2026 Comments Off on Secrets, subterfuge and paradises lost | Hatch Magazine

When I spied the fire number I’d been told to look for, on a squally October night when the rain was trying hard to turn to snow, I had to smile. The northern Wisconsin “hunting cabin” my cousin Dean and his pals from Tennessee had rented was, as I suspected it would be, a mobile […] Read more
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Restoration update: In the wake of Klamath dam removal | Hatch Magazine

March 4, 2026 Comments Off on Restoration update: In the wake of Klamath dam removal | Hatch Magazine

Two years ago crews punched holes in three dams on the Klamath River in northern California and southern Oregon. Waters held back for decades rushed free. It wasn’t pretty: For weeks, a river of chocolate milk cut through a raw, monotone landscape of glistening, sticky mud. The dams were removed later in 2024, reconnecting the […] Read more
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Tying Tuesday: Mastering Seasonal Shifts and Subsurface Stealth

Tying Tuesday: Mastering Seasonal Shifts and Subsurface Stealth

March 3, 2026 Comments Off on Tying Tuesday: Mastering Seasonal Shifts and Subsurface Stealth

This week’s Tying Tuesday bridges the gap between late-winter tying sessions and opening-day confidence. We’ve assembled four patterns that cover a wide arc of the season: the Welsh March Brown, a soft-hackle wet fly whose partridge and hare’s ear profile has been fooling trout on both sides of the Atlantic for generations; a PMD Cripple Read more
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Utah Cutthroat Slam Funds Five Conservation Projects for 2026

March 2, 2026 Comments Off on Utah Cutthroat Slam Funds Five Conservation Projects for 2026

The angler-funded fishing challenge has generated more than $130,000 for native trout restoration since its 2016 launch, with 95 percent of every registration fee going directly to on-the-ground work. Image by Steve Dally The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Utah Trout Unlimited announced on February 19 the selection of five new native Read more
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Montana’s Access Wars Heat Up as Corner Crossing, Water Rights Collide

March 2, 2026 Comments Off on Montana’s Access Wars Heat Up as Corner Crossing, Water Rights Collide

A flurry of legal rulings, agency declarations, and legislative pushes have converged on the question of where anglers and hunters can go in Big Sky Country—and the answer depends on who you ask. Montana’s long-simmering fight over public land and water access boiled over in February, driven by parallel developments that underscore how Read more
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