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Review: Moonlit Lunar S2 fly rod | Hatch Magazine

The fly-fishing industry is a conglomerate of niches. To its admirable credit, it works hard to satisfy the desires of its customers. From the saltwater double-haulers and their broom-handle-stiff, double-digit graph-o-licious rocket launchers to the creek-freakers who crawl through the brush and parkour their way up mountain streams, 0-weight Read more
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Has one of the world’s best brown trout fisheries been hiding in plain sight? | Hatch Magazine

“World-class” is one of those monikers that gets thrown around in the fly fishing world, much like the terms “epic,” “legendary,” and the profanely ubiquitous “trophy.” Those charged with marketing angling destinations are an unimaginitive bunch and even for those that are somewhat literarily inclined, there are only so many ways Read more
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This is water we are talking about | Hatch Magazine

Now that the comment period for the proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule is open (for a minimal three weeks), I’m going to ask readers to do something very uncharacteristic for a semi-retired research ecologist and hardcore angler from Montana—forget all the good points that my friend Chris Hunt made in his recent article on […] Read more
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St. Croix’s new Legend Elite fly rods hit shop shelves | Hatch Magazine

St. Croix made a big splash a few years ago when it announced it would once again return focus to the world of fly fishing. Countless anglers, for which the vaunted St. Croix Imperial was their first “real” fly rod and who had long viewed the brand as a hallmark mark of American-made quality, perked […] Read more
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The only dam in the world without even an alleged purpose | Hatch Magazine

Rodman Dam on the Ocklawaha River is the only dam in the nation without even an alleged purpose. It is a 57-year-old vestigial appendage of what would have been America’s greatest boondoggle. Rodman was the only one of three planned dams that was completed and closed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part […] Read more
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Influential angler and conservationist Flip Pallot dies at 82 | Hatch Magazine

The fly-fishing world lost yet another icon this week, when legendary angler and conservationist Flip Pallot died after complications from a surgery on Tuesday. Pallot, the engaging host of “Walker’s Cay Chronicles”, which had a 14-year, Saturday-morning television run from 1992 to 2006, and introduced millions to saltwater Read more
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