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A lonely walk | Hatch Magazine

October 16, 2025 0 Comments

I’ve always been a casual bird hunter. More of a wingshooting diletante, honestly. Fly fishing is my first passion, and it’s tough for me to drive over a trout stream without stopping, let alone wander the forest trails and creek bottoms looking for grouse without pulling out a fly rod and casting to rising fish […] Read more
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Skwala expands its Thermo lineup with two new midweight offerings | Hatch Magazine

October 14, 2025 0 Comments

Smart anglers layer their clothes to meet the challenges of ever-changing conditions, whether they’re on a trout stream on a moody May evening or standing knee-deep in a steelhead river on a chilled October morning that turns into a blue-bird afternoon. Finding the right clothing “cocktail” can be a challenge, given just how frequently 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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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’ species of black bass in the South | Hatch Magazine

October 2, 2025 0 Comments

To the average interested trout angler, the last half century of taxonomic gymnastics in identifying distinct subspecies of cutthroat trout in what’s left of their native ranges has been mind-boggling. When I was a kid, the mere presence of “natives” swimming in some of the tiniest mountain creeks on the slopes of the Colorado Rockies Read more
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New fly fishing gear: September 2025 | Hatch Magazine

September 23, 2025 0 Comments

This month’s roundup of new fly fishing gear is a rod- and reel-heavy collection. With the exception of one fall and winter apparel piece, all of this month’s highlighted introductions are new rod or reel offerings. And, with new freshwater, saltwater, and two-hand rods hitting shop shelves, almost every fly angler looking for Read more
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