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Fishing

Book Review: The Optimist by David Coggins

I approached this book with a degree of hesitation out of concern that it would be an argument for fly-fishing purism disguised as a collection of fishing stories. Let me relieve you of that concern outright. That is not the case. Although Coggins discusses his desire to stay dry-fly-only during a couple of the stories […]

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Conservation Fishing Hunting

One Book To Learn How Roosevelt Saved Our Wild Places

Theodore Roosevelt’s role in conserving America’s wild places cannot be overstated. With the National Park system growing in popularity at a rate unseen in history, it seems obvious now that the lands we love to explore had to be preserved, but it wasn’t always so clear. To understand what made Theodore Roosevelt a champion of […]