Posts Tagged ‘ compleatthought ’

Teva Mountain Games

06/01/2010
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This weekend, Vail is hosting the 2010 Teva Mountain Games. Unfortunately (or fortunately, for me), I’ll be west of Yellowstone fishing the Henry’s Fork among other streams in Idaho. But, I wanted to let you know that I know of a few friends competing, and that both Lincoln Westby and Abbie Marin from Currents of [...]


Call to Action: Your Hair Can Help

05/05/2010
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As we all know, the oil spill in the gulf coast is of great significance. I’ve read reports that this could be more than 5 times the blow Alaska took with Exxon Valdez in 1989. I’m not sure how many people realize just exactly how much of our daily seafood comes from this region, but [...]


Getting the Kids Involved

05/05/2010
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This Wednesday I’ve been invited to go to a 3rd grade classroom here in Denver to do a quick presentation on fly-fishing for the kids. While my wife is a teacher at the school, her friend, a 3rd grade teacher recently had her kids read “River Dream” – a book I remember reading when I [...]


Where have your boots been?

05/03/2010
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There’s been a lot of talk in the past several years about invasive species in our rivers, affecting fish all over the world. Recently, Alaska passed a ban on felt sole boots because of the impact they might have fostering these diseases. Simms has followed that lead, along with others, to remove felt from their [...]


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