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Trout Bohemia Dec 6. 2015 Excerpt “I need to go away for a while. Let’s put some time and space into this.” Read the first chapter of Derek Grzelewski's book Trout Bohemia. Find it here	The pike that stared Feb 2. 2015 Memories This was one of those fish that staid glued to my inner eye for a long time. The largest pike I ever caught gave up a very good and pretty harrowing fight. Read the story here
School of roach Jan 28. 2015 Memories I'm not picky when it comes to fishing and any day I can catch 12-15 fish is a good day - even when the fish are humble roach. Read the story here	My first salty pike Jan 23. 2015 Memories I love pike fishing with a fly rod, and my first encounter with pike in the salt made a lasting impression. Read the story here

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Article Of lead and chrome Jan 3. 2015 Memories One was lead colored and slim, one was bright chrome and in perfect condition, bot both these south Swedish sea trout were memorable. Read the story here	Article King of the moonfish Dec 30. 2014 Memories Moonfish are odd but fascinating creatures, and I have the honor of having been called king of the moonfish during a family trip to Florida. Read the story here	Article Mangrove tarpon Dec 26. 2014 Memories I was never really taken by tarpon fishing. I've done it a few times and caught a few tarpon, but never felt the thrill that I see people get from fishing for these fish. Read the story here
Article Summit opener Dec 22. 2014 Memories This was one of those days where things just worked out, and I took advantage of it and behaved slightly out of order. Read the story here	Article Jewel of the Rockies Dec 18. 2014 Memories Little jewels of the mountains, greenback cutthroats cruising along the shore, easily visible from the rocks and eager to take almost anything offered. Read the story here	Article Buying some Schwiebert flies Dec 15. 2014 Auction A story about a group buying some of the Ernie Schwiebert fly collection. Read Mike Hogue's story here
Article My float tube is a sputnik Dec 14. 2014 Memories I enter the water... I enter another universe. My tube is a sputnik suspended in the space above a lunar surface of sand and stone. I'm the astronaut. The clear water is my vaccum. I turn on my mental time lock and make the first cast. Read the story here	Article The man with the silver waders Dec 10. 2014 Memories This is about a steelhead - a sea run rainbow trout. We don't have wild rainbow trout here, so all rainbows we catch are escaped hatchery or sea farm fish. And most are butt ugly. But not this one. Read the story here	Article My most recent decent fish Dec 6. 2014 Memories Oddly enough the first fish I thought of when I started writing this series was my most recent decent coastal sea trout, which I'm ashamed to say was caught more than four years ago. Read the story here
Article I remember that fish Nov 13. 2014 Memories In spite of having caught quite a few fish in my life, some stand out. Not the biggest, not the most spectacular, not the most difficult... just some... Read the intro to the series here	Article Trading Tales Oct 9. 2014 UK fishing Author Dominic Garnett went on a fly fishing trip in London with magazine editor Garrett Fallon Read the story here	Article The Best 30 Minutes Jun 27. 2013 “HEY! nice fish Mister“ When I turned to see where the small voice came from, I saw a youngster, half a century different in age and his Dad on the bank just slightly behind me. Read the story here
Article The Conversation Nov 17. 2012 Book sample This story is an excerpt from Tom Alkire's latest book, River Stories: Headwaters to the Sea, a full of stories about rivers and most of them are about fishing as well. Sometimes meditative, other times humorous. Read the excerpt here	Article Only the River Knows The Trout Also Rises Oct 4. 2012 Support Another crowdsourced video is emerging, and we at GFF think it deserves some support, so we call upon the GFF army to chip in and get some nice perks. Read about the project here	Article Interview with a trout Oct 2. 2012 Exclusive Fish speak out for the first time ever! Learn why trout don't think a Royal Wulff is edible, why they jump when hooked and much more in this exclusive interview with the world trout spokesfish. Read the revealing interview here

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