Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Ride the Wild: The Beauty of Backcountry Bicycling

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“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson’s famous quote speaks abou...
Sunday, October 20, 2024

Conserving the "Blue Lines" We Love

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  As many, if not most of you have no doubt seen, the theme of the September, ‘24 issue of “Trout” magazine, the official publication of Tro...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Trailblazer: The Ultimate Bikefishing Fly Rod

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  Essentially, I consider the summer of 2024 to have been lost. Having been at my current job for over five years, I was looking forward to ...
Sunday, July 14, 2024

The Cogburn: Fat-bikes, E-bikes, and Fair Chase Part 2

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I am going to start this blog entry with the request; If you know of an actual case where an e-bike operator has been charged with a fish an...
Friday, June 28, 2024

The Cogburn: Fat-bikes, E-bikes, and Fair Chase Part 1

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QBP Photo Way back in 2013, before Rambo came out of the Backcountry like a Quiet Cat, somebody at Quality Bicycle Products (QBP), the Minne...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Stream Trout Opener

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  Minnesota Stream Trout Opener, (Clover) Hay Creek, St. Croix State Park, Cloverdale (Hinckley), MN. Water level: Moderately high Temperatu...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Bikefishing for Trout

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Get Ready for the Big Day!

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

Countdown to Stream Trout Opener: Only Two Days!

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Tuesday, April 09, 2024

Three More Days Until Opener!

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Countdown to Trout Tuesday

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Monday, April 08, 2024

Countdown to Trout Opener

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Monday, February 12, 2024

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Rendezvous Update

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  IMPORTANT RENDEZVOUS UPDATE: This year Rendezvous will now take place at the Minneapolis Convention Center in downtown Minneapolis, MN, on...
Wednesday, December 06, 2023

Casting Forward: Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country

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  The perfect Christmas gift for the angler on your list, or the vet! (or both!) I saw reviews of this in "Trout" and "Fly Fi...
Saturday, September 09, 2023

What's in My Bikefishing Bag?

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The bike is a Cogburn CB4 fat-bike. I've covered that in the last week's post and many times before that. What else do I carry on my...
Monday, September 04, 2023

In Search of Home Waters (From the eBike Generation blog)

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       I haven't posted much of anything this summer, mostly because I have been working on this article for eBike Generation 's blo...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

"Mending the Line" Maybe the Next "A River Runs Through It".

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My wife Ellen and I went to see "Mending the Line" on Sunday. This may or may not be the next "A River Runs Through It,"...
Wednesday, May 03, 2023

TroutRoutes' First Masterclass: E-Scouting with TroutRoutes PRO

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  TROUTROUTES 101 TroutRoutes  Masterclass Join us as we host virtual Zoom based webinars with presenters ranging from TroutRoutes team memb...