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An Introduction to Brook Trout
On our way out to Creede this year my wife threw me a big curve ball. As we were driving through eastern Colorado she casually asked if you could get a one-day fishing license. “Sure”, I said, “but I always get a year license since I fish for more than ten days.” “Not for you,…
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Best Day Fishing, ever
I was up in New York the last two weeks of June visiting my two NY granddaughters and their mom. The girls were still in school so each day I’d head out in the morning to fish a 2-mile-long gorge that is only about 10 minutes away. Even though it is a state park I…
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I’m not tellin’
Last year on one of the Internet forums that I follow I came across a great trip report by a guy with the internet id of “rbaileydav” who also happens to call the Creede area his home base. In this report he described a fabulous backcountry trip but of course did not hotspot the location.…
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Sunday Brook Trout
Creede has a little run called the Snowshoe Shuffle that is scheduled the first Saturday in August. This year was the 25th running of the race. It’s a 5K race that goes uphill for the first half and downhill for the second half–of course this is at 9,000 feet. I wasn’t thinking about running it…
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Miniposters
This is a reposting of a post that first appeared on the NABT BioBlog: Background and Rationale: Almost 20 years ago, I was fortunate to be invited to my first Bioquest Workshop at Beloit College. Maura Flannery covered the Bioquest experience in several her columns in the American Biology Teacher. These workshops challenge and inspire you as…
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Special Places
Sacred places, special places, magical spots…as humans we have a tendency to identify specific or particular natural locations or sites with some sort of significance that sets these places apart from others. I have a feeling that this is an essential human feature; part of our never ceasing endeavor to recognize patterns in the natural…
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Delayed Season
In the first week of May of 2003 I took these pictures of Yellow-Lady’s Slipper Orchids. They were past their prime by May 13th. Today, I checked on the same orchids–they have not even budded, yet. The leaves are still unfurling. It’s truly a late spring for eastern KS. BW
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Finding Answers to Questions (a re-post from 2005)
“…because is not fly fishing if you are not looking for answers to questions.” Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It. Last spring, I made a life-changing decision—I decided to become a fly fisherman. I have been fly fishing off and on for about five years but I had been fighting making a commitment…
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