Sunday Reader: Trout Culture: How Fly Fishing Forever Changed the Rocky Mountain West

From beer labels to literary classics like A River Runs Through It, trout fishing is a beloved feature of the iconography of the American West. But as Jen Brown demonstrates in Trout Culture: How Fly Fishing Forever Changed the Rocky Mountain West, the popular conception of Rocky Mountain trout fishing as a quintessential experience of communion with nature belies the sport's long history of environmental manipulation, engineering, and, ultimately, transformation.

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Sunday Toona: Cripple Creek Edition

Live at the Carter Baron Amphitheater, Washington, DC; July 17, 1976. Complete King Biscuit Flower Hour show/reel. Very good to excellent FM stereo.

The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up On Cripple Creek below.

Bait and Albie's off Rhode Island South Coast

Fly tying and beer: 4 essential streamer pairings to maximize your mojo

Beer and fly tying go together like peanut butter and jelly, but, when you pair the right beer with the streamer you're tying, the levels of mojo go through the roof.

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Local artist creates monster trout

Artist John Sousa is finding a way to recycle dead trees in a unique way. Recently he carved a 7-foot-tall brown trout from a 70-foot cottonwood tree.

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The Best Gear for Fly Fishing in the Cowboy State

Fly fishing in Wyoming comes with its own unique flair. From floating in drift boats to casting in waders on the Snake River or Flat Creek, the fly fishing scene in the Cowboy State offers something for everyone and requires a versatile kit to take advantage of secluded pools filled with rainbow, brown and cutthroat trout.

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