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Images From A Mountain Bike Ride

8 years ago 1 min read Stories About the Westbikesmountain bikingutah
The missing tooth in the mouth of the rider who passed me at the rock garden. He didn’t clear it either, but “life goes on,” he said. He was wearing a blaze
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Laurel Hunter
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South Central Utah Adventure Extravaganza

South Central Utah Adventure Extravaganza

8 years ago 5 min read Stories About the Westboulder mountainbrook troutcathedral valleyfish creekfish lakefremont riversevenmile creeksolitudetrail running
We usually stay home on 3-day weekends to avoid the crowds, but this Memorial Day we were jonesing to sleep outside and figured we have a whole lot of experience finding solitude in
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Laurel Hunter
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View of Canyonlands

Yo! It's science!

8 years ago 2 min read Stories About the Westaweflorence williamsnature fixsciencevastness
Many years ago, on my first mountain biking trip to Moab, I was standing on the top of a crazy steep rock face, dotted with paint that clearly indicated the trail. It looked
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Brook Trout

Why Fish, Part 1*

8 years ago 4 min read Fish Storiesadventurefishingfly fishingsmalliestroutwyomingyellow stimulators
I have been fly fishing for just about 2 years, and within this particularly passionate world that means I am basically a beginner. Fortunately, I feel like a beginner, even in terms of understanding why I like to fish at all.
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A Rollie Pollie Frog popper

Poppers!

8 years ago 4 min read Fish Storiesdogsfly fishingpoppersreservoirssmalliesutah
When I decided to take up fly fishing I knew, with no exaggeration, almost nothing about it. No one who knows me will be surprised to learn that I started with the gear: rod lengths, weights and flex, reels, lines, nets, flies, packs…
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