FEATURES 040 Travel THE HATCH STARTS IN AN HOUR Jazz & Fly Fishing Does America Words Håvard Stubø 052 Locale THE SEARCHER Seaside in Ireland Words Tom Darling 070 Adventure WHO’S THE BOSS? Taking the Front Row on New Zealand’s North Island Words James Fuller 078 Culture FIRST, MOST, BIGGEST A Conversation on Competition Words Jason Rolfe and Copi Vojta 084 Gallery THE DISRUPTORS Magdalena Bay’s Crazy Ones Words and Photos Nick Price 062 Adventure DRY FLIES, BLOOD AND BIG COUNTRY Doing Absolutely Nothing in Montana Words Matt Smythe DEPARTMENTS 002 RISES BADGERS, COYOTES, EAGLES AND BEARS 020 MASTHEAD MARKED FOR GREATNESS 024 EDITOR’S NOTE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAMES Words Jason Rolfe 028 CONTRIBUTORS FREELANCE AUTOPSY SPECIALIST OPEN WATER BLOOD KNOT Words Sean Platt 036 CUTBANK BIG REDWOODS AND SMALL CUTTHROAT Words Michael Carl 098 CONSERVATION SOUTHERN RENAISSANCE: THE PURSUIT OF BASS DRIVES WATERSHED-LEVEL CONSERVATION Words and Photos Matt Lewis, PhD 102 CUTBANK SOMETHING RED OR BLUE: A FALKLAND ISLANDS MEANDER Words Henry Hughes OPEN WATER FELT BUT NEVER TOUCHED: WYOMING CARP UTOPIA Words Nick Basaraba TAILOUT SOFT-SERVE SWEATS • HERE • 032 “Standing on a pier in Wisconsin, I frequently find myself surrounded by thousands of bluegill patiently waiting for my fly to hit the water. Each one caught is different than the last. Taking a much closer look, I discover what looks to be small galaxies in their cheeks. Then I get to thinking: What if that’s where our galaxy is and we’re all just living on the cheek of a bluegill?” Photo: Justin Carfagnini 106 034 CONFLUENCE TAPER Words Blaine Peetso 110
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