3 Keys to Catching Trophy Brown Trout This Fall
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Hooking a trophy brown trout this fall has a lot do do with timing. |
Fall provides great opportunities to catch t
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Hooking a trophy brown trout this fall has a lot do do with timing. |
Fall provides great opportunities to catch t
I've got an embarrassing confession to make: I lost what could have been the best smallmouth bass I ever caught on a fly early this season because my tippet knot failed.
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1. Don't Cast Farther Than You Need To
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When Damsels Work