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Old Enough to Know Better by Mark Usyk

I was walking across the dirt parking area, waders making that familiar sound of friction with each step, calling out the cadence of the skunked angler as I marched back...
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Fishing Trucks by Mark Usyk

The truck floats down the road 5 miles an hour above the speed limit. “Floats” is the word I choose to describe the ride only because it feels more like...
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Red Woolly Buggers by Mark Usyk

I'd struggled through my first year with a fly rod in my hand in epic failure for the most part. The casting came fairly easy when I decided to give...
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Panfish Epiphanies by Mark Usyk

The kid was drowning worms on the bank a mere 40 feet from where I was standing in the water casting out to the rocks on the opposite side with...
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Tying The Low Sodium Squid by Mark Usyk

                                                                    The LOW SODIUM SQUID My Low Sodium Squid gets its name from a couple simple facts. That I came up with this pattern in the dead of winter in...
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The Adventures of Falls In River by Mark Usyk

When I was in about the first or second grade I had one of those plastic toy bow and arrow sets with the suction cup tips and a plastic knife...
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4am Salt Dreams by Mark Usyk

I open my eyes, but they refuse to focus. It’s dark. Where am I? I’ve got a sore neck and my head is pounding like someone’s put a stereo speaker...
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The First Keeper of 2015 by Mark Usyk

The Trout season of 2015 got a late start. It was an extremely frigid winter, days above zero were outnumbered by the days below, and I'm not just talking a...
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