Streamer Junkie

Near Misses Near Trout Streams by Mark Usyk

It’s not every day you see one of your fishing buddies almost squashed like an ant under a boot. We were building a new cell tower down near the famous...
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Blood Shot Fly Fishing by Mark Usyk

It’s called “Group 3.” I go to work Monday and Tuesday for the day shift, have Wednesday and Thursday off, then go in at 11:30PM Thursday night and do the...
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A 7wt Named Story Stick by Mark Usyk

I’d been up all night working a twelve hour midnight shift. My eyes itched. My reflexes were somewhat slowed. My mind might have slightly drifted towards auto pilot…If it wasn’t...
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Hope Is At The End Of Every Cast by Mark Usyk

A small river I had never been on before, far from home. Out the back door of a roach motel and through the woods, the map on my cell phone...
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Carry Less, Fish More by Mark Usyk

It started while I was working on the road. I was traveling all over the north east, the majority of it New York State. I traveled for work, but besides...
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First On the Fly by Mark Usyk

Firsts. Firsts are something special. First steps. First words. First day of school. First love. First kiss. First job. First car. First house. First baby. Firsts are something you normally...
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JP Ross releases One Bug 2015 fly rod for donation and fund raiser

For the second year, JP Ross is donating a rod for the FUDR One Bug Tournament.  FUDR MISSION STATEMENTTo protect, preserve and enhance the ecosystem and cold-water fishery of the...
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Trout Power 2015

Trout Power 2015: Event update and initiative update.   Since our last Trout Power® event in 2014 we have been working diligently to attempt to create a new protected zone...
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