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A Life in Art and Angling...
“In another life”… “I was a fly fisherman.” Alan Feia-- Local Chama, New Mexico, Artist & Angler Our little community of Chama, New...
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Aug 18, 20243 min read


Pops' Bugger
“If you’re stumped and wonder aloud what do to do next, at least half of the fly fishers in North America will say, ‘I don’t know, I’ll try a bugger’ ”. —John Gierach Tinkering, in the way that fishermen do, Mark “Pops” Miller created the proverbial “better mousetrap” with his signature fly, the Pops’ Bugger. In 1995, on the shores of Hatcher Lake in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, Pops knew that improvements could be made to enhance the iconic Woolly Bugger fly pattern so he set o
kelleyruppert
Jul 13, 20243 min read


A Fish's Story...
“Science deals exclusively with things as they are in themselves; and art exclusively with things as they affect the human sense and...
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May 9, 20244 min read


Searching for Gold at Cooper's El Vado...
el vado: (noun) (from Spanish): a ford, a shallow place in river or stream allowing one to walk or drive across El Vado, Part One: The...
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Mar 2, 20244 min read
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