Cooper Rifles 5200, & SHOT Show 2026 Recap
I enjoy puttering around SHOT Show each year. The bar for every product in this entire industry is so high now that things that used to be “revolutionary” are now…
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Matthew Shane Brown
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Nevadan by choice, and author of Fly Fishing in the 21st Century. He spends most of the year aimlessly driving the West in search of elk, birds, and trout.
Fly Fishing in the 21st Century
Howdy. After three years of writing, one year of editing, four years of re-editing and two years of more editing, I have finally completed my book, Threat Lev Fly Fishing…
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The Two-Holster Solution for Any Hunting or Fishing Trip
If you have been in “the game” long enough, you undoubtedly have a bin, drawer, box, or otherwise a stash of holsters. Since holster fitment, comfort, and use-cases are just…
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As Good As Life Gets
As everyone has heard, the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.” While there’s some obvious comedic value to this aphorism when looking…
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Upland Hunting: Birds, Not Burnout
In most of North America, big game hunting rules above all else. This makes sense, of course, given the great successes of the North American model of wildlife conservation over…
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Fishing Trip Efficiencies
I love fishing. And hunting. And camping in general. I hate packing and unpacking the truck after every trip, I hate losing things or not knowing where things are, and…
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Assembling a Bird Dog First Aid Kit
One of the most vital, but frequently neglected, things for an outdoorsman to have in the field is a well-thought-out first aid kit. This goes doubly if you are bringing…
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Badlands Upland Vest Review
I’ve owned and used my Badlands upland vest for over a half-decade (though recently I’ve been almost exclusively running a Final Rise). That said, I still think the Badlands vest…
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On John Gierach: Trout Bum of the Cosmos
John Gierach died a year ago today, and I guess it’s taken me this long to wrap my mind around some sort of eulogy for him, and for all of…
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The Ross Cimarron: The People’s Fly Reel
Ross Reels has been quietly churning out some of the best fly reels in the world for decades, but for the working angler, it's hard to beat the Ross Cimarron.
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