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      Derek Olthuis
      September 29, 2011
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      Nathan Leavitt
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      September 28, 2015
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      Nathan Leavitt
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Through the Woods

Nathan Leavitt
October 6, 2015
Fish Stories, OSF Video Edits
9 Comments
It was at the Outdoor Retailer show where I ran into my old friend, Nate Gunn. Since we'd last seen each other he'd spent a lot of time creating some...
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Skinny Water

Nathan Leavitt
September 28, 2015
Fish Stories
12 Comments
Patagonia is top on my list of places I'd love to visit and fish. One of the main things that draws me there is the brook trout. Not only do they...
brook-trout-are-ugly-feature

Why I Hate Brook Trout

Nathan Leavitt
February 1, 2015
Fish Stories
7 Comments
Those spots...oooooweee! Those colors...daaaaaang! Those....shoulders? Ahhhh yeah. No matter what type of fly fishing you do, it's hard to deny...

Uinta Mountain Brook Trout

Nathan Leavitt
September 30, 2014
Fish Stories
8 Comments
Utah waters hold some really nice brook trout if you know when/where to look. Typically though, when people think of Utah brook trout (myself...

Zombie Lake: Do I dare return?

Nathan Leavitt
April 22, 2014
Fish Stories
21 Comments
My favorite type of fishing spots are typically those that are high risk but with the chance for high reward.  In fact, nowadays more often than not...

Kareem Abdul and the Lake Trout

Nathan Leavitt
November 25, 2013
Fish Stories
6 Comments
Sometimes you get 'em and some times you don't. We fished all through the night and into the early morning. The action ebbed and flowed through the...
northern-bull-trout

OSF @ IF4 – Change of Pace

Nathan Leavitt
November 20, 2013
Fish Stories, OSF Video Edits
6 Comments
So earlier this summer we headed North with our good friend Spencer Higa to do some fishing. It was somewhat of a last-minute trip but we went with...
winter-camping-uintas

Thrown into the Fire

Nathan Leavitt
November 5, 2013
Fish Stories, Popular 2
18 Comments
Recently, I realized that my little brother and I don't see each other as often as we should. I'm a busy dad of three and he's a hard-working fireman...
prehistoric brook trout

One on One

Nathan Leavitt
September 30, 2013
Fish Stories
4 Comments
When you have kids you don't get many opportunities to get out on any adventures without the kiddos. Our first son came much earlier than we...
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Long-Awaited Alaska

Derek Olthuis
September 24, 2013
Fish Stories
3 Comments
I had begun to feel like Frank Smethurst dreaming of far-off Russia. But then there I was eating dinner in Naknek, Alaska with one of the last...
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#fishingandstuff

Nathan Leavitt
August 20, 2013
Fish Stories, Memorable Fish, One-Hit Wonders, OSF Video Edits
11 Comments
The fly fishing world is funny nowadays. That's mostly a good thing. More and more people are getting out and getting after it. More and more of...

Bonefish: (From a Trout-Angler Perspective)

Phil Tuttle
July 15, 2013
Fish Stories, Memorable Fish, OSF Video Edits
5 Comments
I hate to be too stereotypical, but if you are reading this, there's a good chance you fish mostly for trout.  So do we...  We get needy for...
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Mega Muskie Roundup Extravaganza Spectacular

Nathan Leavitt
July 8, 2013
Fish Stories, Popular
14 Comments
Pardon the extra load time on this post...it just happens to be a Mega Muskie Roundup Extravaganza Spectacular of the Century - which obviously...

The Truth About Jurassic Lake

Derek Olthuis
May 29, 2013
Fish Stories
5 Comments
Ok, so it's been a long time. Too long. Thanks to those that are still with us! We're back. We're back and we have a lot of goods in store so expect...

Fall Colors and Pics

Derek Olthuis
October 29, 2012
Fish Stories
3 Comments
So obviously fall is here. Even the "evergreen" are changing colors 'round these parts. Just a reminder to pick your head up from the water to look...
square-tail-shoulders

Eat More Brook Trout

Derek Olthuis
October 11, 2012
Fish Stories, Popular
7 Comments
Back on the road again, the first leg of the week long fishing adventure had concluded. More than content to have caught an amazing fish, the rest of...
pretty-backdrop

Punch Me in the Face!

Derek Olthuis
September 26, 2012
Fish Stories
6 Comments
Mishaps and days where you think nothing else can go wrong.... These are the days that we call paying dues and this trip just happened to be one of...
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Tryin to Catch Me Riding Dirty

Derek Olthuis
September 8, 2012
Fish Stories
3 Comments
There we were chattering excitedly about the next days fishing adventure. We had just pulled on the the highway and driven no more than a few miles...
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Fishies and Freshies

Nathan Leavitt
August 29, 2012
Fish Stories, OSF Video Edits
2 Comments
So when I first started blogging I had a blog called "Fishies and Freshies" cause back then skiing and fly fishing were about 50/50 for me as far as...
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Small Streams and Beaver Ponds

Derek Olthuis
August 27, 2012
Fish Stories
1 Comment
Eyes tired and sick of driving. I had been in the car for hours, although with the amount of time on the road lately you think I would be used to it...
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