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PAT NEAL’S WILDLIFE COLUMN: Different way to see red while fly fishing
FISHING HAS ALWAYS been a metaphor for life. In fishing and in life, you must have a vision…
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PAT NEAL’S WILDLIFE COLUMN: Earth Day, dammed rivers and overharvesting
I REMEMBER THE very first Earth Day back in the 1970s. Fishing must have been slow, since I…
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PAT NEAL’S WILDLIFE: Digging up the oldest fishing law
THANK YOU FOR reading this. Sometimes I think if you didn’t read this, no one would. But you…
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PAT NEAL’S WILDLIFE: Counting marmots for fun and profit
YOU HEARD IT here first: I’m through writing this column once I get my new job as a…
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PAT NEAL’S WILDLIFE COLUMN: A cacophony of wilderness vexation
DAYLIGHT ON THE river comes mighty early these days. It is a peaceful time of day to watch…
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THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: What defines a good day’s fishing?
“CALL ME WHEN the fishing’s good,” my fancy friend said. I wish had a dollar for every time…
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PAT NEAL’S WILDLIFE: Spinning endangered species roulette
ALL I HAVE ever tried to do as a wilderness gossip columnist was to remove the dirty linen…
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PAT NEAL’S WILDLIFE: Fishers don’t know their boundaries
IT’S ALWAYS SAD to see a lost-animal poster. Many people, myself included, can become so attached to animals…
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THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: The treasure of the sierra Olympics
I WAS RESEARCHING the history of the Dungeness River by driving old-timers around their old stomping grounds and…
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THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: The last of the true mountain men
AS I MENTIONED last week, the first thing I did when my old friend, Harry, told me he…
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Outdoors column by Pat Neal — “Sometimes, you just go with the best”
FEBRUARY MUST BE my favorite month. It’s when we catch the biggest steelhead of the year. Steelhead don’t…
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THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: The history of history
THEY SAY THE fear of public speaking is one of the greatest anxieties people face. I’ll have to…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: Giving kids the outdoors experience
THERE ARE PEOPLE who say it is OK to camp without a campfire. I ain’t one of them.…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: Fishing with sexy weather reports
SOMEONE ASKED ME recently when it was going to stop raining. If I could predict the weather, do…
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In the grays of winter (Pat Neal outdoor column)
JANUARY CAN BE the darkest and most depressing month of the year. January is when your Christmas bills…
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THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: New Year’s resolutions born to fail
BY NOW, I think we’ve all had it up to here with the know-it-all newspaper columnists telling us…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: A giant and a kindred spirit in Tim Quinn
“There were giants in the earth . . .” — Genesis 6:1-4 It’s been my privilege to know…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: The last day of salmon
My name is Pat. I am a fishaholic. It has been 24 hours since I caught a fish.…
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THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: A fishing law proposal
LATELY IT SEEMS like we have a lot of silly fishing laws that make absolutely no sense. They…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: The end of hunting season
AND SO ANOTHER hunting season passes astern. I hope your season went better than mine, a washed up…