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PAT NEAL: The best April Fools’ joke ever
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY must be my favorite holiday.
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PAT NEAL: Biologists are OK after all
I THOUGHT IT would be fun to attend a meeting of some fisheries biologists with fishing folks at…
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PAT NEAL: Oh, for the good old days on the Elwha River
IT’S ALWAYS SAD to read about the loss of an old friend.
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PAT NEAL: By chance, spared the savage sea
SOME SAY THERE is no such thing as a coincidence.
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PAT NEAL: The seeds of our fishless halibut fishery
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news for the diminishing breed of fishing-license buyers who insist on…
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PAT NEAL: Will the Sasquatch ascend the cryptid throne?
IT MUST HAVE been a slow day at the Legislature.
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PAT NEAL: Steelhead fishing’s last bastion gasping
I KNEW IT was the end when a low-holing, fly-flogging fishing guide floated past on the river and…
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PAT NEAL: Leave your garbage-bag rain gear at home
THE RECENT MARTIN Luther King Jr. holiday is a three-day weekend that traditionally marks the peak of the…
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PAT NEAL: For deep snow, tread back in history
THE HISTORY OF the Earth goes back billions of years.
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PAT NEAL: Lions and tigers and log cabins, oh my!
IT WAS A gratifying end to the old year and a hopeful beginning to the new to read…
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PAT NEAL: Harkening back to the Christmas letter
THIS IS A special time of year when the joy and warmth of the holiday season can drive…
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PAT NEAL: Defeating Japan in World War II a family fight
“DEC. 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy …”
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PAT NEAL: The backcountry’s Sasquatch people
THE ANNUAL SASQUATCH Summit at Ocean Shores is always a hoot, and this year was no exception.
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PAT NEAL: Luck of the draw in fishing seasons
I DON’T KNOW about you, but I’ve caught the holiday spirit just in time for the most important…
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PAT NEAL: Dam removal a whale of an issue
IT WAS ANOTHER tough day for those of us who love the iconic orca, or killer whale.
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PAT NEAL: Season for stalking wild chanterelle
The wily fungus can make mushroom picking an adventure.