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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…
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PAT NEAL’S COLUMN: Apple pie at the elk-hunt camp
OF THE MANY things I love about elk hunting, it’s the nightly buffet at the elk hunting camp…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: ‘Translocating’ wolves to the Peninsula
WHO SAYS THERE is no good news? Not me. In an exclusive interview with PDN Managing Editor Leah…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: Why Forks is ‘Twilight’ town: fishing
THERE’S A DISTURBING trend in modern journalism for writers to use fleeting celebrity references as an excuse for…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: Why they call it sport fi$hing
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. The latest Department of Fish and Wildlife 2010 sport fishing…
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THE PAT NEAL COLUMN: Autumn on the North Olympic Peninsula
AUTUMN JUST MIGHT be the best time to experience nature on the North Olympic Peninsula. Before the rains…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: Winter forecast
AUTUMN MUST BE my favorite time of year. Already there was a dusting of fresh snow on the…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: A fitting memorial for Ted Woods
THERE WERE GIANTS in the land. It’s been my privilege to know some of them. Although Ted Woods…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: Those giant squid and their predators
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. An invasion of giant Humboldt squid in the western Strait…
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PAT NEAL: For him, the plunking bell tolls
MAYBE IT’S JUST a local legend that the nicest weather of the year seems to occur after school…
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PAT NEAL COLUMN: Gather ye ’round for the tale of the Gertie
THERE ARE FEW things I enjoy more than gazing at the graceful lines of a wooden boat. Once…