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Reel Time: Learning to fish – back to basics

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Anglers of all stripes like to keep up with state-of-the-art innovations in the angling world. While that new jig or special fly can perhaps...

Reel Time: Fishing with Captain Kevin Wessel

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My pliers were in one hand and a fly was in the other as I prepared to cut the leader and change flies. Pausing,...

Reel Time: Never Stop Learning

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Merriam Webster’s Dictionary defines learning as "knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study." As most anglers will attest, that’s how we’ve gained the...

Reel Time: Make fishing fun

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Lately, it seems we’re constantly reminded how our experiences growing up molded us into the kind of person we are today. The all-too-often-heart wrenching...

Reel Time: Jack crevalle, pit bulls of the sea

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For most local anglers, jack crevalle is not a target species. That’s pretty much true for fly and spin anglers as well as those...
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Rusty Chinnis

Rusty Chinnis is an avid fly fisherman, a photojournalist and a retired building contractor in addition to being a passionate defender of the local environment's importance to the health and economy of the area. A 42-year resident of Longboat Key and Manatee County, he is chairman of the board of Suncoast Waterkeeper, a founder and former co-chairman of the Sister Keys Conservancy, and founder and chairman emeritus of Sarasota Bay Watch in addition to being The Sun's Outdoors columnist. Email

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