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Reel Time: Kids for Clean Water

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All of us who live on the Gulf coast have been impacted by the recent red tide and the unprecedented death of dolphins, sea...

Reel Time: Master your knots

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Fishing tackle and techniques become more technical with each passing year, but some components of the angling experience have never changed. You can own...

Reel Time: Sarasota Bay Watch clams survive red tide

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Sarasota Bay Watch (SBW) is excited that the clams they introduced into Sarasota Bay this past summer survived the recent red tide outbreak, an...

Reel Time: Preparing for fall fishing

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Fall is here even though it may not feel like it. We still have the windows and doors closed and the AC on, but...

Reel Time: The Zen of fishing

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The ancient word and concept of Zen have been co-opted to refer to things as diverse as a nail salon and a burger bar....
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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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