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AROUND THE WEST

Finally, a month in which we don’t have to talk about ice! For trout anglers,April is the time to beat runoff and match early mayfly hatches, but streamers and egg patterns will catch the biggest spawning rainbows, especially in tailrace sections of the West’s most celebrated rivers. Gobbling activity increases with the warming temperatures, and in northern states, lower-elevation black bears are

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