Game & Fish West

AROUND THE WEST

pril can go sideways just as fast as it flies straight ahead. It’s the month that the West reawakens from the madness that is ice fishing and winter nymphing. Gobblers are feeling the sun, trout are looking to the surface, salmon are nosing up coastal rivers and a few black bears may be emerging from dens by late in the month. But only newcomers to the region plan for sure-thing April outings. Late-season snow, bogging mud, blown-out rivers and

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