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You’re from Texas, aren’t you?

A dandelion signals end of summer in the Mt. Baldy National Wilderness in Arizona.
Photo by Aaron Reed

The woman in the green and khaki uniform reached across the counter and patted my arm.

“Bless your heart,” she said. “You’re from Texas, aren’t you?”

I nodded mutely, praying the tears filling my eyes would not spill out.

What had started as a simple expression of gratitude quickly gained steam and had become a full-on, impassioned soliloquy: I was so grateful for the public lands. I was amaz...

Poking The Bear

I’m not gonna lie, we knew we were poking The Bear when we tagged the photo on Instagram.

My buddy Cory Sorel with a Hill Country scrapper,
a 5-pound carp he landed quickly on a 3-wt. fiberglass rod.
Photo by Aaron Reed

Earlier, when we reached the parking area above the river, I asked my buddy Cory if he’d be interested in swapping out his Orvis Recon 6-weight for my new C. Barclay glass 3-weight for the day. It took him just a few seconds to arrive at “yes.”

The Recon is fast carbon, a lovel...