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April 10, 2018 Jillian Schuller
Jillian Schuller

When I was young, very young I had a unique soap set for bath time. The bars were in the shapes of different endangered species around the world.  It was produced by the World Wildlife Federation to help get kids interested in animals, the environment, etc...

This is my first memory of conservation.

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In Brook Trout, Conservation, Fly Fish WNC, Mountains, National Monuments, National Parks, Outdoor Industry, Pisgah National Forest, Protect Public Lands, Public Lands, Trout Tags Fly Fish Western North Carolina, Fly Fishing, Conservation, Brook Trout, Trout Unlimited
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The Next Valley Over

April 9, 2018 Jillian Schuller
Jillian Schuller Photography - Fly Fishing

"The majority of anglers who travel to fish are by nature either pastoralists or nomads."
-Charles Gaines

Meaning that while we're all there for the same reason, you've got those that are happy to stay in the "designated" waters and those that are always looking towards The Next Valley Over.

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In Adventure, Brook Trout, Fly Fish WNC, Fly Fishing, Good Reads, Mountains, National Parks, Pisgah National Forest, Protect Public Lands, Public Lands, Rainbow Trout, Trout Tags Fly Fish Western North Carolina, Fly Fishing, Trout, Tiny Trout, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Public Lands, Waterfalls, Wild Water
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Wild

April 2, 2018 Jillian Schuller
Jillian Schuller Photography - Fly Fishing

“How wild it was, to let it be.”

-Cheryl Strayed

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In Adventure, Brown Trout, Fly Fish WNC, Fly Fishing, Mountains, Outdoor Industry, Pisgah National Forest, Protect Public Lands, Public Lands, Rainbow Trout, Trout Tags Fly Fishing, Fly Fish Western North Carolina, Rainbow Trout, Brown trout, wild water
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No More Black Blanks

March 27, 2018 Jillian Schuller
Jacob Rash Custom Fly Rods

No more black blacks. Period.
I realize I sound like a bit of a dictator when I say this, overly controlling, maybe even a little "witchy." But, you have not lived my life these past few months.

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In Custom Fly Rod, Custom Rods, Fiberglass, Fly Fish WNC, Fly Fishing, Handmade, Rod Bags, Trout
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The Reason

March 20, 2018 Jillian Schuller
Jillian Schuller Photography - Fly Fishing

A few weeks ago I was digging around in my desk in search of a memory card or pen or something relatively unimportant. I came across a newspaper clipping of an obituary from a few years back. It was for my father's best friend, Jack.
Jack was a carpenter and fisherman. He was a worm dunker, but I try not to hold that against him, and primarily had no interest in mountain fishing, but was much more fond of salt water. Every year Jack would migrate down to Florida for the winter and spend his time in a boat or kayak with a rod in his hand. I remember when we found out that Jack was sick. He decided that it wasn't time to waste his life in a hospital, but to spend it with the people he loved, fishing. And, that's exactly what he did.

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In Adventure, Fly Fish WNC, Fly Fishing, Mountains, National Parks, Outdoor Industry, Rainbow Trout, Trout
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Lucky Charm

March 17, 2018 Jillian Schuller
Jillian Schuller Photography - Fly Fishing

As the wind whipped through the valley a slight shiver crept up my spine. The sun was out, but the high wind created a chill in the air and an adversary that an east coast fisherman is not used to. The smart, strategic decision in this particular situation was to fish below water with a sturdy rod and heavier fly. However, I have never been accused of being smart. My attention was not focused on the wind, but on the tiny little bugs floating on top of the water and the little dimples that soon followed. I'm easily distracted by bugs. And so with my fiberglass rod in hand, I tied on a small, yellow back fly.

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In Animas River, Colorado, Colorado Fly Fishing, Travel
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Double-Haul

March 15, 2018 Jillian Schuller
Jillian Schuller Photography - Fly Fishing

In Western North Carolina, there's really no need for a 60-foot cast, you'll just end up catching a laurel. My preferred weapon of choice is a size 16 dry fly and a 4 weight fiberglass rod. Ninety percent of the time a double-haul is only used to show off.

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In Colorado, Colorado Fly Fishing, Travel, Trout
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Snap!

March 14, 2018 Jillian Schuller
Jillian Schuller Photography - Fly Fishing

Snap! There it is, that moment every angler knows, and maybe the most frustrating part of the whole sport.
After spending some time, perhaps quite a bit of time if the flies are small and the air is cold, tying on your weapon of choice, your tippet snaps. It's a moment of grievance followed by profanity followed by frantically checking to see if you've fumbled the knot or if the tippet's gone bad.

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In Adventure, Brown Trout, Fly Fish WNC, Fly Fishing, Mountains, Pisgah National Forest, Rainbow Trout, Trout Tags Fly Fishing, Winter, Winter Fishing, Flies, Midges, Tippet
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This week has been crazy hectic and I already know that next week will follow suit. I’ve been reacting and working on fast forward. This morning I reminded myself to be like the cutthroat. Take your time. Enjoy the ride. And spend a few minutes just floating in the sunshine, it’ll be worth it.
What dreams are made of.
Finding all the waterfalls.
Holding on to the weekend and warm weather, because apparently it’s going to snow tomorrow...
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