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Amanda Monthei

is a freelance writer currently based out of her Subaru Forester while traveling the west in search of snow and fish. In addition to DUN, she has been published in The Flyfish Journal, Drake Magazine and online at Hatch Mag, but introducing women to fly fishing has been one of her most rewarding fishing experiences so far.

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How To Plan a Women's Fishing Clinic

How To Plan a Women's Fishing Clinic

Be intimidated by the idea of planning a women’s fly fishing clinic. Have no idea how or why you would want to host one. You’re not “qualified” anyways, right?  Right, of course not. When the idea refuses to leave you alone, mention it to friends over beers to see if they’ll take the bait. “Would you go to a fishing clinic if I hosted one?” You’ll ask. “Yeah! What a great idea! I’ll totally go,” they’ll inevitably say in return (could be the beer talking). Of course they will. Immediately regre

2/1/2017Amanda Monthei
On Death and Fly Fishing

On Death and Fly Fishing

There are waters — deep and wild and holy — that guides here refer to as Fight Club. To understand Fight Club is to learn to embrace the raw hours of the early morning, the minutes and seconds and moments between bar close and the time when sensible people would be waking for their morning commute; the time reserved for insomniacs and murder mysteries. You don’t talk about Fight Club, that’s the number one rule (yes, I’m breaking the rule)— it’s a time and place defined by ethereal moments, buz

3/15/2015Amanda Monthei