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Janell Fannin

is the Managing Editor at DUN Magazine and a fly angler from Chicago who looks at any lake, pond or puddle and says, "I'd fish that." Always up for a new adventure and willing to be the subject of many experiments has afforded Janell a collection of strange but true stories, a few citations and many lessons to impart. Janell spends her days as a desk jockey at DUN and in international logistics and will always take you up on a spare seat at the game or to wet a line.

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Janell's Five Qualities of a Great Guide

Janell's Five Qualities of a Great Guide

Patience - Regardless of where you are on the spectrum from newbie to virtuoso, you have hired a guide not only to have someone hauling you around the water, but to impart some knowledge about their fishery, and work to give you a memorable day on the water. There is nothing worse than feeling like you’re on a boat for 6-11 hours with your angry dad, who is barking at you with frustration and disappointment, as you bumble a cast with a sink tip line. As Arnold Glasow smartly stated, “The key to

5/13/2019Janell Fannin
Janell's Five Tips for Travel

Janell's Five Tips for Travel

Travel Insurance: When someone suggests that I buy travel insurance, I am hit with the same eye roll urge I have when I hear warnings of not letting your gas gauge dip below the half tank mark, dramatic and probably a bit of overkill on the concern side. Typically, the travel insurance we see is only of value if there is a death or hospitalization, only then can you cancel or reschedule a trip — until I found that there is insurance that covers activities beyond our wildest imagination. Sure it

11/5/2018Janell Fannin
Permission Slip

Permission Slip

Mozart was composing music at the age of 3.  By 3, Tiger Woods shot a 48 over 9 holes.  At age 3, I was trying to cut my own hair all the way at the scalp with craft scissors and ate a spoonful of dirt because the neighbor kid told me to. It was evident that I was lacking the composition of a “future child sensation.” To this day, none of my underlying or undiscovered marvelous skills or talents have surfaced.  Two weeks shy of my 40th birthday, I have embraced the notion that it’s not just th

12/15/2015Janell Fannin