Liz Ogilvie

is the Director of Keep America Fishing, the American Sportfishing Association's advocacy campaign for recreational fishermen. An angler for nearly 25 years, she strives to share her passion for fly fishing combined with world travel by inspiring others to seek out their next adventure. www.KeepAmericaFishing.org

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Due North

It didn’t take more than five minutes to catch and release my first fish of the day. The river was barely 60 feet across, yet there seemed to be a hundred hungry mouths stacked in the riffles on either side of me. Every cast, regardless of how delicate or clean a drift, produced at least a nose of interest, if not a full-on attack. It was when one aggressive female, taking me completely by surprise, cleared the surface of the water and arced down upon my fly that I realized fishing for brook tro

11/15/2017Liz Ogilvie

Where The Dinosaurs Roam

I opened the door of the Suburban and swung out my legs. The thud of my wading boots on the packed, dry earth startled me back to attention. I’d been hypnotized for the last hour, sitting in the back seat and staring out the window, while the truck was slowly maneuvered across the roadless ranchland. It was the view. That view! It was magnificent. Mesmerizing. The air was so clear and unpolluted that the sky was Technicolor blue. Was that actually real? It could have been a movie set.

8/1/2016Liz Ogilvie

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Due North

Where The Dinosaurs Roam