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Checked out a few of our Sunapee trout signs around the lake this morning! It was really starting to feel like fall out there and I’m sure the fish are taking notice!

#sunapee #charr #newhampshire #conservation

Clark’s lookout in New London. Our sign is located just feet from this panoramic view of Sunapee.

A sign up at Sunapee Historical Society. They were a great partner in this project!

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I spent the week with a great group of people surveying streams to document fish presence and absence, collect fin clips, and sample eDNA.

Southeast Oregon and the Nevada border are an incredibly interesting part of the West, full of history, unique habitats, remote country, and some pretty tough conditions.

We covered a lot of ground, found some fish, didn’t find fish in other places, collected plenty of samples, and got a better look at what’s happening across these watersheds.

More than anything, it was a great week spent with a bunch of people who genuinely care about these wild places and the fish that call them home.

#chasingnatives #nativetrout #alvorddesert #alvordcutthroattrout #nativetroutfishing

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#flytying #flyfishing #fishing #trout #photography

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I can’t say, after our brief acquaintance, that I know western Mongolia’s Khovd River well, but I do know that I’ll be back to learn more . . .

#alwaysmoving
#thymallusbrevirostris
#oreoleuciscuspotanini

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Catching a spawning Arctic char is like holding a piece of fire in the frozen North.

That brilliant crimson belly isn’t just for show—it’s nature’s ultimate breeding suit.

As autumn approaches, these cold-water survivors transform from sleek silver to a vivid, jaw-dropping red to attract mates in the crystal-clear glacial streams.

It is easily one of the most stunning color changes in the angling world.
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#flyfishing #reels #shorts #greenland #travel

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After thousands of miles spent working their way north through pristine boreal forests, coastal fjords, and towering rivers of ice, Aimee and Chase have finally reached the end of the road...

...However, there’s still one surreal landscape at the edge of the world to explore, and one elusive prehistoric fish to find within it, before the duo can truly say goodbye to the North in good conscience.

Join us for the LIVE premiere of the Tight Loops: Two in the North series finale! Award-winning filmmakers Chase and Aimee Bartee will be hanging out in the live chat throughout the premiere, sharing stories from the trip, answering questions, and watching the end of the journey along with us.

Come say hello, ask them what it was really like out there, and see how one very long summer in the North finally comes to an end.

Live NOW! #expeditionportal #drivenbymobil1 #thenorthslope #flyfishing #Overlanding

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Tbh, I dont even know what to say for this fish.

If you want Trophy char, hit up @raw_arctic for an experience you will never forget
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#greenland #fishing #travel #reels #shorts

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24h of Höga Kusten 🌊🚐🐚

p.s.: swipe for cute “dog stick library” 🥹

#högakusten #sundsvall #härnöleden

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After months on the road, thousands of miles, and a summer that somehow felt both impossibly long and over far too quickly, Tight Loops: Two in the North has reached its final chapter.

Join award-winning filmmaker @aimee.bartee and the Expedition Portal crew for the LIVE PREMIERE of the series finale on Tuesday, September 1 at 4PM MDT over on the Expedition Portal YouTube channel!

One last push north, one last elusive fish, and one last chapter of the most beautifully captured nature documentary you're likely to see all year.

Set those reminders now - we'll see ya soon! 👉

#expeditionportal #drivenbymobil1 #flyfishing #arcticcircle #overlanding

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Deep in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, @tightloopsfly set out by packraft in search of an isolated population of Arctic char - relics of a colder landscape left behind as the last glaciers retreated thousands of years ago.

After hours of portaging between remote lakes and battling worsening conditions, the fishing never quite came together.

But just before sunset, a young moose came crashing out of the woods at a full sprint.

Ten seconds later, they found out why 👀

TIGHT LOOPS | TWO IN THE NORTH EP04 out now on Expedition Portal.

Link in bio 🔗
#KenaiPeninsula #Packrafting #FlyFishing #DrivenByMobil1 #ExpeditionPortal

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Meeting griff aka @gothbabemusic was truly an amazing experience for me last night. Also Getting his signature along with others I look up to for there passions of music, fishing and everything outdoors… epic. Thanks for the amazing Show Griff! #gothbabe #flyfishing

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To make it home, they have to become 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦.

@tightloopsfly arrive on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula just as the salmon are beginning one of the strangest transformations in the natural world.

After years spent as sleek, silver fish in the open ocean, Pacific salmon return to freshwater to spawn - changing color, growing hooked jaws and teeth, and taking on almost monstrous forms along the way. And once that final journey begins, so does another transformation: their bodies literally begin to break down, with every last bit of energy devoted to completing the cycle.

It’s a brief, brutal return home - and one that brings an entire Alaskan ecosystem to life.

TIGHT LOOPS | TWO IN THE NORTH EP03 out now on the Expedition Portal YouTube channel!

Link in the bio 🔗 #overlanding #salmon #flyfishing #kenaipeninsula #drivenbymobil1

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