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Close to Home: Fishing McCloud Run with Justin Meyer

Justin Meyer runs the online store for Badowers, an Iowa-based Filson retailer. Photography by Justin Meyer and Austin Day When most people think about trout fishing, they likely picture the snow-capped mountains of Montana with winding, glassy topped, spring fed streams loaded with 22″ brown trout rising to gulp a caddis. Trout fishing is

Field Notes

Fishing the Driftless in Iowa with Badowers

When I was 19 I fell in love with Iowa. It stopped just being the place I was born, where I’m from, where I live. This is part of a series highlighting the people, places and products that make Des Moines, and Iowa, special.

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