Product Reviews

Lens-Pen: Nikon Lens Cleaning System

Nikon Lens Cleaner

My photography got a lot better this year, in part because I got a better camera, a Panasonic Lumix with a Leica Lens and because I really started to pay more attention to composition. But with more sophisticated equipment, I paid a …

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Fly Tying for Beginners

Pink Squirrel

I started catching trout when I started tying flies. Coincidence? Maybe. But if you’re a trout angler, there’s no such thing as coincidence if it means breaking a trout drought! However, even though I fish with a Tenkara rod, I didn’t get …

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White Mountain Guide 30th Edition Review

White Mountain Guide 30th Edition

The Appalachian Mountain Club’s White Mountain Guide is the hiker’s bible for planning day hikes and backpacking trips in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest. People come from all around the world to hike, backpack, climb and train for mountaineering expeditions in …

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Logging Railroads of the White Mountains

Railroad Ties on the Flat Mountain Trail

The 1400+ mile trail network in New Hampshire’s White Mountains National Forest is absolutely world-class. But it probably wouldn’t exist if it hadn’t been for the logging companies that stripped much of the 800,000 acre White Mountain region of timber in the …

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