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How to Catch Small Stream Trout Without Spooking Them

Wild trout in a creek you can jump across will see you before you see them. Fix your approach first, then worry about the fly.

GuideSportsDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Tailgating Done Right, From the Lot to the Last Bag of Trash

Arrive three hours early, cook less than you think, and bring twice the ice. The rest is just details worth getting right.

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GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Leave No Trace Before Somebody Turns It Into a Rule

The fastest way to lose a free, unpermitted, gate-open campsite is to leave it worse than you found it. Here's the practical version.

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How to Buy Your First Spinning Setup Without Wasting Money

One rod, one reel, one spool of line, and about a dozen pieces of terminal tackle will cover ninety percent of the fishing you'll actually do.

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GuideSportsSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Your Kid Just Made a Travel Soccer Team. Now What

The gear, the money, the offside rule, and the twelve-minute car ride that matters more than any of it.

GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The Ground Steals Your Heat Before the Air Ever Does

Below zero, warmth is a system you build in daylight — pad R-value, a dry sleeping layer, hot water at your feet, and a stove that actually lights.

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GuideNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

Read the School Budget Before You Speak at the Meeting

Three numbers, twenty minutes, and one well-aimed question will do more than an angry speech ever has.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideSportsNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Women's College Sports Are Booming and Easy to Get Into

Ninety-two thousand people showed up for a volleyball match in Lincoln. Here's the season-by-season map for anyone who wants in.

GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Read a Topo Map and Shoot a Bearing Before Your Phone Dies

Lithium batteries quit in the cold and GPS quits under cliffs. A paper quad and a $40 baseplate compass never do. Learn them now, not in the fog.

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GuideNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

The Ballot Nobody Reads Is the One That Sets Your Taxes

Ninety thousand governments in America, and almost all of them meet on a weeknight in a room with eleven people in it. One of them should be you.

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StorySportsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Olympic Moments That Still Get Grown Men Every Time

A cartwheel in Sydney, a father climbing out of the stands in Barcelona, and a 29-foot jump nobody saw coming. The list that never gets old.

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GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

How to Buy Hiking Boots and Break Them In Before the Trip

Most trail misery starts in the store, with a boot that fit fine on carpet and failed on the descent. Fix it before you leave.

GuideGamingCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

The honest way to tell if gaming has become a problem

Hours aren't the test. What the hours cost is the test. A straight look at the tells, and the first week of getting out from under it.

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GuideSportsDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How to Watch a NASCAR Race and Actually Know What's Happening

Four hundred miles isn't one long race. It's a dozen short ones, and the guy who understands the pit call wins the room.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Outdoors6 min

Your First Overnight Backpacking Trip and What to Leave Home

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The people who promise to get your stolen crypto back

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GuideSportsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What the Research Actually Says About One-Sport Kids

Before you sign the year-round travel contract, know what the pediatricians, the orthopedic surgeons and the NFL draft data all point to.

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Outdoors6 min read

Your Truck Is Already an Overland Rig

Skip the $3,000 rooftop tent. The gear that actually keeps you out of trouble on a forest road fits in a milk crate.

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