Brett Tallman is a writer and editor specializing in fishing stories and fish and river conservation. He is the Staff Writer at Native Fish Society, producing the organization's print quarterly and weekly e-newsletters. His work has appeared in The Drake, The FlyFish Journal, and American Fly Fishing, as well as Patagonia catalogs and web channels. Most of his free time is spent exploring coastal cutthroat and steelhead streams and hunting ruffed grouse in Oregon's Coast Range. Originally from Olympia, Washington, he now lives in Newberg, Oregon.

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