Despite the heat and forest fires, angling remains strong throughout the area

Dry lightning limits access

The brief cool-down from the scorching hundred-degree temperatures brought relief to many of our local fisheries. Also, the higher humidity that accompanied the weather shift has also been a blessing for the thousands of wildland fighters who have descended on our state and other western states to battle fires, many of which were ignited by a dry lightning storm that swept across several western states a couple of weeks ago.

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