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Fitness
Bowflex Xtreme 2 SE Review: Maxing Out Your Home Gym Setup
We loaded up one of our favorite at-home fitness devices to see if the performance stacks up to the hype.
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Outdoors
These Sweet Shades Protect Your Peepers — and the Planet
With Bajío Sunglasses, performance–eyewear industry vet Al Perkinson aims to make an impact far beyond your face.
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Watches
Debunking the Biggest Myths of Vintage Watch Care
Should you use a watch winder? Is the manufacture the best servicer? We get into all of it, and more.
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Outdoors
Why Modern Fishing Is a Catch-and-Release Game
One obsessed angler travels to Belize to discover the experiences you bring back when the trophy is left behind.
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Outdoors
How to Start Fly Fishing
It can be as chill or challenging as you like, and it's more accessible than you might think.
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Outdoors
11 Products Made for Cold Weather Fly Fishing
Here is a breakdown of some cold-weather fly fishing essentials that will help extend your season and increase your catch count.
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Outdoors
The 5 Flies You Should Always Have In Your Fly Box (and How to Fish Them)
These five flies are all you need to catch some fish.
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Outdoors
The Best Gear for a Beginner Fly Fisher
Whether you’re heading to freshwater or saltwater, there’s plenty of new gear to try.
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Watches
This Vintage Longines Watch Is the Essence of the Purpose-Built, Time-Only Timepiece
First released in the 1940s, the Longines “sei tacche” and “tre tacche” models epitomized functional design.
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Watches
The Baltic Bicompax 001 Chronograph Is Vintage-Inspired Watchmaking Done Right
Capturing the vintage aesthetic in a modern, affordable chronograph is a difficult feat, but Baltic has done it with flying colors.
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Watches
The State of the Vintage Watch Market
Industry experts weigh in on what’s trending in the vintage watch market and its overall health and status.
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Watches
The Beauty of Engineering a British Watch
At their UK facilities, Bremont is reclaiming the forgotten tradition of British watchmaking.
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Outdoors
Battling a Strange Beauty off the Coast of Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a sport-fishing paradise full of worthy prey, but on a recent adventure, the roosterfish stole the show.
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Outdoors
On Vermont’s Ravaged White River, a Fisherman Looks for Home
Over a span of two days in 2011, Vermont’s White River was transformed by Hurricane Irene.
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Outdoors
Simple Conservation Tips from Leave No Trace’s Education Director
Six tips from a Leave No Trace expert reveal how the little things in outdoor pursuits can make a big difference for the environment.
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Outdoors
Hunting for Bonefish, Fly Fishing’s Wiliest Game
A trout fisherman learns the wily, elusive ways of the bonefish — perhaps fly fishing’s greatest game.
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