Even though most of the lakes and ponds in the Yakima area now are open on a year-round basis, the traditional statewide fishing opener for lowland lakes
this Saturday still is expected to bring out large groups of anglers, both young and old. With the arrival of warmer weather and local waters recently stocked with hungry trout, you'll probably see more people out fishing this weekend than most other times of the year. Based on surveys over past

Publication: Yakima Herald-Republic

FLY-FISHING YELLOWSTONE
PHOTO - 2 (Color) ABOVE: Yellowstone Park offers 400 fishable waters and five kinds of trout. RIGHT: A bison drinks from the Firehole River in Yellowstone. (Color) (LOS ANGLES TIMES PHOTOS) THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. A trout is a very nervous creature,

Publication: Post-Tribune (IN)

Fish Story - TIME
From Lake Winnibigoshish to Dirty Nose Lake, Minnesota's fishing resorts were jammed. A rowboat couldn't be had without ah advance reservation; most of them were signed up for the rest of the season. Izaak Waltons from towns like Bemidji, Sleepy Eye and Sauk Center got out their flies and corks,

Publication: Time Magazine

'Kohler Waters Spa' to Debut in Late Autumn 2000.
KOHLER, Wis., Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- An elaborate and elegant spa with a particular emphasis on soothing water treatments will be added to the resort complex in Kohler, Wis., this year. Construction of the facility, to be known as Kohler Waters Spa, was begun in January with opening anticipated in

Publication: PR Newswire

NATURAL DEVELOPMENT | FORMER MINING SITE BOOMS BEYOND SEASONAL RECREATION TO A COMMUNITY OF SUBDIVISIONS
Jim Hubbard camped and fished for 30 years at a sportsman's club created out of old strip mines in southern Will County. When he and his wife decided to move out of their Downers Grove home, that same recreational area seemed a natural choice. Upon visiting Shadow Lakes in Braidwood, Hubbard

Publication: Herald-News (Joliet, IL)

City folk find life good in state's rural areas.(BUSINESS)
Sitting down for lunch in a small-town cafe up north was never quite like this. First the menu. No fried walleye. No fried anything. You could have a lamb and beef gyro with Tzatziki sauce. Or perhaps the grilled turkey and pesto sandwich with provolone on whole wheat. And a strawberry smoothie.

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)