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    Articles by Nick Varney
    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Memorial Day weekend brought sunny...
    By Nick Varney • June 1, 2022 5:30 am

    Look to Ninilchik River for best hatchery chinooks.

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    Fishermen young and old try their luck at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on June 4, 2020, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Reeling ‘Em In: Fishing season begins in earnest
    By Nick Varney • May 25, 2022 5:30 am

    Weather forecast is sunny side up with good tides.

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: Here we go again …
    By Nick Varney • March 30, 2022 2:30 am

    If memory serves, the years leading up to 2008 inflation had quite a run

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: Ides of January fit for a...
    By Nick Varney • February 3, 2022 1:30 am

    Julius Caesar employed a seer named Spurinna, who repeatedly warned him about impending treachery for a month leading up to…

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: Enough is enough
    By Nick Varney • December 8, 2021 2:30 am

    Ole Mother Nature must have misplaced her backup box of vintage dregs from a Cold Duck wine vat.

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: Sometimes I wonder, who needs who
    By Nick Varney • October 20, 2021 2:30 am

    Dog whispers we are not. Suckers for unconditional love, you bet.

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: So long and thanks for...
    By Nick Varney • September 1, 2021 5:30 am

    I had heard rumors that there were still some jumpers accompanying the incoming tides at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon,…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Summer fishing is winding down
    By Nick Varney • August 25, 2021 5:30 am

    We have reached the section of the summer’s trail where it starts to wind down into the valleys of September,…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Study techniques of the winner,...
    By Nick Varney • August 18, 2021 5:30 am

    I often get asked if it’s tough to write a fishing column while living in a community where more than…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Know your fish and avoid...
    By Nick Varney • August 11, 2021 5:30 am

    Fish and game handbook has pictures to help identify species.

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Homer needs a Nick Dudiak...
    By Nick Varney • August 4, 2021 5:30 am

    A myrida of events could be created out of fishing hole fun.

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers starting to appear
    By Nick Varney • July 28, 2021 5:30 am

    Silver salmon herald the autumnal equinox — but not just yet.

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Snooty silvers slipping into the...
    By Nick Varney • July 14, 2021 5:30 am

    First run of silvers can be downright insolent, but be patient.

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