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The Pack Horses and Mules of White Pass Trail
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Corey Forrest: Fishermom
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Mollie Walsh: The Angel of White Pass
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How to Kill, Cook, and eat dungeness crab
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A Life on the Water: Brett Fitzgerald and the Angler Action Foundation
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Filson Food: Surf & Turf Alaskan Style
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Profiles
How to Kill, Cook, and eat dungeness crab
Filson and the U.S. Forest Service share unbreakable ties to our wildlands and a relationship that dates to the early 1900s.
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Food & Recipes
Filson Food: Surf & Turf Alaskan Style
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How To's
How to Make a Pole Spear
Just under the surface of the frigid ocean is a bounty of saltwater fish to be foraged. Many an outdoors person would agree that, in a survival scenario, the ocean...
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How To's
DIY 3 Legged Camp Stool
One of the best items to have on any outdoor excursion is a good seat. A seat can help keep you dry in wet weather, provide a spot to rest...
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Food & Recipes
Filson Food: Smoked Wild Alaskan Salmon
Nearly every Alaskan who harvests salmon has a smoking recipe or two (or a dozen!) Up their sleeves. Including everything from traditional strips to kippers and pressure-canned to frozen, pieces...
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How To's
DIY: Ammo Can Panniers
The objective of this build is to come up with a low-cost solution to the more expensive factory-produced or aftermarket panniers used on adventure touring bikes. Most factory-produced pannier racks...
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How To's
Filson Fundamentals: Field Chainsaw Maintenance
Whether felling, bucking and limbing, or cutting up logs for firewood, it doesn't take long to burn through a tank of fuel when running a saw at full throttle. A...
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How To's
How to Build Your Own Cross-Country Skis
The journey of making your own skis begins with a tree. Where and at what point you begin your engagement with it depends on what resources you have available. Ideally,...
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How To's, Food & Recipes
How to Make Farmer’s Cheese
If cheesemaking sounds a little outside of your wheelhouse, rest assured that we’ve got the perfect way to get started. Farmer’s Cheese is widely enjoyed across Europe and can be...
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DIY: Car Jack Cider Press
Nothing says autumn like some fresh pressed apple cider in the orchard. Apple presses come in all shapes and sizes and can get very expensive and complex. Here is one...
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How To's
DIY Stock Tank Hot Tub
In this how-to, we show you how to make your very own wood-fired hot tub with simple materials you can get right at the hardware store. You’ll be up and...
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How To's
How to Build a Backyard Sawmill
My family comes from a proud tradition of loggers and woodworkers. My great-grandfather left his home in Norway and emigrated to Washington to work as a logger. My grandfather followed...
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DIY Yarrow Bug Repellent
Yarrow is an herb found throughout the northern hemisphere with an impressive range of uses. Also referred to as “soldier’s woundwort” and "blood wort”, yarrow’s effectiveness in first aid applications...
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