He has rafted rivers in Yakutsk, dodged grizzly bears and black flies around Great Slave Lake (his record for fly bites is two hundred in a single night), and scouted rock formations on the Skeleton Coast, sometimes hiking more than twenty miles a day.

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One early-morning buzz around snow-topped Mount Kenya later, we landed near a glacial lake for a bracing bit of fly-fishing.

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There are boaters from Utah and fly-fishers from California, who love the freedom of the lake and the clear trout-stream waters below the dam.

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Schussing your way through the sparkling powder is the premiere reason both outdoor types and the glitterati descend every winter, but Aspen has plenty of all-season activities on hand, from fly-fishing to mountain biking to kayaking in areas such as Snowmass Lake and the Maroon Bells peaks.

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Our goal: Sportsman Lake, a dot of water near 10, 969-foot Electric Peak, a fly-fishing paradise 11 miles from the nearest road.

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Private pilots will be allowed to fly into and around Charlotte, Cincinnati, Ohio-Covington, Kentucky, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tampa on Wednesday.

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The area that will surround the lake after its creation is currently under the control of the state government, which is, in fact, the fly in the ointment.

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