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When I first started fly-fishing in Colorado four summers ago, I quickly learned that not all outfitters and guide services are set up for every angler — or any female anglers at all.

Sometimes, that meant tripping over borrowed men’s waders that were three sizes too large, or face-planting in the Eagle River because the outfitter only carried men’s boots. Once, during a hot streak when I was catching everything in the Colorado Grand Slam (rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout and the greenback cutthroat), a guide waited until my partner

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