Fishing

News & Tips: Scuds Make Sense for Spring and Early Summer Rainbows...
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Scuds Make Sense for Spring and Early Summer Rainbows

Fly fisherman like all other fishing enthusiasts have the belief that certain patterns or baits work better in a particular seasons or with certain types of fish. The truth behind some of these…
News & Tips: A Formula for Flounder You’ll Enjoy on the Water and at the Table...
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A Formula for Flounder You’ll Enjoy on the Water and at the Table

One of the finest ways I know to spend a hot summer day is drifting for flounder. If you live anywhere near the East Coast or Gulf Coast there's likely a good spot or two within driving distance…
News & Tips: How and When to Throw Toads for Bass
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How and When to Throw Toads for Bass

The toad's soft-plastic legs kicked out a steady, gurgling tempo as it swam over a 6-foot weed flat. The sound was too steady, I thought to myself. Too predictable, too ordered — something's got to…
News & Tips: How to Fish June Bass
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How to Fish June Bass

If you have a lot of success catching bass in June, you can apply those same techniques when you find similar water and weather conditions during other summer months. Rivers are great place to fish…
News & Tips: 4 Presentations That Work for Small Stream Brook Trout...
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4 Presentations That Work for Small Stream Brook Trout

  Having just returned back from a brook trout trip to Algonquin Provincial Park (Ontario, Canada), I was able to learn first hand what is needed to catch these often cunning, yet scrappy little…
News & Tips: The How, What, When and Where of Fly Fishing for Bluegill...
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The How, What, When and Where of Fly Fishing for Bluegill

Fly fishing is the first love of many die hard anglers. Few things match the inspirational feeling of loading a rod up and shooting a line 40 feet across a cold, clear trout stream. Equally inspiring…
News & Tips: Why Fish Have a Soft Spot for Scruffy Flies...
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Why Fish Have a Soft Spot for Scruffy Flies

There's an old tried and true axiom in fly fishing. Essentially it says, "Neatly tied flies catch fishermen but scruffy flies catch fish." In my humble opinion, truer words have never been spoken.…
News & Tips: The Importance of Weeds and How You Should Fish Them...
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The Importance of Weeds and How You Should Fish Them

When it comes to freshwater angling, weeds play an extremely important role in the livelihood of a fish. They provide shelter, oxygen, ambush points, and a smorgasbord of baitfish — more than enough…
News & Tips: How to Use the Tight Line Nymphing Technique on Small Streams...
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How to Use the Tight Line Nymphing Technique on Small Streams

After a successful memorial weekend on the local rivers I frequent, I can't help but think of a special nymphing technique that could change how some fly anglers approach small streams. Understanding…
News & Tips: How to Score Early Summer Panfish With Underspin Jigs...
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How to Score Early Summer Panfish With Underspin Jigs

Summer's arrival will bring more than just warmer water temperatures. By now submerged weeds will be developed enough to serve as a significant draw to not only larger gamefish, but panfish as well.…
News & Tips: Tips and Gear for Fishing the Permit Triangle...
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Tips and Gear for Fishing the Permit Triangle

If I were to wax mystically poetic when it comes to the pursuit of the Atlantic permit, perhaps I could postulate a three cornered piece of the world that would include the Bahamas, Miami to the…
News & Tips: When Casting Mice for Fish Makes Sense...
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When Casting Mice for Fish Makes Sense

Cats aren't the only predators who like to prey on mice. Bass, pike and trout will also gladly attack and wolf down these furry little rodents. And even though they are terrestrial creatures by…