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What You Need To Start Fishing

Everybody wants to go fishing these days -- and I mean everybody. The trouble is most folks get some gear, licenses and so forth, head to the lake and get zipped, and the fishing tackle ends up in…
News & Tips: Sampling Streams for Tying Ideas
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Sampling Streams for Tying Ideas

As your favorite rivers or streams start to clear after the spring runoff anglers have the chance to investigate what critters fish are going to be feeding on in the upcoming months. Sampling the…
News & Tips: Classic Lures: Mepps Original Spinner
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Classic Lures: Mepps Original Spinner

With all of the technological advancements in lure making it might seem foolhardy to turn to offerings invented decades ago. That seems especially true with the high pressure many fishing waters…
News & Tips: Spider Rigging for Crappie
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Spider Rigging for Crappie

Once you see it done, it's easy to tell where spider rigging gets its name. Spider rigging, or spider trolling as it is often called, is a tactic that should be part of every crappie angler's…
News & Tips: Springtime Suckers
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Springtime Suckers

Suckers are a freshwater species of fish that are normally found in rivers but also can be found in lakes. Suckers, by almost anybody's standards, won't be the most spectacular fish they have ever…
News & Tips: How to Catch Catfish: Noodling Tips
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How to Catch Catfish: Noodling Tips

Noodling, handfishing, catfishing, cat-daddling, stumping, tickling, grabbling: Whatever you want to call it, it’s the practice of fishing with your bare hands. While technically noodling can refer…
News & Tips: Getting Ready for Coyotes
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Getting Ready for Coyotes

It is no secret among hunters that interest in coyote hunting has skyrocketed in the last decade. Why not? Coyotes are more populous than ever, after decades of being hunted, trapped and poisoned.…
News & Tips: Bass Pro Shops to Open Store in Tacoma, Wash....
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Bass Pro Shops to Open Store in Tacoma, Wash.

Bass Pro Shops Announces Plans to Open First Store in Pacific Northwest Springfield, Missouri — Bass Pro Shops, America’s most popular outdoor store, will locate its very first store in the Pacific…
News & Tips: When a Fish Lie Isn't a Story
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When a Fish Lie Isn't a Story

Contrary to popular belief, when a fly fisherman talks about a fish lie, he isn't about to break into a fish story. Instead, he's referring to places where fish position themselves in the water. Fish…
News & Tips: Gun Maintenance Tips
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Gun Maintenance Tips

Normally going south isn't a good thing unless you are headed on vacation. Firearms are no different, and, as a gunsmith, I see too many firearms headed south. A split gun barrel. Take the rifle…
News & Tips: Lake St. Clair, Michigan Is on My Bucket List...
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Lake St. Clair, Michigan Is on My Bucket List

Lake St. Clair's is a big lake with clear blue water and plenty of small protected bays with lots of channels and rivers for small boats. All my life I have chased the tournament trail. Some success…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Rio Hermoso Hotel
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Travel Blog: Rio Hermoso Hotel

It was finally in the winter of 2008 that I was able to realize my dreams of traveling to the Argentine Patagonia region to fly fish for brown and rainbow trout. My research on this majestic region…