Fishing

News & Tips: Match the Forage, Catch the Bass
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Match the Forage, Catch the Bass

If you watch the trends of fishing lure production, you will see certain hot colors trending from season to season. Understanding when to choose those colors is the key. The ability to select proper…
News & Tips: Gearing Up for Ice Fishing
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Gearing Up for Ice Fishing

The right equipment will help you get into more and bigger fish this year. As the temperatures drop and the snow comes falling from the sky, ice anglers across North America begin to wait with…
News & Tips: Tagging Tarpon for Conservation in S.C....
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Tagging Tarpon for Conservation in S.C.

The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust (BTT) held their fourth annual Lowcountry Tarpon tourney in Georgetown, South Carolina. The purpose of the two-day tarpon tourney is to educate Lowcountry anglers about…
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Sportsmen’s Bills Reemerge in the Senate

Sportfishing industry urges Congress to advance bipartisan legislation to benefit fisheries conservation and access Alexandria, VA – November 7, 2013 - Two bills have been introduced in the U.S.…
News & Tips: Protecting Your Fly Rod
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Protecting Your Fly Rod

Out of all the different fly fishing items a fly angler uses Fly rods need to be protected above all else to ensure their long life. Anglers can spend hundreds of dollars on a quality fly rod so it…
Armed with an array of electronics, many anglers today find their best ice fishing spots well before lakes freeze over by Armed with an array of electronics, many anglers today find their best ice fis...
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Ice Fishing in a Boat, Pre-season Scouting Secrets to Success

 Just because your favorite lake has yet to freeze over doesn’t mean you can’t go ice fishing. No, we’re not talking about performing miracles, or walking on water like another ancient fisherman once…
News & Tips: Fly Tying Tips: Dubbed Bodies
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Fly Tying Tips: Dubbed Bodies

Whether you are a beginner fly tier or a seasoned veteran, creating smooth tapering dubbed bodies for flies can be difficult. Some tiers believe that the composition or look of their fly bodies are…
News & Tips: Hookset Strategies
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Hookset Strategies

Doug Cummings with a bass. As a guide who works a shallow, free-flowing river, I find myself using my peripheral vision almost constantly — watching the boat's downstream progress as it drifts along…
News & Tips: Travel: Fishing Costa Rica
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Travel: Fishing Costa Rica

There are many exotic angling destinations in the Western Hemisphere, yet there are few that offer the multitude of habitats, geography, fisheries, and broad socio-cultural spectrums that Costa Rica…
News & Tips: Navigation Buoys Reveal River Hotspots...
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Navigation Buoys Reveal River Hotspots

"Where are the best spots to fish in rivers?" is a question I've been asked at different fishing shows. I can chinwag for hours about river tactics. One tip I always share is that navigation buoys…
Suckers for Muskies! by Suckers for Muskies!
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Suckers for Muskies...Literally!

Muskie anglers are an odd group. The tougher the weather, stronger the winds, and harder the rains- in short, the more brutal the conditions-the more they are happy. Not that the fish necessarily hit…
News & Tips: Keys to Locating & Fishing Productive Brush Piles...
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Keys to Locating & Fishing Productive Brush Piles

Across the country, fish use many different types of structure or cover to live and feed in. Weather it's rocks, docks, lay down logs or brush piles, as the year goes on and the seasons change, you…