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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: Hard Lessons on Gun Safety
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Hard Lessons on Gun Safety

Looking into the barrel of a loaded shotgun is as horrifying as gazing into the maw of a rabid dog. Looking into the barrel of a loaded shotgun held by your son is more horrifying still.         Had…
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: Handgunning for Bushytails: How to Hunt Squirrels With a Pistol...
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Handgunning for Bushytails: How to Hunt Squirrels With a Pistol

In our modern world, it is not easy being a squirrel hunter. Hunters pursuing monster whitetail bucks with incredible racks, bugling elk and gobbling wild turkeys cast scornful looks at those of us…
Ott De Foe and Friends by Ott De Foe and Friends
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Five Questions for Rapala Pro Ott DeFoe

Your intrepid team of truth seekers at Bass Pro Shops 1Source has once again unearthed facts about a pro angler previously shrouded in mystery. An angler who bears the nickname similar to a savage…
News & Tips: Submitted Recipes: Venison Jerky
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Submitted Recipes: Venison Jerky

If you have a favorite jerky recipe you'd like to share on Bass Pro 1Source, email it to community@basspro.com. Photos are also welcome! photo by Arlin Crane, Allrecipes Whitetail Deer Jerky Posted…
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…
News & Tips: Mule Deer Dreams
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Mule Deer Dreams

The author bagged a mule deer with a new-model Winchester Model 70 rifle. The shot was made at very close range thanks to scouting and successful stalking. For many hunters, pursuing and killing a…
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: Rope Knot Library: How to Tie the Cleat Hitch Rope Knot...
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Rope Knot Library: How to Tie the Cleat Hitch Rope Knot

How to Tie the Cleat Hitch Rope Knot The Cleat Hitch is the best way to tie a boat to a dock. It is a quick and easy method of tying a rope to a cleat on a dock or boat that is also easy to untie.…
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…