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News & Tips: Rope Knot Library: How to Tie a Bowline on a Bight Knot...
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Rope Knot Library: How to Tie a Bowline on a Bight Knot

How to Tie a Bowline on a Bight Knot This rope knot forms a bowline (secure loop) in the middle of a line. Useful when you want a non-slip loop but a free end is not handy or to provide two loops in…
News & Tips: Fitness for Fishing: Stay in Shape Exercises...
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Fitness for Fishing: Stay in Shape Exercises

Fishing can be tough on the body. Fighting waves, working motors, standing upright, and firing off repeated casts can easily put strain on overworked limbs, joints, and muscles. Injury is the worst-…
News & Tips: 4 Great Decoy Spreads for Ducks
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4 Great Decoy Spreads for Ducks

Ask a half dozen duck hunting veterans to set decoys for the same spot and conditions, and chances are the result would be six different layouts. Setting decoys is a very subjective "art." Each…
News & Tips: Tips for Hunting Early Fall Coyotes
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Tips for Hunting Early Fall Coyotes

Late summer and early fall is a great time to hunt coyotes. Young coyotes are on their own for the first time, and like youngsters of any species, they are not savvy to the ways of the world. You can…
Chart illustrates how to tie Clinch, Palomar, Uni, Loop, Blood and Snell Knots
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What the Pros Say: What is Your Go-To Fishing Knot? (video)

We asked some of our fishing Pros what kind of knots they prefer to use and under what conditions. As is often the case, they came through with some helpful tips. Here are a few how-to-tie fishing…
News & Tips: Experience a Peanuts™ Halloween at Bass Pro Shops...
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Experience a Peanuts™ Halloween at Bass Pro Shops

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Bass Pro Shops presents the Great Pumpkin event with the classic Peanuts™ characters, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Sally and Lucy for the Halloween holiday festivities Oct. 19-31…
deer doe
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Dealing with Dominant Does

The warm sunshine of a late September afternoon had faded away. Cool air settled into the hillside flat where my ground blind stood. After scanning the area around my blind, I slowly stretched to…
News & Tips: Patterning Your Shotgun for Ducks
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Patterning Your Shotgun for Ducks

If you are like myself, getting ready for duck hunting season can be a little chaotic trying to get everything in finished up like decoys, dog training and scouting for birds. Even though these are…
News & Tips: Fishing Knot Library: How to Tie the Perfection Loop Fishing Knot...
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Fishing Knot Library: How to Tie the Perfection Loop Fishing Knot

How to Tie Fishing Line: Perfection Loop Fishing Knot Instructions Strong and effective, the Perfection Loop knot is a favorite for tying a loop at the end of the fishing line. Besides being strong…
News & Tips: River Walleyes in Transition
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River Walleyes in Transition

Throughout much of the walleyes' home range, river systems provide a significant though somewhat polarized angling resource. Due to shifts in location driven by propagation needs, forage…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Fresh Creek, Andros Island, Bahamas...
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Travel Blog: Fresh Creek, Andros Island, Bahamas

Thanks, Facebook! In the last few years, the world has grown profoundly more interrelated and accessible due in no small measure to the social networking web sites. During that span, I refocused my…
News & Tips: Fishing Knot Library: How to Tie the Uni Knot...
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Fishing Knot Library: How to Tie the Uni Knot

How to Tie Fishing Line: Uni Fishing Knot Instructions Also known as the Grinner Knot, the Uni Knot is a good and dependable fishing knot for monofilament to terminal tackle connections. Some…