Except for a few specific dry patterns when the need arises, thin bodied, lightly hackled darker-colored patterns like the x-caddis, or elk hair caddis are used most of the time
Every serious fly…
Many of the free flowing streams of the southern Missouri Ozarks contain a small fish which resembles the northern pike. The chain pickerel is a diminutive cousin of the much larger northern species…
I love sitting in treestands and commercial ground blinds. But when I'm using my longbow, I mostly still-hunt.
That's primarily because I find I have a limited range of movement when using a longbow…
Accepting an invitation to join a friend on his or her boat for a day of fishing is a privilege. As with many potential relationships, your conduct during the outing will have a lot to do with being…
One of my most memorable fishing trips took place on a little oxbow lake in the backcountry of eastern Arkansas. Two friends, Lewis Peeler and Jack Bissell, had joined me for a day of bream fishing.…
If weather conditions are keeping you off your favorite rivers, there always is a second option to catching fish with flies. Although most of the fun with fly fishing is in the casting and…
While there's no denying the effectiveness of sinking worms like the Yamamoto Senko and Yum Dinger when bass are on beds, limiting their use to this scenario is a mistake.
Throw early summer…
Clover can be a great addition to any wildlife manager's tool bag in providing quality forage and hunting areas. Watch right here to find out everything we do to keep clover in our food plots for…
I'll never forget my first experience with the unique sport of back trolling for steelhead. I was fishing with Les Wedge and Cliff Creech, fishery managers for New York State, on the Salmon River…
As we poled around the corner of a creek, we came upon a triangular sand flat surrounded by two channels that ran out to the sea. As the skiff eased along, Art Blank spotted some tailing bonefish 50…
For many outdoor enthusiasts, the importance of dressing in layers is well known. This method of dressing allows you to regulate your temperature by peeling-off or putting-on clothing layers —…
Sighting-in a rifle is fairly simple if you follow a few basic steps outlined in a previous how-to article, How to Sight-In a Rifle. But there are also some tricks I've picked up over the years to…
