Gerald Almy News & Tips

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10 Steps to Cleaning Trout & Why You Should Do it Streamside

Today many anglers choose to release trout they catch, carefully twisting their fishing hooks free and watching as the…
News & Tips: Beaver Huts Make Great Fishing Spots for Bass...
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Beaver Huts Make Great Fishing Spots for Bass

Maybe you've cruised past their huts on impoundments in your boat as you sped toward a distant fishing hot-spot. Or…
News & Tips: 3 Ways to Catch the Neglected Rock Bass...
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3 Ways to Catch the Neglected Rock Bass

The lowly rock bass won’t win many popularity contests among anglers. These fish are not sleek and powerful like a…
News & Tips: 4 Tiny Topwaters Finicky Bass Can’t Resist...
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4 Tiny Topwaters Finicky Bass Can’t Resist

No thrill in angling can match that of a hungry bass chomping down on a surface lure the size of a rat. But finding…
News & Tips: Learn the Dap Cast for Hard-to-Reach Trout...
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Learn the Dap Cast for Hard-to-Reach Trout

Novice fly fishermen often think the farther they cast, the more trout they'll catch. Actually, more often than not,…
News & Tips: How to Catch Pond Bass on a Fly Rod
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How to Catch Pond Bass on a Fly Rod

I can't think of any place better for catching bass on a fly rod than farm ponds, stock tanks and tiny natural lakes…
News & Tips: 10 Proven Tactics to Score More Summer Panfish...
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10 Proven Tactics to Score More Summer Panfish

No fish are more appealing to go after on a hot summer day than panfish. Unlike bass, trout and stripers, which can…
News & Tips: Tactics for Fly Fishing Four of Pennsylvania’s Limestone Streams...
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Tactics for Fly Fishing Four of Pennsylvania’s Limestone Streams

Four of the most hallowed streams in trout fishing literature — written about by Vincent Marinaro, Charles Fox and…
News & Tips: How to Get in on the Excitement of Jump Fishing...
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How to Get in on the Excitement of Jump Fishing

    White mist swirled over the emerald green waters of Virginia's Leesville Lake, we raced toward the frothing…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Fly Fishing Pennsylvania's Classic Limestone Streams...
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Travel Blog: Fly Fishing Pennsylvania's Classic Limestone Streams

All around me big, deep-bellied browns and rainbows were rising frantically, sipping in one of the tiniest mayflies I…
News & Tips: Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee is Panfish Paradise for Anglers...
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Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee is Panfish Paradise for Anglers

When a violent earthquake struck the Mississippi River valley during the bitter cold winter of 1811, aftershocks…
News & Tips: A Formula for Flounder You’ll Enjoy on the Water and at the Table...
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A Formula for Flounder You’ll Enjoy on the Water and at the Table

One of the finest ways I know to spend a hot summer day is drifting for flounder. If you live anywhere near the East…