Gerald Almy News & Tips

News & Tips: How to Tie & Fish Egg Flies to Catch Trout...
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How to Tie & Fish Egg Flies to Catch Trout

It's hard to think of a single more productive pattern for catching trout, salmon and steelhead in winter and early…
News & Tips: Egg Flies for Trout, Salmon and Steelhead...
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Egg Flies for Trout, Salmon and Steelhead

Crusts of ice formed in the guides of the graphite fly rod and my breath exhaled in whorls of white mist as I cast to…
News & Tips: Best Time for Ruffed Grouse Hunting is Now...
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Best Time for Ruffed Grouse Hunting is Now

When deer seasons are over or winding down, for most of us this means it's time to turn to upland birds and small game…
News & Tips: Classic Lures: Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon...
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Classic Lures: Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon

Louis Johnson, a retired Chicago foundry operator, was frustrated by the abundance of weeds that kept fouling the hooks…
News & Tips: The Late Deer Season Scrapes
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The Late Deer Season Scrapes

If you hunt whitetail anywhere except the deep South and Texas, you were smart to stop hunting scrapes a few weeks ago…
News & Tips: Change of Tactics Pays Off on Virginia Deer Hunt...
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Change of Tactics Pays Off on Virginia Deer Hunt

While treestand hunting is generally the best way to tag a trophy whitetail, I was trying the stalk or sneak hunting…
News & Tips: Late Season Hidey-Hole Bucks
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Late Season Hidey-Hole Bucks

Late season deer hunting can be a challenge but if you're open to scouting for hidey-holes you're chances for bagging a…
News & Tips: Sneak Hunting for Late Season Bucks
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Sneak Hunting for Late Season Bucks

Like most whitetail hunters, I've found over the years that sitting on a deer stand is the most effective way to…
News & Tips: Classic Lures: Hopkins No=EQL Lures
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Classic Lures: Hopkins No=EQL Lures

Two goals were foremost in Robert Hopkins' mind when he set out to build a new fishing spoon in the early 1940's. He…
News & Tips: Jump Shoot a Stream
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Jump Shoot a Stream

Jump shooting bucks consists of walking at a moderate pace trying to roust out a buck and drop it as it gets up or…
News & Tips: Not All Staging Areas are Created Equally...
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Not All Staging Areas are Created Equally

Most hunters who have pursued whitetails for more than a season or two have learned what "staging areas" are. Basically…
News & Tips: Going Unnoticed in the Field
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Going Unnoticed in the Field

If you want to see this from your tree stand, you'll need to make sure they never knew you were there. It's one of the…