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Gear Review: Fishing Camp Board Game by Education Outdoors
Looking for a family friendly activity? Fishing Camp is a fishing oriented board game intended for anglers of all ages. So what did we think of the game?The Pros:It's about fishing. Since both of my...
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Gear Review: RIO Perception Fly Line (WF5F)
One of RIO's great claims to fame is their unique flex tippets. When I think of RIO Products, that is one of the first things that comes to my mind. Enter RIO's new Perception fly line. A...
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Like a River
The face palm of change took me by suprise. It taught, and is still teaching me some valuable lessons. Change is the one dependable and consistent thing in life. It's a backwards idea, an oxymoron...
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Farewell Fall
I love slowly walking through the damp pathways of a fall river bottom forest. The cool sweet smell of decaying foliage fills the air and invigorates me. There's nothing quite like spending a...
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DIY Ice Fishing Automatic Hook Setter
These have become quite popular in our little corner of the earth during the past two years. The Automatic Fisherman has been around for a while, and more recently (and what has caused a big stir) the...
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Good, Better, Best, and a New Year
I had hoped to get out one more time before the end of the new year, but alas it did not happen. When the holidays roll around my schedule fills up pretty quick. Budgeting time is the everlasting...
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Fly Tying: Hotwire Hare's Ear
The Hotwire Hare's Ear has proven an extremely effective pattern. I nymph with it as well as use it to trail streamers. The fish love to take it slow stripped, on the swing, and dead drifted. I'm...
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Epic Day
Traditionally the word "epic" referred to a long story surrounding a heroic main character. Today the word expresses wonder or awe at the overall awesomeness of something. When the word first gained...
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DIY Ice Fishing Spring Bobbers
One of the biggest obstacles anglers face to catching fish subsurface is detecting the bite. I am convinced that most anglers get more "bites" than they realize. During the winter months, when lakes...
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Tips and Tactics: Fly Fishing Balloon Indicator Setup Made Easy
The Balloon Indicator Experience Using a water balloon for an indicator is certainly not a common method. The technique may sound laughable, novel, clown-like, or maybe even redneck. Having fished...
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Break Away
"The unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates (according to Plato) Why is it so hard to break away from some patterns of living? Sometimes we get stuck in a rut and form a white-knuckle death...
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Tips: Night Fishing - Part 1
It all started as an experiment, much like most people's transition into streamer fishing. Night fishing is something that fascinates and engenders curiosity in most anglers. Unknowns abound and...
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Fly Tying: The Arti-mouse
Why make a new mouse pattern when there are some very effective and proven patterns already? Good question. Aside from my usual desire to tinker and urge to personalize my piscatorial pursuits, I...
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Tips: Night Fishing - Part 2 "Mousing"
When but a wee lad I was convinced that the banjo minnow could work miracles. Truth be told, I never actually fished one, not even once. It wasn't for lack of owning them. I badgered my parents until...
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A Couple Days Brown Nosing
The good old HF rolls into perfect shape this time of year, in fact, most rivers and lakes do. It's one of the things I look forward to the most in the fall. Amid beautiful leaves and scenic sunsets,...
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Tips: The Hierarchy of Lies
The other day while I was meandering down the river bank, I saw what looked like an arm sticking out of the water. As I cautiously approached the frightening spectacle it began thrashing about, back...
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Gear Review: RIO StreamerTip Fly Line (WF5/I 1.5ips)
Have you ever tried hammering in a nail with a tool that wasn't a hammer? It can be done. Trust me. Sometimes all you have is a wrench, but the whole time you are wishing for a hammer. Fishing gear...
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Gear tidbit: INERGY Bar Lithium Battery
I drive a clunker. An old 92 Honda Civic, which has been lacking a muffler for a while now. It's noisy, it lacks AC, and all the old plastic parts are breaking, but I love it. Here's hoping it will...
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Cabin Fever - a hit and a miss
It's inevitable. Inescapable. And it can hit without warning. When the air outside begins to warm again and the hidden world of growing things reemerges from under a wintry blanket, I start to get...
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Fly Tying: The Skullcracker Streamer
Deep roiling water is one of the toughest places for a fly fisherman to access. The combination of current and water depth keep a fly from getting deep enough, with enough time to actually get a...
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