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The Freedom Hawk 12 and 14 offer unrivaled standup stability in a narrow-hull (under 32 You’re now free to stand up and cast
March 30, 2010 at 3:25 pm
What do Bigfoot, the alien autopsy at Roswell, Manbearpig and stand-up kayak fishing all have in common?

Your intrepid columnist is notorious for fishing ponds, ditches and puddles after working hours, and during late winter and early spring, the best bet is sac-a-lait. A box of fluff butts, a spool of 4x tippet and a 5-weight rod can make for evening fun. Kick crappie butt with the Fluff Butt
February 01, 2010 at 2:26 pm
We’ve had an unusually cold winter. Where’s global warming when we need it most? The Nobel Committee should demand that Al Gore give his prize back.

Wading the Little Missouri River in Southern Arkansas last January were Hogy Notzel, Dirk Burton and Butch Ammons, members of the Red Stick Fly Fishers' “Rainbow Coalition.” They joined with members of the Shreveport fly club's “Frozen Chozen” for a weeke Winter secrets of ‘The Frozen Chozen’
January 04, 2010 at 8:14 am
For the second December in a row, sneaux blanketed the homestead. It brought back memories of an “ice box” trip last winter to the Little Missouri River in Arkansas.

Redington’s John Shelton demonstrates the balance of their new Classic Trout series rod. New rods aimed at young and restless
December 02, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Tackle companies would like every lad and lass to get a rod this Christmas. Well, except for “Balloon Boy.” He deserves NO toys from Santa!

John Whaley of Maryland landed this 40-pound redzilla last winter while fishing with Capt. Rich Waldner. The brute fell for Waldner's chartreuse Terminator Crab fly. While typical marsh reds will eat a variety of flies in the fall, the visiting bulls seem The hunt for redzillas in October
September 30, 2009 at 10:43 am
The start of this month usually finds me feeling tropically depressed. Another year, another storm that has ravaged one of my coastal fishing spots. Perhaps I shouldn’t feel so down, now that I know those storm clouds bring a silver lining.

Larry Offner, president of the New Orleans Fly Fishers, shows off a typical-sized Rio Grande perch from the interior lagoons at New Orleans City Park. Much larger specimens can be found in the larger bayous and canals of Jefferson and Orleans parishes. Dark side of the flyfishing force
September 01, 2009 at 6:33 am
Cosmologists believe that over 90 percent of the universe consists of something called “dark matter.” This is not to be confused with anti-matter. Anti-matter is the stuff that, if you were to come in contact with, it would really ruin your day — and likely several thousand of your closest neighbors.

Steve Lee fishes a light off the Caminada bridge at Grand Isle. When a fish hits his fly, he strips the fly line in to bring the fish up until only a few inches of line is outside the rod tip. He then heaves it over, but is careful not to let it hit the d Flies by night? It’s a Thriller
August 03, 2009 at 8:46 am
I will miss Michael Jackson.

One of the most realistic shrimp flies is the Epoxy Shrimp. Its creator, Bob Popovics, who revolutionized saltwater fly-tying using epoxy, now uses a light-cured acrylic called Tuffleye on all his patterns, including the Surf Candy (background). Toothy fish demand tuff fleyes
June 29, 2009 at 9:08 am
Later this month, members of Louisiana and Mississippi fly fishing clubs will be descending upon Grand Isle for their annual surf-fishing extravaganza. Rest assured that many of them will be packing light wire or heavy fluorocarbon.

The author test-paddles the new Pro Angler, Hobie's latest addition to its pedal-powered fleet. Despite its extreme width, the boat moved rather briskly when using the Mirage Drive. Are paddlecraft laws meant to be broken?
June 01, 2009 at 9:35 am
Cormier’s First Law of Paddling states that choosing a paddlecraft is an exercise in compromise.

Dugan Sabins holds a pair of Lake Concordia gobbules, named as such because they “gobbule” up his flies. Sabins caught them at the same time on two rods using jitterbees suspended under VOSIs. Time to tackle those mighty gobbules
April 30, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I read where the University of North Dakota is the latest sports program to be targeted by the politically correct crowd. The NCAA wishes to have the school’s mascot changed from the Fighting Sioux to something less offensive.

Dennis Curley of Destin shows off a 29-pound drumzilla caught on a Kwan fly while fishing the Port Sulphur area with Capt. Rich Waldner. Curley was joined by five other members of the Panhandle Flyfishers club, all of whom landed lots of reds and drum on Get schooled by humans, not fish
March 31, 2009 at 2:12 pm
A guide told me of a trip he had with a customer from Pennsylvania. For the sake of this story, we’ll call the guide Joe.

Larry Offner of Denham Springs shows off a nice crappie he took at Old River in Morganza last February. Offner and Shelton Thames enjoyed a good day fishing on a bad day weatherwise. I’d rather be out in crappie weather
February 02, 2009 at 4:53 pm
“There will be days when the fishing is better than one’s most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home.”

— Roderick Haig-Brown



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