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The joys of Christmas fishing
Spending a beautiful day in the marsh with good friends, catching fish on flies we had tied, is a joy of Christmas for every fly angler. […]
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More great stuff from ICAST
In the September 2016 column, we reviewed several of the many new fly rods unveiled at the ICAST trade show held in July. […]
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Creature of the Marsh Lagoon
With Halloween coming up, I’ve been looking for a costume resembling one of my favorite science fiction characters: the Gill Man. […]
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Rods for the 1 Percent
Earlier this year, Titleist shocked the golf world by introducing the C16 driver, the first club to break the $1,000 barrier. […]
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There’s an app for that
Tesla might have predicted the portable phone some 70 years before it’s time. But the brilliant physicist could never have imagined the extent to which it has evolved. […]
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Along came a spider
Listen in on a group of a fanatical fly fishermen enjoying their favorite adult beverages, and pretty soon the fish get bigger and stories get weird. […]
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Cast your vote for surf fishing
In this crazy election year, we’ve seen some highly unusual candidates.
But none can top Limberbutt McCubbins. […]
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Green, green grass of Houma
No greater example of coastal erosion can be found than the Lake Laurier area north of Highway 1 between Fourchon and Grand Isle. […]
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Solunacy – The mad logic of lunar feeding periods
Every April, members of the Red Stick Fly Fishers converge on Lake Concordia near Ferriday for a weekend of fly-fishing for bass, bream, stripers and even catfish. […]
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Short sticks – With bass, shorter is often better
One of my favorite car commercials has a 5-year-old driving his Power Wheels toy car. His dad asks if he’d like to take a try with the bigger automobile. After giving it some thought, the kid realizes it’s too much to handle and responds “No, thanks. I can wait.” […]
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Euro-nymphing for bream?
Recently I read where efforts are being undertaken to restore False River to its former glory. This deepwater oxbow lake near New Roads once ranked among the best lakes in the country for bass and sunfish. […]
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What was and is to be: The best of fishing 2015 and looking to 2016
As longtime readers to this column know, I hate “best” lists. So much so, that each year I make my own. […]
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Purple-and-gold – Winter specks love LSU-colored flies
The Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association maintains the state fish records for each species, both for conventional tackle and fly tackle. And one glance at the fly-rod listings for speckled trout suggests that winter through early spring is the best time to catch trophy trout on a fly. […]
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New fishing products for 2016
In our September column, we highlighted the many new rods coming out this fall and next spring. […]
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End your crustacean frustration: Experts share advice on fishing crab flies
It was one of those idyllic October mornings in the Louisiana marsh. The air was brisk following the passage of a cool front the day before. […]
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Rods of future past
Hey, fly flingers, pop quiz time!
What do Thomas and Thomas, Powell, and Diamondback have in common? […]