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The fly-fishing answer man awakens
When I read that a new episode in the Star Wars saga is coming out in December, I was as thrilled as a wookie getting a flea collar. […]
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Hit ’em with your best shot
All fishermen are liars, but fly fishermen embellish with style. […]
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Reach for the STAR
Two years ago, on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, I was having breakfast at a local restaurant in Denham Springs. My cell phone rang. It was my buddy Steve Lee. […]
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Memorial Day memories
Sometimes fishing is more than catching fish. It’s about spending time with others. […]
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A tale of two lakes
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness .…” […]
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Bream basics
This month’s topic comes courtesy of Gerald King, an Alexandria resident who enjoys pursuing those pesky sunfish otherwise known to frequent readers of this column as gobbules. […]
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How to “sea-duce” a predator
The rivers and lakes of Alaska offer the best fly fishing in North America. Its waters teem with steelhead, arctic char, grayling, dolly varden, trophy rainbow and lake trout, and five species of salmon, including the mighty king salmon. […]
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Yo, crappie — give up the ghost!
Despite his great love for hunting, my dad would often forego a deer hunt in the last days of the season to get an early start on fishing. As he would constantly remind me, if you want big sac-a-lait, you need to fish cold water. […]
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The best of 2014
I hate lists. So much so that, after submitting The Best of 2013 last year for publication, I felt ashamed and disgusted. […]
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Fly fish fashion
One of my favorite comedies is the 1981 film, Zorro the Gay Blade, which stars George Hamilton as Diego de la Vega (aka Zorro) and his twin brother, Ramon. […]
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Some like it on top
I was so ecstatic when Texas A&M joined the Southeastern Conference three years ago. As an LSU fan, in addition to renewing one of our traditional rivalries, it was a chance to revive some of my favorite Aggie jokes. […]
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Lessons from a legend
One of the most-impressive fishing seminars I’ve ever seen took place 10 years ago in Houston inside the George Brown Exhibition Center. […]
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Micro fly fishing
If Stephen Robert, Rob Bergeron and myself were ever locked in a nuclear laboratory, within 24 hours the world would end. […]
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Taming the gorilla
Flyrodders love small waters. I once dug a hole in my backyard that filled with rain, and several of my fly fishing buddies wanted me to stock it. […]
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Redfish made easy
At a recent event, I was approached by a young man percolating with enthusiasm. He stated that he was looking forward to catching his first redfish with a fly rod. […]
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Ode to gobbule
Since 1492, when Dame Juliana Berners introduced fly fishing to English nobility, our sport has been popular among the cultural elite. […]