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Kick crappie butt with the Fluff Butt
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.[…]
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Winter secrets of ‘The Frozen Chozen’
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.[…]
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New rods aimed at young and restless
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![…]
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The hunt for redzillas in October
The start of this month usually finds me feeling tropically depressed. Another year, another storm that has ravaged one of my coastal fishing spots.[…]
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Dark side of the flyfishing force
Cosmologists believe that over 90 percent of the universe consists of something called “dark matter.” This is not to be confused with anti-matter.[…]
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Flies by night? It’s a Thriller
I will miss Michael Jackson. The King of Pop and I had several things in common: We were both carbon-based life forms, we both breathed oxygen, and we both loved children, but perhaps in different ways.[…]
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Toothy fish demand tuff fleyes
Later this month, members of Louisiana and Mississippi fly fishing clubs will be descending upon Grand Isle for their annual surf-fishing extravaganza. […]
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Are paddlecraft laws meant to be broken?
Cormier’s First Law of Paddling states that choosing a paddlecraft is an exercise in compromise. Some kayak buyers are avoiding their exercise.[…]
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Time to tackle those mighty gobbules
I read where the University of North Dakota is the latest sports program to be targeted by the politically correct crowd. […]
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Get schooled by humans, not fish
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.[…]
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I’d rather be out in crappie weather
“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.”[…]
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Why ask why The River Why?
In 1995, director Robert Redford brought to the big screen the real-life story of a Montana family bonded by faith and a near-religious dedication to fly fishing.[…]
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For 2009, short is the new long
To appreciate the current trend in tackle requires a brief history lesson. Urban legend has it that the first fly rod was created in 10,000 B.C. when cavemen Frank Oog and JaMarcus Ugg cut and stripped a sapling and attached to it a line constructed of braided wooly mammoth hair.[…]
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Don’t be dog-matic! Go with spoons
As we reach the climax of a bizarre election year, what could be more bizarre than a website dedicated to having dogs vote? Thedogvote.com believes that “our nation lies in their paws.”[…]
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Good tools make for easy fly tying
Here’s a question I’m often asked: Why tie flies when you can buy them online so cheaply? One reason is, trite but true, nothing is as rewarding as catching a fish on a fly you tied yourself.[…]
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Flyfishers await a new energy future
Lately I’ve been walking to a nearby lake rather than taking my vehicle. I often come home with mud on my sandals — at least my footprint contains no carbon.[…]