by Tom Davis - Monday, Jun 11th, 2018
More than half-a-century ago—1965, to be exact—my dad took me on my first Canadian fishing trip. Grandpa Davis came, too. Our destination was Lake of the Woods, a place that loomed so mythically in my eight-year-old imagination that its shorelines might have been cobbled with gold.
by Cosmo Genova - Thursday, Jun 7th, 2018
I’ve never been a purist and will do just about anything to get a fish to eat, but there is something undeniably special about dry fly fishing. When the conditions are right on a river like the Delaware, I’d almost rather search for hours without a cast, waiting for a rise, than to pound the bottom where I might have better luck.
by Johnny Carrol Sain - Wednesday, Jun 6th, 2018
The morning’s hunt in the Ozark National Forest had ended with four fat gray squirrels riding home in my truck. As I cleaned the squirrels, readying them for a simmering pot of potatoes, carrots, onion, celery and a blend of seasonings, the white-tipped fur on each tail caught my eye. It seemed wasteful to throw them away.
by Chris Hunt - Monday, Jun 4th, 2018
The old dart board hangs from the split-log wall, inviting a game of 501. It’s just to the left of the bar, which rests in the shadow of a massive bull moose mount. The fireplace crackles nicely, spitting flames up the rock chimney and spreading the aroma of seasoned spruce throughout the lodge. It mingles with the earthy smells of whisky and the fragrances of dinner being carefully prepared in the kitchen.
by Chad Shmukler - Thursday, May 31st, 2018
When the Sage SALT HD was announced last year, it rode an enormous hype wave to the forefront of virtually any discussion about saltwater fly rods. It won"Best in Show" at the International Fly Tackle Dealer show in Orlando. And the proclamations came: it's a Scott Meridian killer, or a G. Loomis NRX killer, it's Sage's best saltwater fly rod ever and so on. Then came the naysayers, it's too heavy, the tip is too stiff, it's all marketing, ad infinitum.
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