by Johnny Carrol Sain - Thursday, Nov 8th, 2018
He materializes out of river-bottom tangles, silent as the morning mist that hangs thick in the cottonwood and hackberry limbs. The young buck isn’t cruising for girls; it’s still a week or more away from pre-rut festivities. Most likely, he’s ambled over from a nearby plum thicket sniffing for the burgundy-colored honey locust pods that litter the forest floor. I was counting on deer with a sweet tooth when I hung this stand back in late September.
I’m going to kill him if I can.
by Cosmo Genova - Wednesday, Nov 7th, 2018
In the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, from mid October to early December, landlocked Atlantic salmon run up countless tributaries to spawn, often coming in waves as water levels rise and fall with autumn rains. I have been fly fishing for them since I was barely out of diapers. Over the years, I have honed the gear and techniques I employ in search of these leaping salmonids, but I am always experimenting and refining.
by Chad Shmukler - Thursday, Nov 1st, 2018
Those of us who rely on the outdoors to move us, rehabilitate us or sustain us—whether as anglers, hikers, bikers, kayakers, skiers, rafters, climbers, riders, hunters or so on—represent a gargantuan segment of the U.S. population. We drive billions in consumer spending. We contribute more to our nation's GDP than mega-industries like fossil fuels and agriculture. We create 7.6 million American jobs. And, given our numbers, we have enormous power to leverage at the polls. But we don't use it.
by Cosmo Genova - Wednesday, Oct 31st, 2018
The Thomas & Thomas Zone came into my life like a short, pleasant fling that left me wanting more. She was a 9ft 5wt, and I only had a few weeks to get to know her. If I’m being honest, she wasn’t much to look at, but we just jived. Then she was gone, on a plane back home, and I find myself missing her terribly. Though I need not wait long to be reunited, because at around $500, even I can scrounge up enough cash to make her mine once more.
by Chris Madson - Tuesday, Oct 30th, 2018
It was a passing acquaintance, in the freshness of my youth.
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