Old-School Appalachian Wet Flies
Chris Ellis My grandfather was a fisherman and my earliest memories of him are surrounded by fishing. He loved to wade in clear creeks in West Virginia and took pride…
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The Elusive Bushbuck
Lost at Sea On my first African safari I shot the first bushbuck I saw. From talking with other hunters, that’s not extremely unusual. Unlike most African plains game, the bushbuck…
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Peter B. Mathiesen Crawfish are everywhere, ditches, frequently flooded agricultural fields, almost all ponds and, of course your favorite impoundment or river. There’s not a state in the contiguous 48…
DetailsTandem Fly Fishing Rig Basics
Chris Ellis A fly-fisherman has one distinct advantage over spin fisherman—it is the ability to fish several baits at one time to cover multiple water columns. Water column is a…
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What’s in the Bag?
M. D. Johnson Blind bags are to waterfowl hunters as golf clubs are to Tiger Woods or Harley-Davidson motorcycles are to Milwaukee—you can’t have one without the other. Back in…
DetailsJigging Deep-water Walleyes
M. D. Johnson “This is impossible,” I told my wife, Julie, under my breath. She grinned. “What you going to do?” she asked. “Pout? Just like that time you couldn’t find Attack…
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Winter Whitetails
Chad Schearer How do you consistently take big bucks? There are as many theories and techniques on how to take big deer as there are deer in the woods. In…
DetailsUmbrella Rig Stripers
David Hart Chesapeake Bay charter captains may have been the first anglers to figure out just how effective umbrella rigs are for striped bass, but Glenn Briggs is a quick…
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Steps to a Trophy
Mark Kayser Do you want to kill a trophy whitetail? If you have a hankering for a trophy buck, read on to see if you pass the test and have what…
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Simple is Sometimes Better
Tony Kinton Seems the rage among hunters today is bigger bucks and bulls. That is fine to an extent, but it can interfere with some grand outdoor adventures. If the…
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