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great blogs written for fly fishermen by fly fishing experts. Everyone might have a difference of opinion but they know what they are talking about and have the experience to back it up. I have compiled a list of some great blogs and web pages that are probably better than this one. I won’t mention some of the giants such as Orvis, Sage, or field and Stream; they already have tons of recognition for their contribution to the sport (lifestyle) of fly fishing. If you write, then these are great…

it was very cool to go fishing with my dad for the very first time and me and my mom went fishing to she got her line stuck up in a tree to so we all do stuff like that and it is fine if you do that stuff like I did and she did and that is when I went fishing. One time, when I went fishing, I had to pick out a good spot. After, that I had to get the stuff out of the car and then get it ready for me. Next, I got my, dads fishing pole ready and then we started fishing I got a bite but after I…

Pit Crew 2016 Hometown: Reeds Spring, MO Occupation: Student Areas of Bow-fishing Expertise: I’m am not an expert at anything. I am always looking to improve everything I do. Favorite Method of Bow-fishing: I enjoy chasing carp in the clear water of Southwest Missouri. There is nothing more fun than a night on the boat chasing fish with family and friends. Credentials and Awards: I have not won any bow-fishing awards yet. I did finish in the top 16 in the state of Missouri for 12U…

My family and I started out the weekend by going fishing. We fished many hours and we hooked into some nice crappies. Our family’s seasonal camper on Lake Shamineau is where we spent most of our time fishing. Routinely spotted were large northern pike and muskies all while looking for schools of crappies and walleyes. Quietly trolling for walleyes, I happened to snag a small fishing rod. By the looks of it, that rod had been at the bottom of the lake for years. Our keep of walleyes was held to…

needle in a haystack. Fortunately, I have never had to try to find a needle in a haystack, but I have had to find an anchor on the bottom of the lake until I went fishing with Jon Mans. It was a bright sunny day in the middle of July. Jon Mans and I were headed to the lake, where we would meet our football coach, Jimmy, to go fishing. Even though we arrived at the lake well before Jimmy, we got my 14-foot camo Alumacraft the trailer. Additionally, the boat was hooked up to my silver Chevy…

these folks would follow me to the Snake River for a fishing trip, I think they’d change their minds. If they were to join me on the river, they’d hear the sound of motor boats traveling up the water, and they’d smell the engine exhaust and hear the laughter of the fishermen. They’d be able to look across the river to the Idaho side and see a white pick-up truck parked in the mudflats next to the water. They’d see the family casting their fishing poles and hear them joking as the dad…

It was a gloomy day. I was at our Subdivision’s Local Beach getting ready to swim out to the raft with my four friends. The “raft” as we called it was the bottom end of a Pontoon Boat anchored in the center of Dollar Lake. Occasionally the rain and winds blew it. When my friends arrived we dove into the shallow end of the beach and acquainted our bodies with the cold, late Summer temperature. After a few minutes my friend Gage shouted, “Let’s Go!” and the four of us swam onwards toward the raft.…

explore one of the very best all around tactics for all big gamefish species -- The Twitch. Nothing triggers a "cover tight" predator quite like a twitched minnow bait. More bass tournaments have been won lately with this tactic (they call it "jerkbait fishing"?). And the twitch minnowbait tactic has literally dominated musky tourneys for over a decade. What's less known is how deadly twitchin' is on big pike. Twitch big minnow baits for reluctant cover-tight pike can really score big. One of…

I try fishing with what worked in the past. Sometimes this doesn't work either. In which case, I don't continually catch trout. I vary my fly-tying from commercial patterns, by using a different color feather or thread. Keeping a list of all the items that I need to take fishing, is crucial to me. That way, there is no question of leaving anything out when I prepare. However, I'd rather catch fish with a fly of my own design. An example: One day while I was eating at the fishing…

The Fish of One Thousand Casts Ever since I was little I had dreamed of catching a Muskie. I had caught several species of fish, anywhere from a little bluegill in a nearby pond, to a red snapper while deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. But at the start of 2017 I set a personal goal to catch a Muskie from my kayak. I did extensive research on this odd fish, just to try and figure out why it was so difficult to catch one. I would sometimes fish for many days and nights in the nearby lakes…