I would tend to agree with what Joe Hyde has to say. I have spent the better part of the last 25 years with a canoe paddle in hand. I have tried just about every type of paddle out there and I...
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I would tend to agree with what Joe Hyde has to say. I have spent the better part of the last 25 years with a canoe paddle in hand. I have tried just about every type of paddle out there and I...
As a former guide that worked in northern minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, selling a trip during the smallie spawn was quite easy. Many flyfishing followers were eager to have the...
Well, I am back from North Dakota, armed with a few bird skins for winter tying. We got hungarian partiridge, sharp tailed grouse, pheasant, widgeon, mallard, pintail, and canvasback.
Thanks for all the input. I am packing the "20 mule team borax" in the suburban and heading out to North Dakota on Wed. I have been practicing on the ruffed grouse up here in northern minnesota and...
I am preparing for a "fly material" gathering trip to north dakota. I would like to preserve the skins of some of the different ducks and phesants that we will get. Anyone have any good referance...
In my experience the best time of the year for catching smallies with surface poppers is during the nesting time. In the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, where I live, I plan one of my vacation weeks to...
I was recently re-reading one of Sigurd Olson's books, "Reflections from North Country". In there he refers to the "Ambrose Bucktail" fly, which was particularly deadly on the bass in the boundary...
Another techniques that I have used with great sucess is using a drift sock. If the wind is blowing just right it can move you at a snails pace along the structure allowing you plenty of time to hit...
Having spent much of the past 20 years as a wilderness fishing guide in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, I have found taking an old stuff sack filled with rocks found on the shore a great,...
Having spent much of the past 20 years as a wilderness canoe and fishing guide I almost always recommend a strait shaft paddle for fishing. Paddling with a bent shaft paddle changes all of the...