Seems like an odd time of year to be taking an oily rag to my old 12 gauge. After all, the last time I picked it up was in December on a late-season pheasant hunt. Autumn, for me, is the season of shot-gunning and chasing my Brittany round the grouse covers of Michigan or the […]
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I recently had the opportunity to try out the state of the art “Switch” rod from Sage. Being a died in the wool steelhead fly fisherman, I’m always interested in the latest and greatest gear. Every time I open a package with a slick new product, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning. The
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I dream of Genie! To be clear, I don’t dream of the beautiful, scantily clad character played by Barbra Eden back in the 60s….anymore…Though, I think I did as a teenager (!?!), but I did, without a doubt, sometimes dream of one of my favorite steelhead fly patterns that I developed and named “the Genie”,
January in Michigan is the start of the coyote “Rut”. Yotes, yoodle dogs, coyotes, coyotl (aztec name) or canis latrans, whatever you call them, you can bet that if they’re in your area, you CAN call them, though it’s not always necessary. I’m fortunate enough to live far enough from town that I have deer,
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A chilly start yields good numbers. A cold unrelenting winter that refuses to release its icy grip has made for a slow start to the 2018 walleye “run” in the Detroit river, though walleye numbers have been good on the few days in April that have been temperate enough for comfortable fishing. The Detroit river
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The winter of 2016/17 was a tough one for dedicated ice fishermen in the great lakes. Warmish temps kept much of the really productive Walleye water….well, water. We were hard pressed to find good ice on Saginaw Bay and found none on Lake Erie, our usual hot spots for winter walleye and perch. We made
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Abridged and excerpted from Brandon Vaughan’s forthcoming book. The first three bonefish that I ever caught on a fly were violently cut in half in bloody, blindingly fast attacks by large hungry barracudas. I was wading a white sandy flat in 20” of transparent water, and each attack was within a rods length of my
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I recently took delivery of a new rifle that I’ve been very interested in for quite some time. Being a fan of 6.5mm chamberings, and light weight rifles, the Howa “Mini action” bolt gun in 6.5 Grendel has been on my wish list. The Howa Mini in 6.5 Grendel would fall into the affordable production
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Anyone who has paid any attention to firearms deer hunting regulations in the Midwest will know that many traditional “shotgun only” zones have been opened up to allow hunters to use center fire rifles, albeit with limitations. In my home state of Michigan, the lower half of the lower peninsula, formerly shotgun only, now allows
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Kidder County, North Dakota. We couldn’t have picked a worse day weather-wise for our first crack at North Dakota’s pheasants. The temperature wasn’t that far north of freezing and the wind must have been blowing 25, with gusts to 40. A needle fine rain had turned to sleet, and it banged off the lids of
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