We need to consider the probably most puzzling and paradoxical reality that we shouldn’t be going fishing just to catch fish, which is a statement I am sure must seem to most of us like something bordering uncomfortably close to heresy and without any doubt a burning at the stake should be in order, or…
“Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for.” —Earnest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea With the New Year here, I find myself reflecting on the river’s bounty from the year just ended. Not just last year, but all the years and…
Fly fishing offers the ultimate in trout fishing adventure at Missouri’s trout parks. It is one thing to catch a limit of four rainbow trout on baits, or even artificial lures such as spinners, jigs and minnow imitators, but it is an entirely different ball game to fool trout into taking a tiny fly which…
The wife and I were blessed with two sons. As with most parents, we enjoyed doing things with our kids. I don’t remember just how old they were at this time, but they were still in grade school. We thought we would go on a fishing-camping trip. So we loaded our camping and fishing gear…
The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North Amercia. The steelhead is an anadromous form of the coastal rainbow trout, or Columbia River redband trout, which usually returns to fresh water to spawn after living two to three years…
A few weeks ago, I woke up one morning and found that my outdoor thermometer was telling me that it was -2 degrees outside. The one thing that I knew right away was that there wasn’t going to be any fishing done on that day. Fishing is always on my mind at this time of…
Custom Lures & Bait offers both plus guide services Custom Lures and Bait is very different from the other bait shops that I have visited over the past several months. Even the name shows its paradox to a typical bait shop. Lures are featured before the live bait and that philosophy carries throughout the shop…
This year’s “Let’s Go Fishing Show” held at the Collinsville Illinois Convention Center will again feature a popular attraction put on by the National Fishing Lure Collectors Club. Visitors will see displays of old fishing lures, rods and reels, and other antique fishing equipment. Experts will be present to explain the origin of the lures…
