At this point in my life, I normally practice catch and release fishing about 99% of the time. My major exception to that rule is walleye fishing, because I really enjoy catching and cooking this … Read more
Jon and I both grew up using open face reels whenever we went fishing, to the point where I didn’t even know there were other options until I was already in junior high school and … Read more
I think most of us anglers have gone thru different periods of our fishing careers where we preferred one type of fishing line over others. I also believe that most of us have spent a … Read more
My love of St. Croix fishing rods started during a Lake Erie walleye fishing tournament. One of the prizes I happened to win on my way to a first-place team finish (all thanks to me … Read more
In my opinion it’s really hard to argue against hiking being the perfect way to spend a day, a weekend, a week…maybe even longer. There are few ways to see naturally beautiful country while getting … Read more
As good as a sturdy hiking boot can be for a solid day of hiking, especially over uneven ground or particularly challenging trails, sometimes you need something that is less concerned about a hefty weight … Read more
True made up stat: Aside from muskie, dull hooks are the #1 cause of psychotic breaks in fishermen while out on the water. Think about it – you guzzle the morning coffee in the early … Read more
Going into Christmas last year I had a little bit of extra cash to spend so proving both that outdoor enthusiasts can get excited about weird things and that adults don’t Christmas as well as … Read more
You don’t need me to tell you that there are many challenges to any given hunting season. For those of us who live in four season territory that includes wet snow piling up on the … Read more
If there’s one thing you need as a gunsmith, whether you’re just looking at getting started or are a twenty year old hand, is a library. There are so many different designs, gun types, gun … Read more
Having spent four years in the great white North and having lived decades in the Midwest before that, I feel especially qualified to talk about surviving the cold of a long Alaska winter. We’re not … Read more
Okay, the long delay on this review is just on us. The Scrubba Wash Bag was one of the first one of those “videos on YouTube” that Jon and I saw around the time we … Read more