News of the Week: January 27, 2014

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THE MONDAY 10: The Ten Fishing Stories of the Week You Need to Know

The Big Lead: Famous Scotiish tackle shop Gows closes after 150 years.



Lead-free tackle is back on the menu in Minnesota.



Montana tackle company is a big hit.



Tom Bedell (Pure FIshing) puts his 14.9 million dollar home up for sale.

Mel Dickie has been teaching rod making for 35 years.



A new fly fishing film was released.



Fly fishing on mars.

Sister Carol Ann Corley teaches fly tying to young students.



The Patriots didn't make the Super Bowl, but you can still go to Super Boo.

Finishing with a Flourish: Bassmaster Classic to have $20 million impact on Birmingham.

-- Dr. Todd

The News of the Week

NEWS OF THE WEEK




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THE MONDAY 10: The Ten Fishing Stories of the Week You Need to Know

The Big Lead: SAD NEWS: Angler dies while trying to retrieve an ice chest that was taken out to sea.

Tackle tycoon Tom Bedell is listing his 25,000 square foot home for $14.9 million.

Minnesota's bait and tackle shops are declining, but the stories remain.



Lake of the Woods Museum celebrates its 50th.

Thieves use fishing rod to steal keys.

A fly-fisher's guide to business development?

The EPA releases the final Bristol Bay watershed assessment.

Cool ice fishing toys that work.

Captain Bubba Carter lands his 20,000th billfish.



Finishing with a Flourish: FIlm tracks fly angling WWII vet's return to France.

-- Dr. Todd

The News of the Week: January 13, 2014

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THE MONDAY 10: The Ten Fishing Stories of the Week You Need to Know

The Big Lead: The icy allure of ice fishing



There is an NFLCC show in Milwaukee this weekend.

Is the tuna allocation fair?

IGFAs hot catches for the month of January.



Reviewing the Beaverkill Rod Co. Legacy series rods.



The art of fly tying.

Utah company unveils a new fly wallet.



Sarah Palin is launching a new outdoor tv show called Amazing America.

Actor Josh Holloway is a fly angler.

Finishing with a Flourish:The Northern Water Flyfishers are keen on conservation.



-- Dr. Todd

The 20 Most Interesting Fishing Stories of 2013

Presented in no particular order, we get my list of the most important and interesting fishing stories of 2013.

The 20 Most Interesting Fishing Stories of 2013

Biggest salmon in 75 years caught in Scotland.



Atlantic Sturgeon leaps into man's boat.



The Rebirth of Tycoon Tackle!



Police arrest confessed killer of pro angler Jimmy Johnson.



Legendary ice decoy carver James "Judd" Nelson has passed away.



The Norwegians are yelling "Helpe Meg!!" over the size of this tryout.



The great Ian Frazier documents the last days of Stealhead Joe.



Wright Thompson, the best journalist around, chronicles the great Tom Morgan.



More information on the Brittania fly reel.



Kirk Deeter is Missing John Merwin….



114 year old woman is better angler than you.


Record breaking 103-pound cod is landed.



The 10 Weirdest Fishing Lures.



Karl White is still seeking a home for his massive collection.



A profile of Tibor "Ted" Jurascik.



The great John Merwin has passed.



Lew's resurgence is a great story.



Incredibly knowledgable (and nice) collector Jim Schottenham, and Lang's Auctions, gets a nice profile in the Wall Street Journal.



Remembering the great Bill Cullerton Sr.



An interview with Jeremy Wade.

News of the Week: December 23, 2013

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THE MONDAY 10: The Ten Fishing Stories of the Week You Need to Know

The Big Lead: Biggest salmon in 75 years caught in Scotland.



New Jersey heroes on the water.



Remembering the old days of tackle retailing.

50 Irish sea-trout waters are outlined.

A very cool story about a childhood fishing rod.

Man invents the Sinkerlock.

Famed Sudbury tackle shop goes out of business.

Cops break up fight in People's Park between a man wielding a machete, one with a pole hook, and another with a fishing rod.

Olympian Johnny Spillane is now a fly shop owner.

Finishing with a Flourish: All I want for Christmas is a fishing rod.



-- Dr. Todd

News of the Week: Dec. 16, 2013

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THE MONDAY 10: The Ten Fishing Stories of the Week You Need to Know

The Big Lead: Bloomberg's list of "favorite things" includes a Tenkara rod.

Why you should always make your own baits.



Megabass meets the bass mafia.

There are no one-size-fit-all fishing rods.

Technologies that changed fishing.

This is an unlikely Idaho monster trout.



Get yourself an Atlantic Salmon ... cushion???



Gifts to inspire young girls includes fishing rod.

New restaraunt gets its name from an old Scottish fly.

Finishing with a Flourish: How to fly cast into the wind.