Thursday, May 17, 2012

Presented Without Comment

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To see one surprised angler and one angry sheep, Click Here .

Thursday Review: The Bud Snyder Collection

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Three weeks from tomorrow the collection of the late William R. "Bud" Snyder will go to gavel by Houghton Auctions of Zumbrota, Mi...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

My Fishing Heroes: The Great John Betts

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My Fishing Heroes: The Great John Betts I have decided to start an occasional series of profiles on men and women I greatly admire in the ...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Voices from the Past: Ed Zern (1958)

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Ed Zern was always my favorite of the "back-page" outdoor magazine writers. Of all the angling humorists I always got the feelin...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

News of the Week: 14 May 2012

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Don't have time to read 50+ fishing and tackle collecting blogs and web sites? Well, let us do it for you! Follow all of the latest n...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

1000 Words: Fishing Tackle on TV

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1000 Words: Fishing Tackle on TV As the television networks finalize their fall schedules by renewing or canceling the various series (hoo...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Deconstructing Old Ads: The South Bend Nip-I-Diddee (1949)

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Nip-i-What?   One of the first lures I bought as a 13 year-old was a South Bend “Nip-i-Didee” on the advice of the owner at the local Fi...
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Friday, May 11, 2012

The Friday Funhouse

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The Friday Funhouse Video of the Week A wonderful vintage video of 1940s Montauk fishing tackle shop memories. Pretty awesome stuff... ...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Thursday Review: Fly-Fishing: The Sacred Art--Casting a Fly as a Spiritual Practice

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Thursday Review: Fly-Fishing: The Sacred Art--Casting a Fly as a Spiritual Practice A very special book on fishing has just been published...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Ben Wright's Spinning Reel Report (April 2012)

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APRIL 2012   MONTH ENDS WITH COOL WEATHER WITH MORE COOL REELS ON THE BAY !!!   Featured reel: The best spinning reel ever made by Shak...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Voices from the Past: Obediah Bluebottle (1879)

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The following description of the laziest man on earth comes from the Bluebottle Papers: One of the Family , which is a humorous descriptio...
Monday, May 7, 2012

News of the Week: 07 May 2012

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Don't have time to read 50+ fishing and tackle collecting blogs and web sites? Well, let us do it for you! Follow all of the latest n...
Sunday, May 6, 2012

THE FIRST ANNUAL FISHING FOR HISTORY/ORCA HISTORICAL FISHING CONTEST

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THE FIRST ANNUAL FISHING FOR HISTORY/ORCA HISTORICAL FISHING CONTEST ====================== Welcome to the 1st Annual Fishing for Histor...
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Deconstructing Old Ads: The Liv Lure (1947)

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The “Live Lure” Epidemic From the March 1947 issue of Sports Afield comes this ad for the Live Lure. When one starts looking in earnest a...