Articles filed under Outdoors
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Small wonders on the streamAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The timing was excellent. I had just finished repairing a tiny leak in my waders and was going to test the integrity of my fly casting on a nearby stream. The phone ran...
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Plano supports future fishermenAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - There are other companies that do more than sell fishing accessories, but it just so happens that a local outfit stepped up to the plate. In support of its mission to te...
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In fishing, sometimes simplicity simply works bestAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I was recently reminded of some great characters I met many years go in north-central Wisconsin. There were two in particular who had lived and traveled the high road, i...
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One man's fishing castoffs is this man's treasuresJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - I jokingly told photographer Mike Seeling that Dan Basore has more ink than a regular at a tattoo parlor. Of course, I was referring to all the newspaper columns pertai...
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Troubled economy hurting sponsors of outdoor eventsJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Because the economy is on shaky ground, even some the fishing tackle companies and their affiliated "cousins", such as boat and motor manufacturers, are having to pull t...
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Readers worried IDNR's future looking very bleakJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - As I have stated countless times, Illinois could have been the "cash cache" ready for mining. Of course, I am referring to the outstanding fishing, hunting, camping, hi...
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Anglers shouldn't be ashamed of using live baitJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Our weekly conversations are getting to be marathons, filled with opinions and remembrances. Almost every exchange contains a reference to live bait and how for quite a ...
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Shocking news: Fowl play in WyomingJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Even though we're far from this incident, the news coming from the west is startling. PacifiCorp, one of the largest electric utilities in the West, pleaded guilty this ...
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Beauty in eye of the beholder when it comes to bassin'Jul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Bass fishing locations can be both objective and subjective. Now, with that qualifier stated, I will answer an inquiry from Kenneth, who resides in Elgin. On the local-a...
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Hold out for the big ones with a Snag Proof frogJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - When I was doing fishing seminars every year, I would be bombarded with questions as to why and how I could enjoy fishing the heavy cover, like thick weeds and grass. A...