Articles filed under Outdoors
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There's always good action with bluegills on the lineSep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The mosquitoes don't seem to be flying their usual formations lately. But the wasps are still managing to buzz our faces if we invade their territory, and a few creepy-c...
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Wilderness and tranquility much closer than you thinkAug 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Reality is a paycheck and a few bucks in the bank. Some may hang their hat on the weekend down time and steaks grilling in the backyard while others prefer an unfettered...
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Don't miss out on topwater funAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I can easily fall into the traps every fishing season. Even though I truly enjoy using plastic worms and critters for bottom-feeding bass, I often forget how much joy t...
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FLW Outdoors hooks up in sponsorship disputeAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - FLW chief Irwin Jacobs may not be a happy litigant for the moment, and here's why: Although it was described as having been pursued "reluctantly," FLW Outdoors has filed...
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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...