Kayaks for fishing
What makes the perfect fishing kayak? That’s a question debated daily on kayak-fishing forums and web sites. Wilderness Systems, an Easley, South Carolina-based company, has earned its status as one of the most recognized names in paddle sports by listening to what their customers want in a fishing kayak.
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Plug and play beats plug and pray
Bad connections can cause your electronics to do things that are science-fiction strange. They can cause simple problems like a unit failing to power-up, but they prefer to hide behind sneaky, intermittent troubles that could be caused by dozens of things. The complete list of possible problems (if you could make a complete list) wouldn’t fit on this page.
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Traditional flies will still catch trout
Long before the first settlers arrived in Western North Carolina mountains, and long before “gentlemen” fly fishers discovered the fine trout waters of the Southern Appalachians, the Cherokee were using flies to catch trout, not for sport, but for food.
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Toeing the line is fishing necessity
Mono, braid, superbraid, fluoro, super cast, abrasion resistant, visibility, stretch, diameter — are these words you hear and read in ads for fishing line that you don’t really understand? If so, join the club.
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Time to get all your ducks in a row
August is a lot of things to a lot of fishermen, but to me as a bass fisherman, it’s the month when you’ve got to have your ducks in a row.
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Piers pay off for Walters at High Rock
Greensboro’s Todd Walters targeted flat piers to beat his fishing peers at the June 19 FLW Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division tournament on sun-baked High Rock Lake.
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First peek at newest fishing products
Old standbys seem to be aboard every angler’s boat. You know, the Zara Spooks, Bomber crankbaits and Strike King spinner baits. While those lures are consistent money makers, the manufacturers that designed them are always releasing new products. And that’s what’s happening this week in Las Vegas during the ICAST show – the fishing industry has gathered for the coming-out party for the 2011 lines of fishing products.
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