Fishing
Getting looped isn’t all that bad, right?
While some of you may remember me from my younger days and thought with this title I might be about to tell a tale about working with rock and roll concerts, this column isn’t about that. […]
Columns
Backlashes
Poster child for greed? See Big Rock fight
National Football League fans will wail and gnash their teeth if the league and its players don’t settle a labor lockout before September. […]
Backlashes
Check the fine print for urban archery shots
Chapel Hill has always been a little, uh, different. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Bless the brookie; he needs some help
Brook trout have survived large-scale logging operations, loss of quality habitat, introduction of non-native species, ravages of nature, and overfishing since 1900. […]
Fishing
Saltwater fly-fishing for dummies
I am not a fly-fisher; I have caught some fish using the buggywhip rod, but calling me a fly-fisher would be comparable to calling the Wright brothers astronauts. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Thrift bags win at Beaver Lake
Bryan Thrift of Shelby won the FLW Tour event on Arkansas’ Beaver Lake in early March with a 4-day catch of 54 pounds, eight ounces, to take the first-place prize of $100,000 plus a Ranger Cup bonus of $25,000. […]
Fishing
Getting it right the first time
The secret to eliminating 90 percent of electronics problems is getting the installation right. […]
Deer Hunting
Spring, summer are protein times
Food. All animals crave it, ingest it and seek out certain varieties with special characteristics to fulfill their physical needs. […]
Fishing
Pick a color, any color — maybe
It can be really confusing when you walk into a tackle shop and look at the rows and rows of crankbaits, all different sizes and styles and colors. […]
Bass Fishing
Topwater bite is tops when May arrives
I have talked a lot about February and March being the best months to catch a big bass from any of our lakes, rivers and ponds in South Carolina. Despite that, May is probably my favorite month to fish. […]