Fishing
A trout fly for every season
If you want to catch trout 12 months of the year, all you need are a handful of dry flies and nymphs. […]
Columns
Backlashes
Sunday hunting law hits a snag
The push to get Sunday hunting on the N.C. law books took a hit Dec. 6. […]
Fishing
Hazel Creek is a good fall break
At some time or other, anyone who claims to be a trout fisher makes his or her way to Hazel Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to pay homage to one of the South’s most celebrated trout streams. […]
Fishing
Santa, baby, I need a rod and reel
Every year I get phone calls from my friend’s wives, family members and (her) girl friends, asking what they should get my friends for Christmas. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass can stack up in December
There are a lot of good reasons to fish in December, chief among them, most everybody else is deer hunting, and you’ve pretty much got the lake to yourself. […]
Fishing
Sportsman’s tricks for Saint Nick
A while back, I learned the, er, um, difficult way, how to respond when asked about what I wanted for a Christmas/birthday/Father’s Day/anniversary present. […]
Fishing Tournaments
Raleigh anglers win at Lake Hickory
Chad Craven of Raleigh and Tommy Farley of Colonial Heights, Va., won the Oct. 6-7 Stratos Owners’ Tournament Trail World Championship at Old Hickory Lake, Gallatin, Tenn. […]
Backlashes
The fast track to extinction
A report released Oct. 10 by the U.S. Sportsman’s Alliance, National Shooting Sports Foundation and National Wild Turkey Federation should make American sportsmen sit up and take notice. […]
Fishing
Stripers provide family fun
I love to take my family fishing at Lake Murray, my home lake, in December. […]
Fishing
Location secret to winter success
Often anglers can feel as if we’re “fishing in a bathtub.” It’s so common to feel like the fish are nowhere to be found, and a bathtub would be just as good a place to be soaking bait. […]