Gerald Almy News & Tips

News & Tips: Optics Hunters Should Check Out
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Optics Hunters Should Check Out

With hunting seasons fast approaching, here are two offerings to check out from a pair of topnotch optics companies:…
News & Tips: Classic Lures: Eppinger Dardevle Spoons...
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Classic Lures: Eppinger Dardevle Spoons

Lou Eppinger was a taxidermist practicing his artistry in Detroit in the late 19tth Century, but work was uneven, so he…
News & Tips: Chesapeake Bay Flounder
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Chesapeake Bay Flounder

Virginia and Maryland's Chesapeake Bay is famous for some exciting gamefish — red drum, black drum, cobia and striped…
News & Tips: Using Lipless Crankbaits
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Using Lipless Crankbaits

Normally I would have grabbed my 12-weight fly rod, a box of bead-eyed streamers and climbed into the wooden boat to…
News & Tips: Favorite Fly Hatches for Trout
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Favorite Fly Hatches for Trout

I've been blessed to fish for trout with dry flies on some of the top waters in the country, from the Bow River in…
News & Tips: Backtrolling for Steelhead
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Backtrolling for Steelhead

I'll never forget my first experience with the unique sport of back trolling for steelhead. I was fishing with Les…
Hand holding a rapala lure
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Classic Lures: Rapala Original Floating Minnow

Classic fishing lures that have stood the test of time.   Rapala Fishing Lures History Lauri Rapala was born in…
News & Tips: Fishing Tandem Rigs
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Fishing Tandem Rigs

Sculling gently with a small wooden paddle, the angler eased his Sneak boat up to a flooded bridge piling in Santee-…
News & Tips: How to Use Your Ears to Bag Squirrels by Just Listening...
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How to Use Your Ears to Bag Squirrels by Just Listening

If you were humbled by gobblers this spring, don't worry. You've got plenty of company. For a game species that offers…
News & Tips: Buying Land for Deer Hunting
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Buying Land for Deer Hunting

With the heavy pressure most public areas are subjected to, it's a rare sportsman who hasn't thought of buying his own…
News & Tips: Headwater Brook Trout
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Headwater Brook Trout

The brook trout reaches its ultimate potential in the cold waters of northern Canada, where orange-paunched fish of 4…
News & Tips: Flies for Northern Pike
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Flies for Northern Pike

Few thrills in fishing can come close to watching a northern pike's toothy mouth clamp down on a fly twitching across…