The simple route can work just as well, and there is still a fair amount of summer remaining to give it a try...

Over to his library he plucked a book. With a shaky hand he autographed a fly-tying book to me. What he wrote shouldn’t be read by the faint of heart. I watched him write it. Then he handed it to me, I read it then, so many years ago. I read it again last night...

Over the years, North Dakota Game and Fish has developed a body of fishing regulations based on sound fisheries biology and management practices. A general rule of thumb is that if a regulation isn’t going to help the resource, then don’t put it in place, and conversely, if a regulation is no longer serving its intended purpose, it should be taken off the books...

Some of the best Saturday shore lunches I have eaten have started with a Tuesday. Tuesdays my butcher told me is thee day to shop at the local market. All lasts weeks old stuff has been bought and the new stuff is being put on the shelf. So On Monday I...

Five years back I changed my opener lake. I was called a quitter for not coming back on my tenth trip to the old lake. I was just moving out of the rookie pile when I...

Helpful Links to Minnesota fishing regulations...

Water temperatures in the Duluth Area (Lower Shore) ranged between 41 and 44 degrees this past week. Water temperatures in the Finland Area (Middle Shore) ranged between 39 and 42 degrees, while water temperatures in the Grand Marais Area (Upper Shore) ranged between 33 and 42 degrees...