How many different colors can you make your Tiger Prawn? I guess the question should be, “How many different colors of Nectar does Pautzke’s actually produce”? If you said 5, then you are on the right track. With that, we will stick with the basics just to make sense of it all. If I start […]
The mid twenty-foot range of boats is a popular, crowded and quite competitive marketplace. Within the reach of many boating families, the successful hull in this range is quite often called upon to be a stable & safe platform for fishing, camping and water sports. While many hulls claim to function in a variety of […]
Fishing rags for steelhead has actually been around longer then I have been fishing. A few guys have told me they were fishing rags back in the 1960’s. My Dad started fishing rags on the Puyallup and Carbon Rivers back in the eighty’s. I’m not sure where he saw it, or came up with it, but it was […]
The reality is, there is more than one way to cook a duck. The first time I brought my limit of seven ducks home I wasn’t exactly sure how I was going to cook’em or what I wanted to try. The one thing I knew for certain, is that after I breasted-out my ducks I […]
BRP has just introduced the new Evinrude E-TEC 135 H.O. — an outboard that should have strong attraction in the “jet sled” or shallow river running engine market. Evinrude/BRP has the engine poised to compete in the hotly contested 100 to 150 hp outboard segment, given that its two–stroke design gives the 135 H.O. up to 36 percent more torque […]
There is obviously more then one way to tie a yarnie. When it comes to creating Steelhead lures I want to be certain of two things. One, what I am using needs to look and perform as I envisioned it and two, I want to make sure it’s durable. Having confidence in what you are offering and not […]
The early December sun had not yet crested the Cascades as I drove north to Anacortes to meet Robbo and Duane for our run to Friday Harbor and the 2012 edition of the Resurrection Salmon Derby. As I exited Interstate 5, turning west on Highway 20, memories of our, uh,…experience at the 2011 event were spinning around in my head and I was […]
I recently received a small cooler with 24 fresh Steelhead skeins in it from a good buddy of mine. “Thank You Andy”. The timing is perfect as I was hoping to get some more eggs and get them cured up in one of my favorite and easiest Steelhead cures, that I have been using the […]
If you’re looking for a Chistmas gift for the sportsman in your life or just want some super cool shades look no further than Costa’s new lineup of polarized sunglasses in AP Realtree camo. Costa’s camo series is available in their popular Fantail, Blackfin, Double Haul, and Zane frames and of course you can also […]
The 2013 Northwest Salmon Derby Series was given a yet another solid start by a surprisingly successful Bayside Marine Salmon Derby. On Saturday, November 3rd, the 21st edition of the Bayside event was greeted by Small Craft Advisory winds but the 250 competitors were not about to be discouraged by a little choppy water! The […]
