In our sport, no piece of gear is probably scrutinized, inquired about, second-guessed or glorified more than the lure. “What did you catch ‘em on?” and “What color?” might be two of the most ...

One of the interesting things in talking with many of these makers—aside from the competitive nature of the business—is that there is a good deal of sharing of ...

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Larry Welcome of Cutchogue has been hooked on fishing since his dad took him for the first time at age 5. Like most anglers, Welcome started fishing using bait and targeting smaller, readily available ...

JOHN IN HIS BASEMENT WORKSHOP IN PLYMOUTH. SCOTT LARSON IS HARD AT WORK TURNING OUT A REAL PASSION OF HIS. WHEN THIS THING IS SPINNING, YOU KNOW, AT 2000 RPMS, I JUST RUN THIS THING UNTIL IT COPIES ...

Thank God they flick their tails. I’d been hearing one bark for five minutes, but it’s only that ­visual cue that reveals the rodent, flattened and frozen against a hickory 30 yards away. I brace the ...

On a fishing boat near Sugar Island in the Detroit River — With the morning sun beating down on him, John Cleveland reeled in a northern pike using a Hot Mackerel Dardevle spoon. At 24 inches, the ...