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Terrain Features And Rub Lines

Terrain Features And Rub Lines

Terrain Features And Rub Lines by Ken McBroom article copyright Most deer hunters know how important rub lines are to locating bucks in a particular hunting area. Rubs have paid off for me over the years but over the past few seasons, after reading Mapping Trophy Bucks by Brad Herndon, an excellent tool for your […]

Small Lakes And Big Bass

Small Lakes And Big Bass

Small Lakes And Big Bass by Ken McBroom article copyright These days bass fishing is a wildly popular pastime with big boats and fancy reels along with more electronic gadgetry than a common man can even learn to use. We do our best, however, to keep up with the onslaught of lures and lines, rods […]

Popping For Bluegills

Popping For Bluegills

Popping For Bluegills by Ken McBroom article copyright The cold front proved to put the Gills down with just a rare take in deep water with a cricket. Just the day before, big bluegills were pouncing on our red worms and crickets in all depths, providing ample fun for the kids and adults alike, Fun […]

Crankin For Crappies

Crankin For Crappies

Crankin For Crappies by Ken McBroom article copyright Crappie fishing; to most, bring visions of cool spring mornings with fog lingering over the surface of the lake and burning off shortly after rigging a bobber and minnow to cast to the brush pile and wait for the Crappie to find your bait. Classic Crappie fishing […]

Springtime In Alaska

Springtime In Alaska

Springtime In Alaska by Ken McBroom article copyright The ice has left the beaver ponds and the snow is only visible high in the mountains. The days are a bit longer and there seems to be a buzz in town. That buzz is the coming of springtime in Alaska. The Hooter Grouse are hooting and […]

Crappie Season Is Here

Crappie Season Is Here

Crappie Season Is Here by Ken McBroom article copyright It’s February and cabin fever is at its peak. The snow seems to be gone for good and with warm sunny days teasing you into thinking its time, the tackle box finally receives a little attention. You sort and organize the jigs and sinkers, bobbers and […]

The Obey River – Wild and Sceni...

The Obey River – Wild and Scenic

The Obey River – Wild and Scenic by Ken McBroom article copyright The canoe slid easily down the tall grass that grew along Tennessee’s Obey River. The paddles and gear were next including my fly rod and vest. A lady, who seemed frustrated but determined, stared curiously into the River from a pier along the […]

Married Life

Married Life

Married Life by Ken McBroom article copyright Finding the perfect woman can be like finding a ridge top rub line punctuated by a still steaming scrape in the middle of a stand of white oaks the size of a football field on a cold November morning. It ain’t easy. But hang in there fellows, there […]

Grayling

Grayling

Grayling by Ken McBroom article copyright Alaska is home to many species of fish with nearly as many, if not more, ways to pursue them. Much has been written about these species and the ways of catching them but one species, special to me, has escaped stardom. The Sailfish of the North or Arctic Grayling. […]

Springtime Dollies

Springtime Dollies

Springtime Dollies by Ken McBroom article copyright Spring is fast approaching the great lands of Alaska and spring is synonymous with fishing in Alaska. Many cold dark months have been spent dreaming about the end of winter, the break-up of ice, and the emerging fry from the many streams across Alaska. Emerging fry in Alaska […]