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Cabelas? Prepares to Cast New Fly Fishing Initiative

May 13th, 2012 | Author: Jon

Sidney, NE (PRWEB) April 06, 2012

Cabelas Incorporated, the Worlds Foremost Outfitter? of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, along with the Federation of Fly Fishers, announced today plans to offer industry-leading instruction for beginning fly anglers at 13 Cabelas retail locations and online starting in May.

The new Cabelas Fly Fishing University will include in-store classes hosted by experienced Cabelas Outfitters, who will be trained by FFF instructors, as well as a series of online modules ranging in topics and depth. Those who enroll in either program will receive a free electronic FFF membership and other special offers. All classes are free.

In-store instruction will run every Saturday from May until August, covering equipment, basic insect information, casting and knot tying. Participating Cabelas retail locations include Boise, Idaho; Reno, Nev.; Billings, Mont.; Hamburg, Pa.; Dundee, Mich.; Scarborough, Maine; Grand Junction, Colo.; East Hartford, Conn.; Fort Worth, Texas; Lacey, Wash.; Lehi, Utah; Post Falls, Idaho; and Wheeling, W. Va.

The online modules are expected to launch this summer.

This is the perfect way to learn the basics of a sport that leads to a lifetime of enjoyment, said Jeff Wagner, of Cabelas, who is a Mastered Certified Instructor and serves on the FFF board. We hope this promotes fly fishing as a whole and ensures the stability of the sport for many generations to come.

For in-class instruction, participants may enroll in individual, one-hour courses Beginners Fly Fishing or Beginners Fly Casting or combine both for a total of two hours of instruction time each session. The Beginners Fly Fishing class will provide an introduction to the sport with a focus on basic techniques and skills. The Beginners Fly Casting course will emphasize the fundamentals of fly casting, including overhead techniques and roll casting.

Courses will be led by knowledgeable Cabelas Outfitters who have completed an intensive, all-encompassing 40-hour training class hosted by FFF instructors and Cabelas personnel, with an emphasis on teaching the sport.

The online modules will range from Beginners Fly Fishing to more detailed instruction about fly casting, flies and insect biology, leaders, tippet and backing, and fly line, rods and reels, among other topics.

Participants are encouraged to utilize both the retail and online options.

Theres a link between the retail classes and the online modules, and the instruction will be consistent, Wagner said. If anglers go online and take the Beginners Fly Fishing module, they can then go to a Cabelas retail store and take Beginners Fly Casting. Or, if they take the Beginners Fly Casting course at a retail store, and want to learn more, they can go online and receive in-depth material.

For additional information, please contact your local Cabelas store, or visit http://www.cabelas.com.

About Cabelas Incorporated

Cabelas Incorporated, headquartered in Sidney, Nebraska, is a leading specialty retailer, and the worlds largest direct marketer, of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. Since the Companys founding in 1961, Cabelas? has grown to become one of the most well-known outdoor recreation brands in the world, and has long been recognized as the Worlds Foremost Outfitter?. Through Cabelas growing number of retail stores and its well-established direct business, it offers a wide and distinctive selection of high-quality outdoor products at competitive prices while providing superior customer service. Cabelas also issues the Cabelas CLUB? Visa credit card, which serves as its primary customer loyalty rewards program. Cabelas stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CAB.

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Moose

May 3rd, 2012 | Author: Jon

A few nice fly fishing Idaho images I found:

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Caught a glimpse of a very impressive moose while fly fishing in Idaho.

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Eric Sharp: The best bass fishing sites in Michigan

May 1st, 2012 | Author: Jon

Eric Sharp: The best bass fishing sites in Michigan
With the catch-and-release bass season opening Saturday in the Lower Peninsula — along with the inland catch-and-keep seasons for walleye, pike and muskellunge (those same seasons don't open in the UP until May 15) — here are my favorite Michigan …
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Steelhead fishing

February 19th, 2012 | Author: Jon

A few nice steelhead fishing Idaho images I found:

Steelhead fishing

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Chasing the moon from a speeding fishing boat.

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Going for the Big Ones – Tips For Catching Blue Catfish

January 13th, 2011 | Author: Jon

Going for the Big Ones – Tips For Catching Blue Catfish

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Blue catfish are a species of catfish that love to live in the big rivers. Look for them in the Mighty Mississippi, the Rio Grande, anywhere there’s a rushing current and too much water to wade across.

These cats are similar to their cousins, the channel cat, but different in a few ways. For one thing, they have a distinct blue coloring (which gives them their name). The back has a bluish tint, and their underbelly is white. But the biggest way you can tell it’s a blue, is that they have a forked tail. You won’t see any other catfish like this. Other than that, blues are so similar they are often mistaken for channel catfish, and in some parts of the country the locals won’t make any distinction between them.

Another thing that sets blues apart is that they are on the big end of the scale. Usually blues are between 20 and 40 pounds, although there are some legendary blue catfish that are well over 100 pounds! If you are an angler in Texas, you’ve probably seen some 50 pound blues in your time. These are big fish, and that’s why we want to target ‘em!

Tips on Catching Blue Cats

- First off, bait is always important. Blues, more than any other kind of catfish, love live bait. Take in something that is or once was alive, and the stinkier the better. Blue catfish are known for going after live bait much younger than other fish, so using good, live, stinky bait will get you blues. Blue catfish also have an especially keen sense of smell, so baits that smell funny will work much better than ordinary stuff. Probably your best bet is to use some kind of bait fish, or smaller catfish. Chicken livers, dried chicken blood and nightcrawlers work well too.

- Use a pretty good-sized hook. Anything from 3/0 to 9/0 will work well. Remember, these are pretty big catfish. You’ll probably want to cut your bait 6 to 12 inches long.

- Blue catfish are known as fighters. Be ready for a battle! These stubborn fish don’t want to come out of that water for any reason whatsoever, so you should make sure you have a good, tough rod to pull him out with. Also, make sure you have a strong line and heavy tackle.

- Blue cats like to stick to cool waters. The best time to go out looking for them is in the fall, from September to December. They’ll be out feeding much later than other species of catfish. It depends a little bit on where you live, but definitely fall and early spring are the best times to catch them. In places like Iowa and Idaho, anglers have been known to catch some pretty big blue cats in the winter time.

- Pick a good spot. There are lots of blues hanging out in the bottom of that big river, but pick a little tributary with enough rushing water, and you might have better luck. Look for an area that is deeper than the rest of the river or stream. The best spot is just past a rapid. Here, there will be a calm pool that the rapid empties out into, and all that rushing water plunging into the pool will make a depression at the bottom. This is the perfect spot for blue catfish to be in. Fish these spots, and you’ll improve your chances of catching a blue.

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Best Three Tips to Successful Idaho Steelhead Fishing

December 23rd, 2010 | Author: Jon

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Regardless of which task you will be dealing with, having good and sound advice will help you. Using a guide, a “track to run on,” may help greatly to get it done. The three basic tips set forth in the following paragraphs can help you achieve a successful Idaho steelhead fishing. For those who follow these tips you may really be expecting much better outcomes.

While you often have a guide, usually assigned by most Idaho fishing lodges, along when you are fishing for steelhead, it is actually necessary that you yourself have the knowledge to do things right. If you don’t, the outcomes could, in fact, be upsetting. Like any other fisherman, experienced steelheaders have their own methods of landing and catching a lunker.

1. Jigs have to be pink, black, chartreuse, reds and purple. Or, if a jig is not available, just work with a hook with shrimp or sucker meat. You must also have a bobber, which is needed to help keep the jig from getting dangled up in rubble and debris on the bottom level of the stream. Position the bobber to keep the jig approximately six inches to one foot above the stream bottom.

2. Get some steelhead eggs (roe), place them in a red mesh fabric and tie it to the fish hook. Place a sinker about one foot to eighteen inches above the line, so the eggs will float off the bottom. Almost as important as making sure that jigs are of right colors when you’re out for a steelhead fishing is to ensure the eggs and sinker are placed correctly. I am telling you, it’s not something to miss out. It will help you catch the lunker, which is something every person involved in Idaho steelhead fishing desires for.

3. Make use of streamer flies in reds, yellows, pinks, black or orange. Tie some crystal flash in the tail. Woolly buggers or any kind of leach pattern in darker colors should work. Some steelheaders hook a tiny piece of shrimp or night crawler to the hook. As a final point, when fishing you’ll need to be sure to use streamer flies. These flies must be weighted in order to get them near the bottom of the stream, which is also a required component in Idaho steelhead fishing.

Like your fellow steelheaders, your ultimate goal is to catch that big steelhead fish. You certainly can accomplish that goal by paying attention to the lectures of your guide and by being attentive to the strategies in this article.

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State Record Crappie Catches

November 29th, 2010 | Author: Jon

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State Record Crappie Catches

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Crappie are on the smaller end of the fishing spectrum, typically anywhere from a half pound to a pound. However, record crappie have been recorded up to 6 times that size.

If you go by the IGFA listing – World Record weights for Crappie caught on Rod & Reel are: White 5 lbs. 3 ounces and Black was 5 lbs. 1 ounces.

While records are not available for each area, here is a list of a few areas where these big ones have been caught and recorded.

Alabama – Alabama’s winner is 4 lbs. 9 ounces, was caught by Jeremy S. White on May 8th, 2000.

Arizona – Arizona’s is 3 lbs 5.28 oz, and measured 16.75 inches long. This record fish was caught by Robert Schnell on February 22nd, 1982.

Arkansas – Arkansas’s record is 4 lbs. 7 ounces caught by Shelby D. Cooper on april 12th, 1993.

Colorado – Colorado’s record for White Crappie 4 lbs. 3.75 ounces and was 17 inches long. This record Crappie was caught by Daryel Thompson in 1975.

Georgia – Georgia’s record is 5 lbs. 0 ounces caught on a private pond by Theresa Kemp in 1984.

Idaho – Idaho’s state record for white’s is 3 lbs. 1 ounces caught in Crane Creek Reservoir by Leslie Greenwood.

Illinois – Illinois’ record is 4 lbs. 7 ounces caught on a private pond by Kevin Dennis in 1973.

Kansas – Kansas’ state record is currently 4 pounds 4 ounces and 12 inches long for White Crappie, and 4 lbs. 10 ounces, and 22 inches for Black Crappie.

Michigan – Michigan’s state record is 3 lbs. 6.24 ounces and measured 19.5 inches. This record fish was caught in Stony Creek Metro Park by Terrance Poirier in 2000.

Minnesota – The state record Black Crappie was caught in the Vermillion River in 1940. The Black Crappie weight 5 pounds even and was 21 inches long. The White Crappie record , caught on July, 28th, 2002, was smaller at 3 lbs., 15 ounces, caught on Lake Constance.

Mississippi – Mississippi’s record Black Crappie was caught at Arkabutla on March 19th, 1991. it weighed 4 pounds 4 ounces.

Nebraska – Nebraska’s state record for White Crappie is 4 pounds 1 ounces caught by Elsie M. Jensen May 18th, 1980.

Nevada – Nevada’s state record for White Crappie is 2 pounds 13 ounces caught on Weber Reservoir by Paul C. Grant in 2000.

Crappie still remain as one of the most popular species of fish to fish for in the U.S. and the records are updated every year.

It is important to check for not only the crappie records in your state, but also in your local area. You never know when you’ll catch a big one that breaks something.

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October 15th, 2010 | Author: Jon

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Indicators Point to Great Fall Steelhead Fishing

October 10th, 2010 | Author: Jon

Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) June 20, 2006

Weak spring salmons runs may indicate greater than normal migration of steelhead into the rivers of the northwest. Bob Rafalovich, a fishing guide for 33 years, predicts that 2006 may produce one of the strongest steelhead seasons in recent years in the Northwest. “I have seen this pattern before. Weak spring salmon runs are often followed by bountiful steelhead runs,” said Rafalovich. “Salmon and steelhead compete for the same food supply in the ocean and for some reason, in years when the salmon runs are weak, steelhead runs are great.” America Outdoors, a national association of outfitters, offers a resource to find steelhead fishing outfitters as well as wilderness trout fishing vacations.

Fly fishermen, who prefer more traditional trout fishing, can also find unique fly fishing trips. The headwaters of the Snake River deep in the Bridger Teton wilderness is an example of another special fishing experience available to those willing to ride on horseback into camp. If horses aren’t your thing, fishing from a drift boat in Montana or on the Middle Fork of the Salmon also offers access to special locations that only a few people experience each year. When the steelhead are running your chances of catching a big one are high on the Rogue or Main Salmon River in Idaho where lodge to lodge fishing trips land you in the lap of rustic luxury every night.

David Brown, Executive Director of America Outdoors, an organization of outfitters and guides, says fishing is one of the highlights of their family vacation in the wilderness. “We visit high mountain lakes and catch cutthroat all day. Fishing in a peaceful valley overlooked by a few puffy white clouds miles from the nearest road is as close to heaven as it gets for a fly fisherman. It takes a little work to get there but with an outfitter to take care of all your equipment and food, it’s a lot easier.”

Adventurevacation.com, the America Outdoors website for vacationers, lists guided fishing trips throughout the United States. Type in “fishing” in the activity search at the bottom of the home page and more than 80 companies, lodges and guest ranches show up. To search for fishing trips in a specific state such as Montana, West Virginia, Maine or Idaho, simply click on the state on the homepage map and type in the keyword fishing or fly fishing.

Beginners are welcomed. Learn a new life skill and take home memories that will stay long after the trip. For more information, visit AdventureVacation.com .

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