I’m trying to remember when the last time was that I had one tied on.  A Lazy Ike that is.  When I was a kid, these were the go-to bass lures for our haunts. I look at my meager collection of Lazy Ikes, and they invoke these feelings that I can’t quite describe. ...

"I'm glad I just tied on a fresh 5X tippet" is not a thought one would expect an angler to have when he hooked up on a 40" muskie.  I didn't expect the battle to last very long no matter what, I just wanted to keep the fish hooked up long enough to get video...

Good Things I’ve got a lot of things.  Most of them are fishing things—you know, rods, reels, boats. Some are tools, a few are guitars.  A couple are kids.  While I’m not a hoarder, I do have a tough time throwing things out.  Old shirts that are too small and ripped...

So, Jared called me last week, asking if I wanted to go fishing.  I’ve known Jared for 25 years or more, ever since he was a teenager.  Funny thing is that I used to fish with his dad, now I fish with him. “What do you have in mind?” I asked hesitantly—his idea of a...

Phred’s Phlies   I think I’ve run out of flies to tie.  I’m pretty sure that other than a few trout fishing staples like scuds and stuff, I could fish the rest of my life with what I’ve got packed into the many boxes in my room, in my garage, in my vests and in...