Our Outdoors: It’s all in the Name By Nick Simonson When it comes to marketing, a good lure needs a good name. No angler is going to buy lures called The Skunk, Zippo, or The Blanker. Lures must have two essentials to catch the attention of anglers. First they must catch fish, and second they […]
Our Outdoors: Getting Set for Spring
The long nights of winter provide time to prepare for spring, and things happen quick after we reach the end of January. This week’s Our Outdoors focuses on those efforts to plan and prepare for more and better openwater angling opportunities in just a few short weeks.
Our Outdoors: Go with the Flow
The final installment of Our Outdoors for 2020 details a fun trip chasing the flow of scent of bunched up late-season pheasants.
Our Outdoors: By Comparison
Our Outdoors: By Comparison By Nick Simonson It isn’t fair to compare hunting dogs, not among friends or fellow hunters, or even among the different ones owned throughout a person’s lifetime. It isn’t fair, but we do it anyway. I was spoiled with my first lab, Gunnar, who lived for 15 and a half years […]