I Gotta Bad Case of Red Fish Blues
“Silent Spring” was the name of the book by Rachel Carson that identified the natural apocalypse which the pesticide DDT was creating. The title itself, “Silent Spring” alludes to a natural world...
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Coyotes for Crappie
My fishing and hunting buddy Albert Wood has let the word out that the crappie bite is on. Albert did very well at a public lake recently on his special pattern for crappie, the Coyote. In Albert’s...
View ArticleLocal Fly Fishing Club has its own Videographer
The Magnolia Fly Fishers did a club trip to Arkansas recently and our youngest member did another YT video from it. Who says Generation Z is lazy? This young man is an example that young folks have...
View ArticleNew Holographic Bow Sight Makes Old Man Happy
I know. I am supposed to be writing about fly fishing, but I have trouble changing from one season to the next. I would probably have moved on to fly fishing if I hadn’t been doing a work day at...
View ArticleYoung Fly Fishing prodigy produces video
I have to share this video created by a young member of our fly fishing club. He is what I would call a “fly fishing prodigy”. Here you go, enjoy: Youtube Video Tight loops, Glen Posted In:...
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Miss Prissy is Gone But Not Forgotten
These days people are looking for replacements to the Accardo line of bream bugs or popping bugs for bream. The Miss Prissy model is sorely missed by many. Breambugs.com has numerous good...
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Kayaks and Portable Winches – a Great Combination
Sorry, I am off the fly fishing topic, again. These days I am torn between my two loves, fly fishing the salt and hunting for whitetails. Lately the deer have been getting the attention. This...
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Office Turkey
This somewhat narcissistic gobbler showed up on my office patio when the building was brand new a few years ago. I took photos and a short video of him from behind the glass. He appeared to be...
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Mahannah is Still from Heaven
I have fallen off my fly fishing during hunting season so please forgive this post that is not fly fishing related. I drew a hunt at Mahannah WMA and managed to get in a hunt there yesterday with my...
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Todays North Wind Really Blowing the Water Out
Wow, I couldn’t help but notice this tidal gauge on the Mississippi coast today. Tides have been running high for some time, but look at what a 25 mile per hour North wind can do in a short time....
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There’s a New Fly Shop in Town!
Area fly fishers are all buzzing about the new Orvis store in Renaissance/Ridgeland. Orvis has been in the fly fishing business since 1856 so they know plenty about our wonderful sport. In a state...
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Striper Named Maggie Delights Men at Local Club
Yeah, I got you with that title didn’t I? That’s “striper” with just one “p”. Maggie is a fish and the local club is the Magnolia Fly Fishers. Stripers, the one “p” kind, are a “passion” for many...
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Swamps, Marshes and Oceans all Closed
Wow. Things are bad when the government has to close the swamps! I mean I thought that was where we were supposed to all go when “The End of the World As We Know It” (TEOTWAWKI) happens. I didn’t...
View ArticleA Good Day in the Bay
Thanks to a friend I managed to get in a very nice day on the Gulf Coast yesterday. The needle on the ”puddler index” dashboard was leaning way over into the dark green. The index takes into...
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Fly Fishers Get A Gator
My fears about the potential for injury while alligator hunting were made known in my previous post, Fly Fishers Gone Gator Hunting. I was mostly concerned about possible injury from treble hooks and...
View ArticleGulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council meeting today
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council is meeting today on issues very important to sportsmen like me. This meeting is the beginning of many that will be very important to all Mississippi...
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Fly Fishers Gone Gator Hunting
A friend of mine has put in for the Mississippi alligator hunt for years but his name has never been drawn until this year. When it rains, it pours. My son registered us in the alligator draw and both...
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Striper Doctor to Speak at Magnolia Fly Fishers Meeting
Dr. Paul Mickle of the Gulf Coast Research Lab will be at the Bass Pro in Pearl next Tuesday, August 20th at 6:30 PM, to speak to the Magnolia Fly Fishers club about striped bass restoration efforts....
View ArticleSportsmen Should Not Accept a Put and Take Future
There is a Dutch Proverb, “A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea”. Regarding our wild fisheries, the “ship on the beach” is our striper fishery. Unknown to many, Mississippi and Louisiana had...
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Lawn Casting Personal Best
I really like to cast a flyrod. The casting is a big reason I like fly fishing. Many times I have been fishing when nothing was biting, but the casting kept me at it all day because trying to make...
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