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Proven Egg Cures Recipes & Techniques
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Saltwater Fishing Rigs & Knots
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Introduction While standing in my booth at a fly fishing conclave a distinguished gentleman walked up and proceeded to pick up and thumb the pages of Guide to Fly Fishing Knots, my second book. As he did he had a smile that stretched ear to ear as the pages turned. He went as far as to read the Foreword written by Flip Pallot. After completing his journey through the book he placed it back in its original spot on the table. Still smiling he asked, "Why should I buy this book when I can find the same information in other...
Northern California River Maps and Fishing Guide
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Mouth of Klamath River. The Klamath River system, including the Trinity River, is California’s most productive coastal river for chinook salmon and has excellent steelhead fishing. From Iron Gate Dam east of Yreka, the Klamath flows 185 miles to the ocean. The Lower Klamath River — from the junction with the Trinity River to its mouth below the town of Klamath — is one of California’s best fishing rivers. Anglers often catch and release several salmon and sometimes double-digit numbers of steelhead — they are very numerous albeit somewhat smaller than steelies in other rivers — and you may...
Bank Fishing for Steelhead & Salmon
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Sight-Fishing Steelhead When bank fishing for steelhead, there is a specialized technique worth highlighting that is rarely applied on salmon. Sight-fishing allows anglers to find fish, then figure out the best way to catch them. Locating steelhead, offering them a presentation they can't refuse, then watching them gobble the attractant is a thrilling sequence. But this style requires diligence in order to find consistent success. Anglers intent on sight- fishing for steelhead must take an offensive approach. That is, a strategy must be well orchestrated prior to wading into a stream, finding a fish, then convincing it to strike. Oftentimes the search for fish begins 100 yards or more from...
Clamming the Pacific Northwest Coast
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Detailed Washington location map also included. Plus species, tools, timing and much more! In the old days if you didn't have friends to show you where the clams were, you just didn't go! Today with the internet it's a whole new world. Knowing where to go is so important and I think more people are interested in clamming because it's a lot easier to find out where to go. In addition, with products like Google Earth (available for free on the internet), you can literally zoom down to the earth's surface and see clammers on the beach. Even finding hidden...