Trap Shooting / Clay Sport Shooting

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  How to shoot a Round of Trap
  Trap is a clay target shooting sport in which clay disks called “clays” or “pigeons” are launched from a trap house at a high speed towards the shooter.… Read more: How to shoot a Round of Trap
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  How to improve your trapshooting
  Trapshooting is a challenging sport that requires a combination of accuracy, focus, and technique. Here are some tips to help you improve your trapshooting skills: In conclusion, improving… Read more: How to improve your trapshooting
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  Improve Eye / Hand Coordination to improve skeet and trap shooting performance
  Improving your eye-hand coordination is essential to improve your skeet and trap shooting performance. Here are some tips to help you enhance your eye-hand coordination: In conclusion, improving… Read more: Improve Eye / Hand Coordination to improve skeet and trap shooting performance
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  Trap Shooting
  Trap shooting (or trapshooting in North America) is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shooting shotguns at clay targets). The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays.[1][2] They are distinguished roughly as follows,… Read more: Trap Shooting

Fly Fishing

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  Fly Fishing – The Simple Art
  by Chris Meyer
  Revised – 2023 Fly fishing is a sport that has captivated people for generations, and for good reason. Not only is it a relaxing and meditative activity,… Read more: Fly Fishing – The Simple Art
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  Crickets: The Other Live Bait
  by Chris Meyer
  Minnows, crawdads, and crickets are also a big part of live bait fishing. I have enjoyed using each type, but crickets were my first venture into the other-world of live bait fishing.
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  The Basics Of Fly Fishing: Getting It Right
  by Chris Meyer
  You take the time to get into just the right location in that great stream that your friend told you about. You have been waiting for so… Read more: The Basics Of Fly Fishing: Getting It Right
• Fly Fishing Knots-How To Tie A Knot To Ensure You Don’t Lose Out On A Catch
  by Chris Meyer
  Knowing how to utilize fly fishing knots is an extremely important skill to have when mastering the sport of fly fishing
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  Fly fishing Styles
  by Chris Meyer
  Fly fishing is very different than fishing with a lure or worm type baits.
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  Fly Fishing Equipment: The Basic Choices in Fly Fishing Rods
  by Chris Meyer
  Perhaps the most important piece of fly fishing gear you will need to choose is your fly fishing rod. Though fly fishing is a simple art, it… Read more: Fly Fishing Equipment: The Basic Choices in Fly Fishing Rods
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  5 Useful Tips On Trout Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  In trout fishing, there are some factors that need to be considered in order to have a successful catch.
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  Fly Line Tips for Beginners
  by Chris Meyer
  As a beginner, you’ll spend a higher percentage of your time casting as you improve your technique. Easier casting line reduces arm fatigue. If you’re arm is less tired, you’ll make more casts in a given session, quickly increase your proficiency and shorten your learning curve.
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  Trout Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  Trout, which are caught in the numerous running streams of the United States, vary in color, appearance and size with the quality of the soil pertaining to… Read more: Trout Fishing
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  Fly Fishing for Bluegill
  by Chris Meyer
  Popping Bugs and Tiny Dancers: A Guide to Fly Fishing for Bluegill Bluegill, also known as sunfish or bream, are a favorite target for anglers of all… Read more: Fly Fishing for Bluegill
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  Tips on Fly Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  There are thousands of live-bait anglers, who are excellent sportsmen, but the fly fisherman can practice better conservation from the beginning. Basically, fly fishing is not only… Read more: Tips on Fly Fishing
• History Of Fly Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  The roman traveler and historian Claudius Aelianus had recorded Macedonian fishermen using the technique of fly fishing during the 2nd century. However, historians believe that this technique… Read more: History Of Fly Fishing
• Fly Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  Fly fishing is very different than fishing with a lure or worm type baits. The fly fisherman uses a artificial fly consisting of bites of feathers, foam, hide,… Read more: Fly Fishing

Spin Reel Fishing

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  Walleye Wisdom: Conquering America’s Favorite Freshwater Predator
  by Chris Meyer
  The walleye, a prized catch for its delicate flavor and fighting spirit, thrives in lakes and rivers across the United States. Targeting these cunning fish requires a strategic approach, and mastering a few key methods will significantly boost your success.… Read more: Walleye Wisdom: Conquering America’s Favorite Freshwater Predator
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  Tips On Buying Fishing Boats
  by Chris Meyer
  Fishing is a great way to relax and enjoy the outdoors. If you’re serious about fishing, you may want to consider buying a fishing boat. Fishing boats can be a great investment, but it’s important to do your research and… Read more: Tips On Buying Fishing Boats
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  Catch More Bass With Buzzbait
  by Chris Meyer
  Buzzbaits are the most effective topwater bass fishing lures in existence.  If you want to improve the quantity or quality of your catch, then inline Buzzbaits certainly deserve a spot in every angler’s arsenal. There are three categories for BuzzBait:… Read more: Catch More Bass With Buzzbait
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  Inside Bass Fishing Tips And Techniques
  by Chris Meyer
  Fishing makes great fun! Whether you fish for a living or for the pure hobby, you have to be as smart as a fisherman should be. Every smart fisherman has his own fishing techniques that allow him to catch the… Read more: Inside Bass Fishing Tips And Techniques
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  Bass Fishing: Learning How To Catch Bigger And Better Bass
  by Chris Meyer
  Bass Fishing: Learning How To Catch Bigger And Better Bass Want to learn more about bass fishing? Are you catching less bass because of using the wrong lure? You can finally learn how to do it the right way. There… Read more: Bass Fishing: Learning How To Catch Bigger And Better Bass
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  Finding Where The Fish Hides
  by Chris Meyer
  Before you attempt to catch fish, you need to find out where they are. Remember that fish are found nearly everywhere there is water with sufficient levels of food, oxygen, and cover. You are certain to be within a relatively… Read more: Finding Where The Fish Hides
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  Which Lures, For What Fish?
  by Chris Meyer
  Spoons Considered the most simple of all other lures, they got their name because they look like the head of a spoon. They act for the bait fish by doing a flickering and wobbling movement or action. Spoons are excellent… Read more: Which Lures, For What Fish?
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  Rigging Soft Plastics for Bass
  by Chris Meyer
  Revised 2023 Bass fishing is a popular pastime that has captured the hearts of anglers for generations. While there are many ways to catch bass, one effective technique involves rigging soft plastic baits. Soft plastics come in a variety of… Read more: Rigging Soft Plastics for Bass
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  Gearing Up For Spring Freshwater Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  With the temperature down and the fishing slowed, now is the time to ramp up your conditioning of tackle for the coming spring. And while it might not seem different from checks of salt water tackle, there are some slight… Read more: Gearing Up For Spring Freshwater Fishing
• Important Tips on Running a Bass Fishing Boat
  by Chris Meyer
  In this article, you will learn how to run a bass fishing boat. In fact if you are new to the sport you need to follow some tips on how are you going to run the boat with safety precautions.
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  Cash in on Pre-Spawn Panfish
  by Chris Meyer
  Author: Curt Hicken Bluegill, bream, perch and sunfish – call them what you wish, but these and other popular panfish species have likely brightened more early season fishing trips than a batch of Grandma’s cookies. Here’s a “Brimful” of tips to… Read more: Cash in on Pre-Spawn Panfish
• How to Bone a Trout
  by Chris Meyer
  To bone, use scissors to snip off the pelvic fin (the forward belly fin) and cut off the dorsal fin (on the back) and anal fin (the rear belly fin) with scissors or sharp knife. Using a sharp knife, remove… Read more: How to Bone a Trout
• How to fillet Catfish
  by Chris Meyer
  Make two small cuts in the skin just below the head where the muscles connect to the head. Use pliers to peel the skin from head to tail. Run the knife down one side of the spine to start the… Read more: How to fillet Catfish
• How to Fillet a Bluegill
  by Chris Meyer
  Laying your fillet knife behind the pectoral fin, cut all the way through the ribs and down to the main bone. Slice the fish from behind the gills to the backbone. Don’t slice through, leave a small piece attached.  Move… Read more: How to Fillet a Bluegill
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  Panfish-Bluegill, Sunfish, Rock bass
  by Chris Meyer
  Alot of us have childhood memories involving Grandpa or Dad, a cane pole and a jaunty, red-and-white bobber. Whether or not you share that recollection, you still might like to learn a few tips about catching bluegill. In this article,… Read more: Panfish-Bluegill, Sunfish, Rock bass
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  Paracord fishing fly
  by Chris Meyer
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  Things to Know About Fishing Charter
  by Chris Meyer
  Recreation is an essential factor in the life of every human being. The anglers or the fishermen represent the largest single group of recreational seekers, and have a decided advantage over the other groups who utilize nature’s creatures and elements… Read more: Things to Know About Fishing Charter
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  Catfish Bank Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  Spring is prime time for fishing from the bank. Plenty of anglers don’t own a boat but they still enjoy catching fish. Here are some tips on how to get a bite along with your feet firmly planted on dry… Read more: Catfish Bank Fishing
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  How to troll for fish
  by Chris Meyer
  One of the branches of angling which is generally practiced at mid-water or thereabouts, and includes spinning with a live, dead, or an artificial bait, with a small fish generally, or its representative. When neither fly fishing nor bottom fishing… Read more: How to troll for fish
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  The Best Way To Cook Your Freshly Caught Fish
  by Chris Meyer
  A freshly caught fish can be cooked in a thousand and one ways. Any fisherman worth his salt has his own unique way of cooking a freshly caught trout, salmon or whatever fish he caught. So fisherman all across the… Read more: The Best Way To Cook Your Freshly Caught Fish
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  How to use fishing bait
  by Chris Meyer
  The common angle worm is a universal bait for fresh water angling. They grow almost everywhere except in sandy soils. The common white grub is also used successfully in trout fishing. They are found in fresh ploughed earth, and under… Read more: How to use fishing bait
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  How to Clean a Bluegill
  by Chris Meyer
  Here is an easy, four-step process for cleaning bluegill. Once you master it, you can clea­n a bluegill in a minute or less. Before you begin, be sure that all surfaces and knives are clean. Work on a newspaper for… Read more: How to Clean a Bluegill
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  What Lures, What Fish?
  by Chris Meyer
  Spoons Considered the most simple of all other lures, they got their name because they look like the head of a spoon. They act for the bait fish by doing a flickering and wobbling movement or action. Spoons are excellent… Read more: What Lures, What Fish?
• Bluegill Lures and Bait
  by Chris Meyer
  You may find that you have the greatest success fishing for bluegill­, as well as the most f­un, when you use light tackle. Try two- or four-pound test monofilament line on an ultra-light graphite rod. Be sure to move slowly… Read more: Bluegill Lures and Bait
• How to fish for the pike or pickerel
  by Chris Meyer
  Pike is fond of shady places and in summer they frequent the parts of the stream nearly where the pickerel weed grows. They generally spawn in march or April and earlier in some southern streams. In winter they get under… Read more: How to fish for the pike or pickerel
• What is the best live fishing bait?
  by Chris Meyer
  The common angle worm is a universal bait for fresh water angling. They grow almost everywhere except in sandy soils. The common white grub is also used successfully in trout fishing. They are found in fresh ploughed earth, and under… Read more: What is the best live fishing bait?
• Tips for Largemouth Bass
  by Chris Meyer
  1. Decide the way you require to catch the Largemouth Bass. The bass is a carnivore & can be caught on either live bait or with artificial lures. For the purposes of this editorial, artificial lures will be highlighted. 2.… Read more: Tips for Largemouth Bass
• Basic Carp Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  Basic Carp Fishing Pointers Frustrating as it is, carp fishing is awesome. Carp are really good at sucking in and blowing out suspicious baits. It’s such an excitement to see the whole action in a fraction of a second as… Read more: Basic Carp Fishing
• Take a Child Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  Fishing With Children You know your kids love to try new things. They have been blessed with the same adventurous spirit that you have. After a long, cold winter, they are tired of the indoors. But you are not sure… Read more: Take a Child Fishing
• Grilling Catfish
  by Chris Meyer
  Catfish get their name because the barbels, or whiskers, resemble cat whiskers. In the U.S., they usually eat the channel or the blue species. Nutritionally, it is high in protein & low in unhealthy fats and contains plenty of vitamins… Read more: Grilling Catfish
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  Perch Perfection: A Detailed Guide to Catching These Tasty Fish
  by Chris Meyer
  Catching Perch Perch, a prized catch for both beginners and seasoned anglers alike, inhabit a variety of freshwater bodies across North America. Whether you’re casting a line in a calm lake, a babbling stream, or a sprawling pond, understanding their… Read more: Perch Perfection: A Detailed Guide to Catching These Tasty Fish
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  Tools for fishing: Sinkers and swivels
  by Chris Meyer
  Weights  & Sinkers The ordinary plain sinker is made of lead, shaped round like a pipe-stem, and swelling out in the middle. There are loops of brass wire on either end to attach the line. The weight is from a… Read more: Tools for fishing: Sinkers and swivels
• Blackened Fish Recipe
  by Chris Meyer
  Ingredients: 2 T  Paprika 2 T  Cayenne pepper 2 T  White pepper 3/4 c  Creole seasoning 1/4 c  Blackening seasoning 4   to 12 fish fillets 1/8 c  Butter (or margarine) Instructions: Mix the spices. Coat the fillets with the… Read more: Blackened Fish Recipe
• What are the best fishing times?
  by Chris Meyer
  The “regular season” for fishing is between the months of April and November. The best time of the day for angling is, during the summer months, from sunrise to two or three hours after, and from two hours preceding sunset… Read more: What are the best fishing times?
• Knowing And Going Where The Bass Are
  by Chris Meyer
  Bass defined: A fighter, ever-elusive, choice game-fish, predator by nature and reputation, the one sought-after, prized hook,catch, reel-in and land, of many an aspiring angler. How to catch Bass AND then catch more, larger bass, more often,in more places, with… Read more: Knowing And Going Where The Bass Are
• Attract Sunfish and Bluegill
  by Chris Meyer
  There are simple ways that they can do to attract lots of sunfish and bluegills next to our dock or shoreline. Here are the items you need: Stale old bread/buns/rolls, oatmeal, eggshells The first thing that they can do is… Read more: Attract Sunfish and Bluegill
• How to fish for bass
  by Chris Meyer
  This excellent fish is found all along the Atlantic coast, from Florida to Maine. It inhabits the rivers, bays, inlets and creeks; and is taken in great abundance, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. There, it frequently grows… Read more: How to fish for bass
• Why Fly Fishing
  by Chris Meyer
  Fly fishing is very different than fishing with a lure or worm type baits. The fly fisherman uses a artificial fly consisting of bites of feathers, foam, hide, fur, yarn, and other materials to be tried on to a hook… Read more: Why Fly Fishing
• Bass Fishing Tips: Being Prepared
  by Chris Meyer
  Whether you are on a new lake, or on one that you call home, the main purpose is to locate and catch as many fish as possible. Each body of water has an endless supply of different forms of structure… Read more: Bass Fishing Tips: Being Prepared
• What’s Hot with Bass Fishing?
  by Chris Meyer
  For years businesses have rode on the vast interest Bass fishing has generated. Many people are hooked, pardon the pun, on this hobby and have elevated it to a sport and a passion. Resorts, sports gears and lines have been… Read more: What’s Hot with Bass Fishing?
• Catfishing the Right But Simple Way
  by Chris Meyer
  There are a few basic methods that are effective in catching catfish. Bear in mind that specific methods are applicable to specific kinds of waters. That is because techniques and baiting mixtures are formulated for specific targets. The following methods… Read more: Catfishing the Right But Simple Way
• Buying A Boat – Basics For Beginners
  by Chris Meyer
  If you’re planning on buying a boat for the first time, you have a challenge ahead of you.   There are many more things to consider when buying a boat than can be included in a short article like this, but we’ll… Read more: Buying A Boat – Basics For Beginners
• Fishing Kit Basics
  by Chris Meyer
  Before going deeper into the technicalities, make sure that a fishing license is secured. To be an amateur fisherman there are basic pieces of fishing equipment needed to complete your exciting journey in the fishing world. Knowing the line type… Read more: Fishing Kit Basics
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  Elk Hair Caddis
  by Chris Meyer
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• Welcome To Great Fly Fishing Tips
  by Chris Meyer
  Great Fly Fishing Tips is  here to help the new Fly Fisherman and the experienced Fly Fisherman.  The goal is to provide tips and information about the sport of Fly fishing. Since Fly Fishing came in to existence; in AD 200… Read more: Welcome To Great Fly Fishing Tips
• Some “Don’t Forgets” Before going into a Bass Fishing Charter
  by Chris Meyer
  Bass fishing charters are now in, because definitely bass fishing is really rocking our boats with a flowing number of patrons already. It has been the talk of the town since it was introduced in the late 1700s and has… Read more: Some “Don’t Forgets” Before going into a Bass Fishing Charter