by Spencer Durrant | Mar 21, 2019
The spring creeks are dead this winter. Not fishing slow or tough; literally dead. Killed by one of the hundreds of wildfires that ravaged Utah in 2018. This particular fire burned from mid-September up to the opening of the deer hunt. The Forest Service could’ve put...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 19, 2019
Alexandria, VA – March 18, 2019 – On behalf of the sportfishing industry, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) extends its sincere condolences to the Lowrance family on the passing of Darrell J. Lowrance, founder of Lowrance Electronics, Inc., who brought early...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 18, 2019
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For decades, it seemed almost impossible for an angler to win the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods in his home state. Now it’s happened four times in six years. Tennessee pro Ott DeFoe, who makes his home in Knoxville,...
by Luke Clayton | Mar 6, 2019
As a youngster growing up in very rural northeast Texas, I remember reading about fishing remote lakes in Canada in outdoor magazines. The image of a group of fishermen setting around a campfire, enjoying a shore lunch of fried walleye or pike stuck in my mind. I...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 22, 2019
Sporting Classics 17th annual Awards of Excellence salute the best of the best—those companies and individuals whose products and services are having a significant and long-lasting impact on our sporting lives. Nominees for the 2019 awards were submitted by our senior...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 20, 2019
Park Falls, WI – In an industry where fishing rod models seem to come and go, the story of St. Croix’s Premier series (casting and spinning) is an exceptional tale of creativity, rebirth, and longevity. In fact, 2019 marks a celebratory 60 years that the rod has...
by Heather Richie | Feb 12, 2019
SEWE’s Cast Net Demo at Brittlebank Park on Friday will be lead by Kelsey Dick and Tia Clark. Both women turned their sportsmanship into entrepreneurial interest in 2018. Tia Clark calls herself The Casual Crabber. She came to notoriety in 2018 when her Airbnb...
by Michael Altizer | Feb 11, 2019
He stood cold in the gathering dawn, peering deep into the chilled, flowing water. A sudden shiver ran through him, partly from the fresh winter wind and partly from the thrill he felt every time he came back to this secluded little stream. He had looked forward to...
by Gabriella Hoffman | Feb 5, 2019
A flurry of snow didn’t stop new and seasoned fly anglers from venturing to the annual Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival at the Meadow Event Park in Doswell, Virginia. With 19 years of operation under its belt, the festival has grown into “one of the largest...
by Larry Weishuhn | Jan 30, 2019
Four monstrous blue catfish with a combined weight of over 233 pounds, for an average of nearly 60-pounds – all in a morning’s fishing trip. “If you can find a day to put aside your Ruger/Trijicon/Hornady combo and come of out the deer woods, you need to meet me at...
