Survival Fishing with a Candy Wrapper

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I spend a huge portion of my small amount of disposable income on fishing gear. But sometimes all that space-age gear does is demonstrate just how simple fishing really can be. That’s an important thing to remember when you’re lost in the woods. With just a tiny bit of gear squirreled away in your first aid kit beforehand, you could potentially survive for months on just fish. They provide protein but also fat that many terrestrial animals lack...

What I’ve Learned Fly Fishing with a Baby

When it comes to fishing with a baby, it can be hard to plan accordingly.  Planning (as all of us parents laugh aloud) may not always be successful, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to try.  With kids, every day is different from the last, every child is different from the next, and Mother Nature can be as unpredictable as a hungry, over-tired toddler clutching a bowl of spaghetti. As parents, we try our hardest to be organized and prepared, but...

A Beginners Guide to Field Survival Kits for Hunting

Sensational TV programs chronicling the spastic antics of so-called survival experts have pumped a great amount of phony survival information into the American brain. These shows have promoted the idea that survival situations begin with the “victim” falling out of an airplane and landing on a deserted island with nothing but a large knife. The host then endures a number of misadventures, only to be saved by the well-timed discovery of a freshly...