I wrote an article last year on why the Ikea Frakta Blue Bag ($0.99) is the greatest wading bag ever made. It also works for hunting clothes.
https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/one-wader-bag-rule-them-all/7715502
I'm currently in Cape Town at the end of a 12-day birthday party and non-hunting safari with 20 friends. I rented a car and drove throughout the cape and had zero problems, other than turning on the wipers when I wanted to signal. Right side driving in a stick shift took some getting used to...
After decades in film and TV, I'm now an outdoor writer with a focus on fly fishing. Have a piece in the current Flyfish Journal on salmon fishing in Nova Scotia and I'm heading back there this week to fish with the guys I wrote about.
Based in NYC but most of my time is spent in a Catskills cabin.
At the highest level, Orvis, Simms, Patagonia, are pretty much equal and all are excellent, so it comes down to fit. Patagonia just doesn't fit me, Orvis waders are okay, Simms are great.
If price is a consideration, take a look at Redington - just slightly under the big three but a great...
I just put a set of Falken Wildpeaks AT Trail on my Outback and am liking them. Quiet and solid. A third of my driving is on gravel and snow.
It was a toss up between them and the new Nokian Outpost APT which has rapidly become the darling of the offroad Subaru community.
Neither would be...
Certainly skills matter, but so does quality of gear. Lower-end gear is limiting once your skill set grows. The better your ability the more you can get out of high-end gear.
This is a very personal argument. It's silly to say that anyone who has an $800 rod does so for bragging rights. I have...
I wasn't aware of that.
To be fair, they may be running out of old blanks, so if they have to do special runs it could be costly. The lifetime or 25-year warranty on rods was always a little odd to me. I guess it's calculated in the initial price, but I'd rather pay less up front and have the...
I use Redington waders and the company has always been great to me when it came to repairs or replacements.
Orvis makes outstanding fishing gear and has stellar customer service. I snapped a guide's Recon on the North Platte in WY and he said, "No problem, Orvis has my back." Two days later, he...
It's an impossible question to answer here.
Your best bet is to go into an independent shop or Orvis if you have one nearby, and try a number of rods and lines. And buy there. Prior to that you may want to check out the Yellowstone Angler's rod shootouts for some general info and head-to-head...
The Faroe Islands are on my list too. I have been to Iceland a few times and the rest of Scandinavia, but never the Faroes.
Hoping to do a fishing trip there next year. Interestingly, there are no rivers - though rain will create a short-lived river - and all the brown trout are found in lakes...
I am an outdoor writer and after reading the OP's post, I decided to check for "so" in a tarpon piece I'm currently editing. There were a few, but taking a focused look made me change a line.
So, thanks.
Two thoughts.
Dogs don't have the expectation of tomorrow, so there's no benefit to the dog in prolonging its life so it can have one more whatever.
With that in mind, in her article "Oyez a Beaumont", Vicki Hearne said that you put a dog down while there is still something to it other than...