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It’s not easy being greener
No doubt most of you recall the hit song "It's Not Easy Being Green", by that famous star, Kermit the Frog. Believe it or not, the very first Earth Day took place 41 years ago in 1970. A lot of water has flowed over the dams since then and hundreds of millions of people all over the world are now more conscious of our environment. O.K. you might ask? What that got to do with ...
Good catch can come at unexpected moments
Over the years, I've been surprised more than once by a fish willing to bite at the strangest moments.
You can’t fish from the couch
Saturday morning when I couldn't sleep past 6:30, I decided to head east because even though the water would be high - still - and there would be a ton of people, I hate excuses.
Ethics and respect for others in the great outdoors
One of the neat fringe benefits of writing an outdoors column is the responses I get from my readers. Thank you to all those folks who had suggestions for me on how to get the stuck musket ball out of my muzzleloader. Thanks too, are in order to all the folks who write or email me with observations and suggestions on my columns.
Switch up your strategy if fish are not biting
People who know that I like to fish often assume that the fish are always jumping in my boat.
Gomes tops on Southwest Tour point standings
Manteca's Jacob Gomes picked up his third victory of the season and reclaimed the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series championship lead last Saturday night in the "Century Boatland 115" in front of a capacity crowd at Rocky Mountain Raceways just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Reading between the lines
Yesterday started innocent enough. It was one of those transitionary mornings when you can no longer manipulate your brain into believing vacation is indefinite. I poked back through the magazines I quickly devoured when I returned home and wondered why it's so easy to get through them. I decided to count the ads and look at how much actual reading is required, because a lot of it seemed to be tips and tactics with illustrations ...
Keep your powder dry
A couple of weeks ago, I took my nephew Jacob Barr with me to introduce him to black powder shooting. We set up some targets and got the muzzle loading musket out of its case. I explained each step to Jacob as we got ready to shoot. Pour the scoop of black powder down the barrel of the musket, then place the cloth patch under the lead musket ball and ram it snugly down the ...
Flip flops keep feet cool, but not stable
I see a lot of anglers opting to wear flip flops while out fishing. While I agree it's probably a lot cooler than wearing any other shoe, I don't plan on changing over to flip flops anytime soon. I've actually tried wearing flip flops several times and found that by the end of the day I always went back to my lightweight jogging shoes after a few hours. On one occasion, while jumping from my ...
Giant void filled with Beltran trade
If you don't think the San Francisco Giants just became a better club by acquiring the services of National League All-Star outfielder Carlos Beltran, you are likely a hater, or worse, a Dodgers fan.
Ready or not it’s time for some football
There was a brief moment where I actually contemplated what we would do if the members of the National Football League were unable to reach common ground with the collective bargaining agreement.
The city that never sleeps, but New York does fly-fish
Before I could completely recover from the two drives, two boat rides and two flights that returned me to the Central Valley, plus the general melancholy that accompanies the departure from Alaska, I was en route to New York City, the antithesis of dense sprawling nature, for a wedding.
Mom's ashes
When I think of a vacation, I naturally think of going right back to the same place I have always gone for vacations, Hermit Valley at the top of Ebbetts Pass. Of course, to most normal folks that would be pretty dull. I never get to Hawaii, haven't been to Paris, and probably will never cruise the Caribbean in a sailboat. It's pretty poor ammunition for chatter at cocktail parties, too. When others are talking ...
‘Manteca Missle’ wins 100th race at 99 Speedway
A nice crowd of nearly 2,000 was on hand at Stockton's 99 Speedway for last Saturday's NASCAR Whelen All American Racing Series program and tribute to Manteca racing legend Johnny Brazil.
Best bites are at night during summer months
A lot of anglers will tell you that their favorite time of the year to fish is in the spring.
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Rain? Who cares, it’s grayling time
When working out an itinerary for mom's retirement trip to Fairbanks and surrounding areas, I had to fit in a float on the Chena River for Arctic grayling. Naturally, a very late ice break up and torrential rains had the Chena swollen to the point the guide called to say the float was in serious jeopardy. I had never fished the area I had no clue what I'd do if the float didn't happen. If the Chena was blown out, then everything else might be unfishable too.
Going to school on fish with aquarium
Five years ago I purchased a 75-gallon fish tank from someone selling it on Craigslist.
Destination: Black Bear Lake — maybe
Editor's note: Only a portion of Lund's column ran in Wednesday's Bulletin. Here it is in its entirety.
Destination: Black Bear Lake — maybe
In January, the outdoor itinerary for summer is so ambitious - a schedule of old haunts with dreams of adventures in new spots. But when fall comes, what you didn't get to sometimes outnumbers what you did.
Beat the heat by fishing early, or late
The weather has been uncharacteristic for the month of May - lots of wind and cooler temperatures for this time of year.
Eagles, Big Foot and bears, oh my!
I know it's summer and I should sleep in, but when you're solar-powered and the sun floods into your room your body doesn't care if it's 4:18.
Old PE teacher reminds Ballardo about fly fishing
There are many ways to catch a fish. Yesterday while doing some grocery shopping I ran into my high school physical education teacher, coach Gebhart. He reminded me of a way of catching fish that I've never really gotten into. Coach Gebhart likes to fly fish just as much as he likes to golf. I have a fly rod, which is 27 years old and has sat collecting dust for the past 20 years. I ...
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