Category : Fly Fishing : Travel & Places

How to Fish Along a River Bank

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There are plenty of fish that live along the banks of a river. This is because the current is often much less powerful close to the bank, giving fish a break from having to fight it. There is also abundant plant life and overhanging tree branches, which give fish shade during the summer. These featu

Smelt Fishing Instructions

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Smelt are a kind of fish traditionally fished in spring in the Great Lakes area. Smelt are used both as a tasty eating fish as well as a bait fish for larger species. Smelt run in large shoals along the shores of the Great Lakes and their tributaries, making them an easy fish to net. No need for fis

Maori Fishing Tools

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Maori fishing pots work on the same prinicple that lobster pots do.lobster pots image by Martin Garnham from Fotolia.comThe Maori people are indigenous to New Zealand. They are thought to have traveled from Polynesia sometime in the 13th century. Fishing was and still is an important...

How to Set a Utility Pole

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If you are building a home or other structure far from the road, the least expensive option to run wires from the power company's electrical grid to the building is by installing them overhead on utility poles. Most power companies will sell you the poles and wire and will do the installation, but i

Homemade Fishing Rod Holders

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Fishing is fun, but holding onto the pole for long periods of time or when you want to be hands-free is not. Don't worry--all you need is a fishing rod holder. There are different types of rod holders as well as many applications for them: in-the-home holders for storage purposes, boat holders for h

Butterfly Skeletal System

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Like almost all insects, butterflies are protected by an external skeleton. Unlike humans, whose bones are beneath soft tissues forming an endoskeleton, the soft tissue of butterflies is encased in a hard shell called an exoskeleton. The exoskeleton of most insects, including butterflies, is made of

How to Build a Trout Stream

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The trout stream has a constant supply of cold water, healthy insect population and places where the trout can escape predators and rest. Building a trout stream is a not a complex task, but several environmental factors must be met. The construction also must be approved through permits by the stat

How to Store Striper Fish

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Stripers are related to bass and are sometimes referred to as sea bass or striper bass. These fish are found throughout the American southeast and Gulf Coast states. Because the temperatures and humidity in the areas where stripers live are high, proper storage on your boat or on shore is essential

How to Put Out a Trot Line

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A trot line is a long nylon braided fishing line that has short drops descending from it. These drops, or shorter lines, have hooks attached to their ends and are baited individually. Trot line fishing is an adaptable process since you can place the line in shallow, deep, large or small bodies of wa

How to Make a Baracuda Tube Jig

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Barracuda tube jigs are designed to imitate saltwater bait fish swimming along the bottom or near a structure, such as rock or a reef. When fishing with an action that resembles a bait fish, tube jigs often can prove to be a highly effective means of attracting and hooking large barracuda. Although

Types of Reefs

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Coral reefs take tens of thousands of years to become established.Diver over coral reef image by DJ from Fotolia.comEvidence of coral reefs in the fossil record dates back 400 million years, and shows that tens of thousands of years must pass for an outcrop of corals to grow into a...

How to Identify a Calico Bass

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The calico bass, also known as a black crappie, is one of the most beautiful and easily recognized freshwater fish. Common in rivers, lakes, ponds and reservoirs throughout much of the United States, this fish is popular with anglers because it can be made to bite on a variety of lures and natural b

How to Make Lines in InDesign

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Although Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing program used primarily to lay out documents with graphics created from other programs, you may need to create simple drawings within InDesign. You can add a line to separate columns or rows of text, for example, call out part of a graphic or create an