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Read more about the article Assateague Island Wonderland

Assateague Island Wonderland

  • Post published:May 11, 2026
  • Post category:Adventures/Features/Reports

A quick, spring trip to the shore for big migratory fish and camping under the stars was both charming and challenging!

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Read more about the article 2025 Angling & Adventure Review

2025 Angling & Adventure Review

  • Post published:December 25, 2025
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From January through December and season to season, we fished for various species in many locations using multiple angling styles!

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Read more about the article Bass Fishing at Wye Mills

Bass Fishing at Wye Mills

  • Post published:July 20, 2025
  • Post category:Adventures/Reports

We catch a bag of largemouth bass at a centuries-old mill lake on Maryland's Eastern Shore using a tried 'n true technique!

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Read more about the article Rock ‘n’ Rolling Valley Adventure

Rock ‘n’ Rolling Valley Adventure

  • Post published:February 24, 2023
  • Post category:Adventures

Trio of Central Maryland parks offers mountain-top vistas, rocky-road hiking, prime stargazing, and more great outdoors than you can fit into one trip

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Read more about the article Fly Fishing the Arkansas

Fly Fishing the Arkansas

  • Post published:July 1, 2022
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We travel afar to hone our fly skills at this Colorado Gold Medal trout river

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Read more about the article Americana-Euro-Kitsch Collision

Americana-Euro-Kitsch Collision

  • Post published:April 25, 2022
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Adventure at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, complements the historic charm and outdoor recreation of Virginia's coastal resorts

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Read more about the article Annapolis Waterworks Park: A Hidden Urban Oasis

Annapolis Waterworks Park: A Hidden Urban Oasis

  • Post published:January 7, 2022
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Just minutes from the shopping mall, strip centers, and highway is a freshwater impoundment more than a century old

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Gorgeous morning, beautiful fish. Fly casting to a Gorgeous morning, beautiful fish. Fly casting to a small group today. 💁‍♂️ Clouser on intermediate line. Ends of deep water docks. Fun way to finish the summer striper season before August closure.😎

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Snagged a couple dozen bigs (largest 8” on the tip Snagged a couple dozen bigs (largest 8” on the tips) on the traps this morning with my beautiful bride. The two of us been doing it for all 23 yrs together—she’s our good luck charm! Most crabs in 5–8’. Expected em deeper but thats where we found em after all. Tons of baby throwbacks too. Eatin good today! 🦀

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Casting a lot for a few littles this early morning Casting a lot for a few littles this early morning—stunning sunrise, gentle puffs from the northeast, and some modest gains made on the fly. I still suck, but suck less than a week ago…I think. Figuring things out one cast at a time. Practice before fall bite. Feels like the payoff will come…

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Uh so yeah…bit hazy this a.m. with the wildfire sm Uh so yeah…bit hazy this a.m. with the wildfire smoke hanging over MD. 😶‍🌫️ More practice on the fly. A few fish moving around but not much current. Heard dolphins have gotten stripers moving far upriver. Getting a touch better at casting clousers on intermediate line. Topwater (gurglers today) on floating line still tricky for me. Keepin at it tho 😵‍💫 

#flyfishingfool #eatmeplease #clouserftw #chesapeakebayfishing #stripedbass
Trying flies. Tying flies. Flying flies. Fly this. Trying flies. Tying flies. Flying flies. Fly this. Fly that. Man, this is becoming one big a**, addictive, obsession with a heckuva learning curve. Just trying to capture the summer river schoolie bite during the early dawn. It’s been a gas. Upgrading fly line a MAJOR boost. Caught a couple small bass on a clouser casted around docks close to a weed line on intermediate line

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