- Fly Fishing Tips

pNorth Dakota’s 2009 waterfowl season has been set. Opening day for North Dakota residents is Sept. 26 for ducks, geese, coots and mergansers. Nonresidents may begin hunting waterfowl in North Dakota Oct. 3./p

pVANCOUVER, Wash. - Anglers who catch a salmon bearing a jaw tag or a colored spaghetti tag near its dorsal fin can play an important role in a new study of experimental fishing gear now under way in the lower Columbia River./p

pBirmingham, Alabama - MedjetAssist, the nation's leading emergency medical evacuation and repatriation membership program has chosen Hunter Outdoor Communications to be its public relations agency of record for the outdoor, hunting and fishing markets. HOC, a public relations agency specializing in the outdoor, marine and hunting industries, is headquartered in San Antonio, TX, and it has an East Coast office in Richmond, VA. The appointment is effective September 1./p

pCharlotte Harbor amp; the Gulf Islands, Florida - The Snook Foundation is planning the inaugural Florida Oktoberfest Inshore Slam Challenge October 23 - 25, 2009, in Charlotte Harbor amp; the Gulf Islands, Florida. Laishley Park Municipal Marina in Punta Gorda will serve as the base point for the photo release tournament directed by Classic Tournaments. Between 100 and 200 anglers are anticipated to participate and anglers can enter in either the Guided Division or Non-guided Division. All teams can enter the Big Fish Bonanza./p

pChuck Howard and CJ Howard from Bradenton, Fla. won the final regular season of The 2009 Redfish Cup with a 19.32-pound bag of redfish in Biloxi/D' Iberville, Miss. Sunday, August 30, 2009 taking home a $40,000 cash purse./p

So Im thinking about starting to ty some flies (woolly buggers) just for start and fun . There are some good looking tying start

Here is the deal--Dryrod posted (in watering hole) a post about some people selling bunch or fly rods and stuff on ebay. Who ever guess the final p

pLITTLE ROCK – If you want to be better prepared for the upcoming hunting seasons, a few minutes in your favorite chair with a book can be a major boost./p pThe book is the 2009-2010 Arkansas Hunting Guidebook of the Arkansas Game and Fish commission. It is 140 pages, including the cover, and it’s free at any AGFC office or license dealer./p

pLITTLE ROCK – Several proposals to limit the use of boat motors on various wildlife management areas are under consideration by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission./p pMotors currently are limited by regulation to 25 horsepower or less on four management areas – Bayou Meto, Dr. Lester Sizes III Bois d’Arc, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake and Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek. At the Aug. 24 meeting, Commissioners considered a proposal from the AGFC wildlife staff to extend the 25-horsepower limit to include Bell Slough, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Choctaw Island, Cut-Off Creek, Cypress Bayou, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Earl Buss Bayou DeView, Galla Creek, Harris Brake, Holland Bottoms, Mike Freeze Wattensaw, Petit Jean River, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Sulphur River and Trusten Holder wildlife management areas./p

pLITTLE ROCK – Arkansas’s turkey population has declined in recent years because of a series of poor spring hatches. As a result, Emon Mahony of El Dorado, commissioner with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, has proposed closing the fall turkey hunting seasons this year./p