FLY FISHING -- I'm ready to take a few days off, but I'll leave this parting thought to help fly fishers decide what they should be doing with their free time in the next week or two: Caddis action on the Yakima River has been…
PRO FISHING -- Professional bass angler Luke Clausen of Spokane is among the 46 qualifiers from 20 states to compete for the $500,000 top prize in the 2013 Forrest Wood Cup, Aug. 15-18 on the Red River at Schreveport, La. In 2006, Clausen won the…
Anti-wolf group's report provides few details on how Utah money was spent Big Game Forever submitted a 120-page report that contained a lot of magazine articles and government statistics, but little details on how the group spent $300,000 from Utah to shift wolf-management from the…
FISHING -- A Seattle man fishing in Alaska caught a 40-pound shortraker rockfish that experts believe could be 200 years old, which would easily predate the Alaska Purchase in 1867. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reported that Henry Liebman was deep-sea fishing off the coast of…
FISHING – Olson’s Resort at Sekiu, Wash., well-known for harboring salmon anglers venturing out on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is celebrating it’s 80th anniversary this weekend. How? With a July 6 fishing derby, of course.
CAMPING – Idaho State Parks has partnered with The North Face to loan camping equipment at no charge to first-time campers through September. The Explore Your Parks program is underway at two North Idaho state parks: Hells Gate, (208) 799-5015. Priest Lake, (208) 443-2200. The…
WATERFOWLING -- The Washington State Championship Duck Calling Contest, sponsored by the Washington Waterfowl Association, is set for Aug. 24 in Lacey. The event includes duck and goose events for open, junior, peewee, novice and two-person categories. Competition will take place at Cabela's, 1600 Gateway…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
