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Tales from the new book “Adventures of a Fishing Bum”

Working the Jungle Stream

Adventure Tale: Jungle Smallmouth

BOOK EXCERPT—- Hawaii– sun, sand beaches, sea breezes, snorkeling, palm trees and tourists everywhere, right? For that reason it was never high on my list of “must see” places… until I discovered Hawaiian jungle smallmouth. However, it isn’t just mainlanders who have never heard of this odd fishery; few on the islands have either. Hardly […]

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sketch of Tim wade-fishing in Lake Michigan

Adventure Tale: Drowning by Smallmouth

BOOK EXCERPT– This wasn’t good.  I was coughing and spitting water, and I could see blood—mine– below the surface… Grabbing my 7-foot medium-action spin stick and a few lures in a small tackle bag, I headed back down the shoreline for half a mile to where I had noticed the most rock. It was late […]

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