Broad and Reel

Have you ever been noodling? Noodling is the sport of catching catfish with your bare hands. I’ve never been and to be honest I’m not sure I ever want to. Below a video of girls noodling from about a year ago. But, kudos to them because…yuck! Ha ha I’m showing my girly side.

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No fishing this weekend unless we go to the pier. Justin’s Tacoma is in the shop to get his leaf springs replaced and his truck lifted. I think he’s getting it lifted only three inches but those three inches combined with some nice meaty tires…it will look like the perfect beach truck.

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I absolutely love finding articles on the web about women fishing . Ya I know the article was written over 15 years ago but the point still holds true. I think there has been progress made…granted I was nine-years-old (ha ha) when that article was written but just in the past few years I’ve seen [...]

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The final fish picture in my header was taken in Erie, PA.
Living in Pittsburgh, PA, I was about two hours from Lake Erie and its famous tributaries. It was perfect. We could drive up in the morning, fish until dark and then drive home.
The fish in the picture are Steelhead. Steelhead look like rainbow trout [...]

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My boyfriend Justin always says for every 1,000 casts you catch one awesome fish. Well the fish in the second picture of my header is my 1,000 cast fish.
I caught the rainbow trout at the beginning of my second year of fly fishing. At that time, it’s apparent I was into the sport because I [...]

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What is an appropriate first post for a brand new blog? I’m not sure, after all how often do you start a blog. So I thought the best way is maybe to tell the stories about the big fish in my header.
The first picture is a giant flathead catfish that I caught in the Allegheny [...]

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