By Joe Cermele

The most fun part of picking through entries in our ongoing vintage tackle contest is finding the oddball items that leave you scratching your head. Of course, old Rapalas and Pikie Minnows are cool, but they're not exactly strange or unusual. Reader Jim Flynn sent in a whole bunch of vintage lure photos, many of which were handed down from his dad. I looked through them all, but none gave me pause like the one below. Even Jim wasn't sure what to make of this lure. He simply wrote:

...This one was just weird. It's from my dad's old tackle box. I never caught anything on it.

By Joe Cermele

Yesterday, Mr. Merwin posted about his trip to the upper Delaware River last week. He noted that it was cold, windy, and the trout were less than cooperative. I can attest to this, because I happened to be fishing the same river on the same days just a little further downstream. I spent one day fishing with friend and guide Joe Demalderis, and the others rowing myself. Hatches were practically non-existent, so it became a streamer game...the kind that turns your stripping arm to Jell-O by day's end.

By John Merwin

One of the reasons why Field & Stream is such a great outdoor title--both in print and online--is because its editors and authors actually get out and do whatever it is they’re editing or writing about. That was my thought as I met Editor-in-Chief Anthony Licata and Special Projects Editor (and Whiteltail365 blogger) Dave Hurteau last week for some early-season trout fishing on the upper Delaware River near the New York/Pennsylvania border.

By Joe Cermele

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I never pass up the chance to work Jaws into a post. After all, it's my favorite flick and what I consider the finest fishing movie of all time. The film debuted over 30 years ago, so fresh Jaws fodder is not easy to come by these days...until Moonrise Media announced the release of Matt Taylor's "Jaws: Memories From Martha's Vineyard." If you're a Jaws freak like me that can quote Quint's every word, you need this book.

The production of Jaws consumed the small island of Martha's Vineyard for many months, and many island residents were cast in bit parts, used as extras, and hired to do everything from construct sets to run camera boats.