Old and new, big and small, these patterns have stood up to the tests of time, water, and fish.
Here are 112 battle-tested lures that North America’s top guides tie on when they absolutely have to catch fish. Make room in your tackle box
From Dale Hollow Lake - which gave up the world-record smallie - to Maryland's Potomac River, we grilled four top bronzeback guides to find out which lures are their go-to patterns all season long.
Crappies might be scrappy fighters, but they can also be a pain to pattern and a chore to figure out what they're eating. So we tracked down four professional crappie guide to learn which lures they never leave the dock without.
Walleye are tricky fish. They can hold tight to the bottom at 60 feet, or cruise the shallows in less than five. When you need to get hooked up in any situation, lure picks mean everything. So here are the lures the top walleye guides use to pay the bills.
Northern pike are vicious, elusive, and can be downright picky when it comes to hitting a lure. But these four trophy pike guides from across North America need to send clients home happy. When all else fails, these are the pike lures they trust the most.
John Merwin did a bit of testing in the F&S top-secret line lab to bring you this list of the four strongest fishing knots on the water. Here's how to tie them, and why their so deadly.
The February issue hasn't hit the newstands yet, but we've raided the cookie jar to release this rundown of some latest and greatest gear for 2006
Last February, Dave wrote a cover story titled "The 50 Best Guns Ever Made" that generated lots of heated opinion. In case any of you missed the piece, we've posted links to it in photo gallery form in David Petzal's blog, The Gun Nut.
Jerry Robinson has forgotten more about hunting and fishing than most of us will learn in a lifetime, as these 12 tips (which we think are last year's best) prove.