Where I grew up, In Watertown, South Dakota, learning to hunt was part of growing up, with Hunter's Safety Courses taught in school, These youngsters may not be old enough to hunt, but they have their bb- and pop guns out to show off a couple...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog

Fish the Topwater
Team Outdoorsmen Production Member Larry Myhre, Sioux City, IA. with a huge pike he took using topwater baits on one of his own Larry Myhre custom Fly rods As the weeds, make their way closer and onto the top of the water, fishing can be a nightmare, as you're...

Lindy Spin Rig By Larry Myhre
I’m not sure when Lindy came out with their Spin Rig, but I’m guessing sometime in the early to mid 1970s. But I became a fan of them right off the start. The Spin Rig is designed to present live bait, a minnow or chub or even a nightcrawler or leech. It came in many...
Lacie Gee & Erwin Sias by Larry Myhre
Of course I have no way of proving whether this is true or not, but I suspect the circulation of this little fly tying booklet probably exceeds any other ever printed. Lacey Gee and Erwin Sias published “Practical Flies and their Construction” in 1955. It continued to...

With the Warming Water, Fish Become more Active
Gary Howey, Hartington, Neb. with his grand kids Braedon and Ashlynn Howey when they were younger with a largemouth bass they caught along the edge of the shoreline weeds. (Cassie Howey Photo) Fish are cold blooded, which means there body temperature is...

Morels, Early Season Wild Edibles By Gary Howey
This year, all things seem to be late, including our spring turkeys as they seemed to stay in their winter groups and break up much later this season. Generally, by May 1, we hear that those folks who like to "scrounge" around in the outdoors,...

Time to fish Bluegills
Kids love fishing for bluegill, Ted Slaba, Wagner, S.D. with a bluegill he caught from a small pond when he first started fishing with his grandfather author Gary Howey, Ted couldn't be happier when he's fishing for panfish such as the bluegill. (Gary Howey...

How Times have changed
As a kid growing up, the author Gary Howey spent numerous hours along the Sioux River, only a block from our house, building forts, as these kids are doing, fishing and just goofing around. As long as we were home in time for meals and respected our parents and...