As a student of fishing my entire life, it has not escaped me that so many of the pivotal aspects of this sport can be credited to women. For instance, the first-ever published work on fly fishing was included in a 1496 edition of the “Book of St. Albans.” It is...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog
Learning from the Outdoors By Gary Howey
I’ve been serious outdoorsmen for over 40 years, each time I go out, I learn a lot from my trips to the field as well as those on the water. When I first got into the outdoors, I did it because I thought it would be a great way to get away from it all, those...
We pursue paddlefish below Gavins Point Dam By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal There swims in the dark, swirling currents of the Missouri River a fish whose lineage dates back to over 300 million years, nearly 50 million years before the age of the dinosaurs. It’s a fish that can grow to a length of seven...
Gary Howey named to Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal Gary Howey, longtime outdoors publisher and television and radio broadcaster, of Hartington, Nebraska, will be inducted into the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. He joins 11 other individuals and one organization to be inducted...
Hunting Early Season Pheasants By Gary Howey
For those of us that have been waiting all year for pheasant season, well, it’s here! Reports indicate that the pheasant outlook is good with those states that have a lot of habitat really crowing about their pheasant numbers. Over the years, I’ve hunted with hundreds...
Fall fishing heating up on natural lakes By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal There’s no better way to judge the quality of a fishing lake than variety. Lake Poinsett, that 7,903-acre glacial lake just a few miles west of Estelline, S.D., certainly lived up to that billing last weekend. Gary Howey,...
Doug Brown Memorial P.V.A. Pheasant Hunt-Veterans in the Field By Gary Howey
South Dakota is the pheasant hunting capital of the nation and as I worked my way north I was looking forward to this, my first pheasant hunt of the year. As a youngster growing up in South Dakota, I was amazed at the number of birds in the Watertown area. We...
Doug Brown Memorial P.V.A. Pheasant Hunt-Veterans in the Field By Gary Howey
South Dakota is the pheasant hunting capital of the nation and as I worked my way north I was looking forward to this, my first pheasant hunt of the year. As a youngster growing up in South Dakota, I was amazed at the number of birds in the Watertown area. We...