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The Generation Wild Blog Has Moved!

Colin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:10:05 +0000

Hey everyone. My sincere apologies for the lack of posts on the Generation Wild blog lately. We’ve been working on some big changes to the blog lately, and I’m thrilled to announce that we’re moving to the Big Leagues.

You can…

Romans: Should I Take Up Ice Fishing?

Ben Romans — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:05:24 +0000

I’ve got a confession. I’m a fishing junkie. OK, well, that’s not the confession part. The confession is that as much as I love to fish, I’ve never plopped my bucket on a bucket in the middle of an iced-over…

Romans: Two More Late-Season Whitetail Success Stories

Ben Romans — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:43:50 +0000

Reading Tommy Ladson’s deer hunting story the other day got me juiced up all over again for deer season. But then I looked at the calendar, and had that sinking feeling when I realized I’ve got at least eight more months…

Pro Staff: The Elusive “Piebald” Deer

Brooke — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:46:31 +0000

Whenever you get out into the wild and wonderful outdoors, you never know what you might encounter.

Well, that was the case for a friend of mine, Wayne Rinehart, on a very cold day in late December. Wayne was hunting in…

Pro Staff Video: Nate Dean Fishes a “Hard Water” Hot Spot

Nate Dean — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:42:45 +0000

Hey everyone, it’s Nate Dean from the Generation Wild Pro Staff. Well it is winter time in Wisconsin. With temps below zero, the ice is safe and it is time to start doing some “hard water” fishing, as we call…

Winter Fly Tying: Elk Hair Caddis

Ben Romans — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:16:31 +0000

Well, for all of you that have mastered the previous patterns, I humbly submit the elk hair caddis—probably the most difficult fly pattern posted on Generation Wild.

This pattern combines some skills already taught like dubbing and palmering hackle, but I’m…

Pro Staff: Tommy Ladson’s “You Snooze You Lose” Buck Story

Tommy Ladson — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:31:58 +0000

It was the first Friday of the Pennsylvania rifle season, and I only had a half day of school. The night before I made plans to take my girlfriend’s oldest brother Glenn hunting to try and get him a deer.…

Winter Fly Tying: Zonker

Ben Romans — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:11:17 +0000

If you are able to tie a Woolly Bugger, you should have no trouble tying this streamer pattern. The Zonker has been my ace-in-the-hole fly on more than one occasion, and I’ve caught trout, steelhead, bass, panfish, pike, and even…

My Favorite Gear, Part 2

Ben Romans — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:24:14 +0000

I’ve been able to shoot different guns over the last few years, some with better results than others. But at the end of every experience, I keep coming back to one thing—I really like my 870. It’s not super expensive,…

Winter Fly Tying: Beadhead Pheasant Tail Nymph

Ben Romans — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:11:16 +0000

OK, I’m going to bump everyone up a step on the difficulty scale with the beadhead pheasant tail nymph.

For this fly you need a rooster pheasant tail plume, peacock herl, a hook like a No. 12-18 Tiemco 3761, and some…