FISHIN AND PICKIN PRESENTS: ‘TROUT AND TUNES 2’ May 17th – 20th, 2012 Join Larry Keel & Natural Bridge and friends for three days of instruction, small concerts, incredible food and lodging. You’ll be hanging out at the Elk River Inn, Cabins & Restaurant located in the high peaks of West Virginia. Elk River has plenty of things to do when you’re not learning a new lick. Fly and spin casting for trout, hiking and mountain bike trail right out the door or just relaxing with a cold beverage near the campfire. Join us on May 17th – 20th 2012 for Trout and Tunes 2, your surely not going to want to miss it. We will have a Fly...

Bass and Grass is a weekend of music workshops, fishing on a private pristine lake full of large GA lunkers and home cooking all weekend long. We are deeply honored and down-right thrilled to have such fine talent for the 2011 Bass and Grass: Larry Keel, Jenny Keel, Steve “Big Daddy” McMurray, Jeff Mosier, David Blackmon, Gove Scrivenor. This is up close and personal with some of your favorite musicians, get a chance to learn and see how these great pickers approach music and the logic behind the madness. The bonus is a large GA lake full of more bass than one can handle…grab a boat and go out for the morning or evening and fill the bucket full...

As many of you may have heard, my brother-n-law and I are being sued in civil court by the developer of a golf community near Covington for fishing a section of the lower Jackson River.  He is seeking an injunction to prevent us (and all anglers) from wading in the river adjacent to his property, claiming that he owns the river bottom by virtue of an uninterrupted chain of deeds to that river bottom stretching all the way back to an original grant from King George III.  This despite the fact that this section of the river has been deemed navigable and public for many years, and is promoted by the state as a blue-ribbon fishery. For almost one...

Thursday, April 28 at 2:00pm – May 1 at 1:00pm Elk River Inn & Restaurant / Touring Center The Trout & Tunes event is now offering a 15% discount on the 3 day lodging package when you book a spot for you and a friend. Also we’re now offering a camping package with a limited amount of space. the cost will be $349.00 for three nights which will include all meals, instruction, outdoor activities, event swag and evening concerts. the two night camping package will 295.00 which will start with dinner on Friday evening and include the rest of the package amenities. Larry Keel, Natural Bridge and Elk River Inn/Restaurant are planning one of most unique bluegrass weekends ever...

Jiffy Automotive Services presents Smith Mountain Lake Fall Series Open Fishing Tournaments at Fox Port Marina. Click on image below to download a PDF for more info. 0FC43DD6-0C27-AD39-0049-2F95DAC6C24A 1.03.01 Share on Facebook

Plan on arriving in time for supper Thursday night, October 28th. Some folks will be staying at the “shack”, some will stay at “dogtrot” and some will be staying at the “barn”. All lodging options include food, fishing, music workshops and are within walking distance of one another. Sample Friday agenda: Up early for some top-water action on Goose lake, feast on a large brunch at the shack, head up to the barn for music workshop, more fishing, supper at the shack: Fannie’s Friday night fried chicken and biscuits, informal jam session at the barn, and then, best get some sleep ’cause Saturday is a big day. We’ve got a couple things up our sleeves for Saturday’s activities, but...

Stocking your first fishing tackle box FRANKFORT, Ky. – The coming weeks will finally start to offer Kentuckians a welcome break from frigid temperatures. As the temperatures begin topping the 50s next week, fishing begins to look a lot better than it did when a foot of snow blanketed the Bluegrass state. It’s time to pull out the fishing rods and reels as the water begins to warm for the upcoming season. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is expanding its Fishing in Neighborhoods (FINs) program to 29 urban lakes statewide – a perfect opportunity for inexperienced anglers to take up the sport. Beginning anglers, however, may not know where to start when it comes to putting...

by Steve Trafton The last few weeks have been an emotional ride for lovers of Harriman State Park. On January 11 the Governor of Idaho, C.L. “Butch” Otter, unveiled a draft state budget that showed the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR; the agency that manages Harriman and other state parks all over Idaho) receiving no funding for the coming fiscal year. The Henry’s Fork Foundation sent out a press release that day raising two fundamental concerns: • Without IDPR, what will happen to the lands, facilities, and programs currently administered for the public benefit by IDPR? • IDPR came into being as part of the agreement between the Harriman family and the State of Idaho through which...