Jeff Samsel Fishing

Heddon Spin'n Image Jr Late summer often delivers new lures to my tackle selection. The ICAST show takes place in mid-July, and that’s w...

Mistaken Identity color patterns, new from Bandit Friends think I'm a little wacky (or maybe more than a little) when I head north ...

With the Rebel Trout Trek less than two weeks away, I'm turning ever more attention toward making certain all our stuff is in order an...

If you're a fisherman, the end of June and the first half of July can be a pretty fun time of the year. Not because of some hot bite,...

The ICAST show is always substantially slower on Friday than on the first two days, with a lot of buyers, media and folks in the booths havi...

I spent a couple of hours this evening at the ICAST New Product Showcase reception, checking out new rods and fishing lines for coverage I...

We often say around my house that you never know what a day will bring. Seems that also applies on the water in Mexico. Who knew I'd g...

This page has been way too quiet, which I don't like. Days have been filled with catch-up efforts on magazine work from so many days on ...

Think that all tackle bags are created equal, beyond considerations of size? Think again. Take a look at this video as industry insider Dav...

My biggest regret from last week's ICAST show in Las Vegas is that I never got the opportunity to give the International Fly Tackle D...

Only a few ICAST hours remaining. Well, only a few for me. The show actually goes one more full day, but I fly out mid afternoon, so I only ...

Well, it's almost that time. I'm in the Atlanta airport, through security, waiting to fly to Las Vegas in a couple of hours. Long tr...

The days leading up to ICAST can be almost as fun as the show itself as companies begin previewing the cool stuff they will release. No ex...

Wow. This time next week, I'll be traveling toward Las Vegas for the ICAST Show. I'm admittedly not a fan of Las Vegas, but I real...

Photos courtesy of Creek Company. With the ICAST show only a few weeks away, I'm starting to get word about some of the cool new stu...

The new MarCum LX-9 combines digital sonar, high-definition underwater video and DVR functionality in one portable unit. One inevitable...

Road Runner Reality Shad Buffet I suggested in an earlier post that multi-lure rigs would be a major trend at this year's ICAST sho...

Folks don't set up ice-fishing shelters in Florida during January, let alone July, but the shelters will be going up tomorrow. At the ...

"What if you..?" Lure manufacturers hear countless questions that begin with those three words as pro staffers and customers d...

Typically at the ICAST show, several new-product trends emerge: hollow-bodied swimbaits, micro eyes on rods, a new material for waders, b...