Gadabout relished old days at Sebastian

Bill Sargent wrote this Florida Today column in June 1980 about his friend Gadabout Gaddis, who had the first television fishing show in the 1950s and early '60s known as "The Flying Fisherman." In this column, Gaddis recalls his early days at Sebastian Inlet.

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In Scotland the technique is more often called "guddling" or sometimes "ginniling"

Trout tickling is the art of rubbing the underbelly of a trout using fingers. If done properly, the trout will go into a trance-like state after a minute or so, and can then easily be thrown onto the nearest bit of dry land.

Trout tickling has been practiced for many centuries. It is mentioned in Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, where it is used as a metaphor for bamboozlement by Olivia's servant Maria, who is about to play a vengeful prank on the pompous steward, Malvolio:

  Close, in the name of jesting! Lie thou there,
  for here comes the trout that must be caught with tickling.

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The man with the salmon plan

Howard Tanner changed the ecology of the Great Lakes in 1966 when he imported Pacific Ocean salmon in order to control invasive alewives -- and create a salmon fishery like none other on the planet. Tanner was faced with critics and skeptics but he proceeded to prove his theories that salmon species could be landlocked, survive and propagate in the Great Lakes.

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The American Museum of Fly Fishing - Learning from the Masters

The American Museum of Fly Fishng has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds towards the development of an on-line salt water fly fishing exhibit. A good lavalier microphone might have been a smart investment for the campaign video pitch.

My Life In Fishing: Favorite Long Stories Told Short

Stonefly Press is publishing a remarkable new book from Stu Apte, a larger-than-life legend in fishing, that Andy Mill calls "a poignant reminder of what true legends are made of." This is a collection of world-record catches, days on the water spent with folks like Truman, Hemingway, Schwarzkopf, Gowdy, Yastremski, and guys in our industry like Lefty, Flip & Chico, among many others.

You can preorder the book now from Stonefly Press.

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Joan Wulff - Why Fly Fishing