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NEBRASKAland July 2017

NEBRASKAland Magazine is dedicated to outstanding photography and informative writing with an engaging mix of articles and photos highlighting Nebraska’s outdoor activities, parklands, wildlife, history and people.

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So when I told him that, quite often, the difference between catching and not catching a fish, especially on farm ponds, is making a cast two inches from a stump versus two feet, he was intrigued. Even a fishless cast can provide satisfaction to an angler who is striving to throw a lure exactly where they want. By Himself Anyone that has ever introduced another person to hunting or fishing understands that there is a very important day that eventually happens to the new outdoor enthusiast – the day they call you from the field. A person is fully vested when they begin to hunt and fish by themselves. I saw it when I started fishing with long-time NEBRASKAland contributor Matthew Marx, who began fishing in earnest in 2002 shortly after we first met. Since then he has made A crankbait's shape, including its lip, enables it to dive and stay beneath the water when reeled. Topwater, weedless frog imitations allow an angler to fish these in heavy structure with little worry of becoming entangled. 56 NEBRASKAland • JULY 2017

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