Keep your flock safe from predators anywhere with this portable electric fence for chickens from Powerfields. Semi-rigid vertical stays provide stability and help prevent drooping between posts, plus to prevent electrical shorting during weed growth, the bottom line is non-conductive. Positive-Negative setup eliminates the need for a ground rod. Click below and watch the video to learn more, or buy the Powerfields Electric Poultry Fence online here.   Hi, I am Lacey from Powerfields, here at the 2017 Midstates Show with North40. I'd like to talk a little bit about our product here that we call the Electric Poultry Pen, an NSPCX2. It's an 82-foot electric fence netting. The horizontal strands have stainless steel conductors in it. You hook it to a quarter joule electric energizer. This is a positive-negative configuration so there...

By Sam Wike At the 2017 Elite Series event on Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Texas Jason Christie appeared to be throwing a Teckel frog. This is one of the many new prop body baits to hit the market last year.  In a bassmaster.com article, after the event, Christie is quoted saying, “I fished grass beds over spawning areas that funneled back into the main lake.”  The BASS article goes on to say that Christie’s two “main” choices were the “Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher Frog and the Booyah Pad Crasher.”  However, neither of those two Booyah baits have a prop body on them and it is clear from the video footage that Christie was throwing some type of plopper prop bait. The fishing tackle industry has been raining plopper prop body topwater baits since YouTube videos of the Teckel Sprinker frogs went viral in June of 2017.  At I-Cas...

Missouri River It’s yo-yo season when it comes to the weather. This morning when I looked at the temp, it was 4 degrees. By the time I got to work, it was 36. But the temp is going to drop again with a projected high of 9 degrees. I think it’s time to tie some flies. I did hit the jackpot day last week. It was 46 degrees and the trout spey action was fantastic. I swung a new minnow pattern I’m working on, off a floating line with a 12-foot leader tapered to 3X. Fish ate on the sink, on the swing, on the jig, and on the strip. Guess I’ll just have to relive that day this week. Winter on the Missouri River February can be a great month when the weather cooperates. In the coldest weather, fish within a mile or two of Holter Dam. After a few milder days, you can venture beyond Craig. Always be aware of drifting shelf ice, especially ...

Coeur d'Alene River Well, the good news is that water levels are dropping about as fast as they went up. However the CDA still has a ways to go yet. It is currently in the mid 9,000 cfs range and I’d only float it around 3,000 cfs. It’s wade-friendly at 1,500 to 2,000 cfs. So be patient and keep tying those Skwalas as the stonefly season is right around the corner. Stay tuned. St. Joe River I think this will be floatable this weekend if the flow continues to drop. If so, the Joe should be around 5,000 cfs by the weekend and that is a great range to float. It will be streamer city too. Big junk in olive and black will be the way to go. Nymph rigs will be great as well—try tandem beadhead rigs, big stone fly nymphs, Twenty Inchers, Prince Nymphs and Pheasant-Tails in bigger sizes, and San Juans. Clark Fork River (MT) Should fish fin...

Our local rivers, including the Snake, Clearwater and Grande Ronde, are all high and blown out. This weekend would be a great time to take advantage of our free fly-tying courses, unless you just want to practice your cast. If you do, however, be careful—the rivers are running high and fast. You could also come into the shop and shoot the breeze with us. We always love talking to our fellow anglers. If you have to get outside, you might try shed hunting—our local herds are dropping their antlers and these are always fun to find. Check in next week for an updated report. Read past reports from the Lewiston region here, or click here to view all northwest regional reports.

We joined Tom Larimer at IFTD last year to discuss what's coming to the fly fishing realms this season. He was excited to introduce the G. Loomis Pro Spey Rod. Watch the video below to get an inside look at this unique spey rod. Hi, guys. Tom Larimer from G. Loomis here. I'm in the IFTD booth at Orlando, and we're introducing our new series IMX Pro Short speys. Spey fishing has grown a lot, it's changed a lot over the years. Trout fishing now with these things has become really big, so we wanted a series that sort of covered everything from trout all the way up to steelhead and large trout applications, and we want it to be really focused on sort of the new era of spey lines--so shorter heads, things like OPSTs, things like Air Flo, Skagit Scouts, Air Flo Ranges... Those short format head lines really shine on these rods, so the whole...

One of the coolest lures we saw on the floor this year at iCast 2017 was the StutterStep from Bill Lewis Outdoors. Originally designed for tigerfish in Zimbabwe, the StutterStep is all about demanding attention. The latest emanation below will get you talking. Click below to watch the video and check out our Bill Lewis' lures here.   Hey, guys, Mark Daniels Jr. Bassmaster Elite Series Pro. We're here at ICast 2017 and I'm with North 40 getting ready to talk to you guys about one of our new baits, the StutterStep. Last year we introduced to you guys the 5.0 StutterStep, which is a 5-inch bait, lots of action in that bait, but this year, brand new, is the 4.0. I'm gonna talk to you guys; the way I like to fish this bait is some of the cool actions. What's really cool about the StutterStep in general is you can cast this bait out and...

Most Asked Fly Reel Questions In the fly shop, anglers always have questions about fly reels. What’s a good fly reel? What size do I need? If I have a 5-weight rod, do I need a #5 reel? Why are some reels so expensive? Valid questions. Rest assured, we have the answers you need. That’s why you come to the North 40 fly shop in the first place. If however, you are sitting at home and doing research online, be sure, you’ve also come to the right place. The Attraction of Fly Reels Fly reels are, arguably, the coolest part of an outfit and the most simple. The coolest, because of how they look, feel and sound. The most simple because, in many situations, the reel simply holds the line and the angler takes care of everything else manually. Compared to spinning reels and level-wind casting reels, fly reels are pretty simple. I look at a f...

Life hacking refers to any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency, in all walks of life. It is anything that solves an everyday problem in an inspired, ingenious manner. Crush Pills & Make Paste for your Horse When you need to crush pills and make a paste for you horse, try this instead of mixing a paste in a cup and then trying to spoon it into a syringe. Put all of the pills into your dosing syringe, then suction some water into the syringe. Looking for equine supplements, shoes, gear or feed? We've got it all online here. Shake and wait for your pills to dissolve in the syringe. No mess to clean, and all of the medication is ready to go! Monitor your Horse Trailer Temperature Get an inexpensive indoor/outdoor thermometer to keep tabs on the temperature inside your trailer (with...