Steve Culton

Sep 3, 2024 | fieldandstream.com | Steve Culton |Curtis Niedermier |Joe Cermele |Jonathan Miles

Summer can be cruel to a devout trout fisherman. I found that out during the relentless drought of 2016. By July, flows on the Farmington River—my home water in Connecticut—were reduced to a pathetic 60 cubic feet per second. It looked more like a rock garden than a river, forcing its browns to huddle up in scattered cool-water refuges. I had no choice but to give them a rest. Still, it was summer and I wanted to fly fish. Luckily the nearby Housatonic was there to give me a fix.

Aug 19, 2024 | fieldandstream.com | Joe Cermele |Curtis Niedermier |Steve Culton |Jonathan Miles

_We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more ›_Carp are total jerks. Stalk them on the flats or in a clear river when they’re feeding on forage, like nymphs and crayfish, and they’ll snub your bugs, spook when you cast, and drive you to the brink of rod-­snapping madness. Or you can look for some under a mulberry tree, where they’ll feed with the same carefree vigor as a school of farm-pond bluegills.

Aug 19, 2024 | fieldandstream.com | David E. Petzal |Curtis Niedermier |Joe Cermele |Steve Culton

_We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more ›_I got an e-mail that reads: “I recently obtained a new barrel on my ——- rifle, so I’m following the barrel break-inprotocols. I’ve done this before and it does seem to facilitate future cleaning. I still can’t explain why this break-in procedure works, and I’m an engineer.

Jun 13, 2024 | fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily |Richard Mann |Steve Culton |Tom Davis

_We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more ›_The author, ready for the dove field with his Beretta 391. Phil BourjailyWhen my home state of Iowa finally got a mourning dove season eight years ago, I felt like playing catch-up to make amends for the previous thirty or forty doveless years. My now-departed waterfowl gun—a 12 gauge Beretta 391—got the nod as the gun I owned that would make the most efficient dove killer.