Fish, Hunt & Ride – Spring 2016 | Page 2

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LETTER THE TEAM OTTAWA-GATINEAU Fish, hunt and ride like you mean it! W elcome back fellow outdoor sporting enthusiasts to another fabulous issue of Fish, JEFF MORRISON Hunt and Ride. Following the fanfare of our Editor-in-chief launch in December, the spring edition of our new magazine is FISH, HUNT & RIDE ready for take-off. fishhuntandride.ca [email protected] And what an incredible issue we have in store for you! [email protected] Readers should notice right off the bat the thickness and sheer magnitude of this offering, which now runs to more than twice the length of our launch, and hey folks, this “bigger is better” excitement doesn’t stop there. This time we delve even more deeply into areas readers have personally requested. More fishing, more Uncle Ted, and more ATVs, thank you very much, and I believe the FHR editorial staff and I have delivered in spades. You met FHR's core writing team in our launch issue, and we have since retained a couple of key new players to cover specific areas of interest. First off, I am pleased to introduce a local fishing legend who really requires no introduction, Lawrence Gunther. He has the claim to fame as the only blind professional angler in all of North America. Another new member to join our writing staff is Dave Baker, not only an avid hunter, trapper and president of the Nation Valley All-Terrain Vehicle Club (NVATVC), but one of the heaviest hitters in the all-terrain world today. He’s an ATV guru and we are all lucky to have him on board. “Firearms expert Allen Macartney also joins us this issue – a gent with great passion for shooting and outdoor adventure. Allen has been a long-time contributor of Ottawa Outdoors and we’re proud to have him now as part of the FHR Team.” Be sure to check out local outdoor enthusiast Andrew Cameron’s first FHR column. He’s what you might call an outdoor world irony, being an avid shed-antler hunter and trail camera aficionado, but someone who doesn’t actually deer hunt. This issue I am also excited to present an exclusive Q&A interview with our celebrity columnist Ted Nugent. Uncle Ted took some time away from hunting last fall to answer a few of my questions and chat about his hunting and rock ’n’ roll career, in true Nuge style. I hope you’ll enjoy the rest of this issue’s features including some hot trout and pan fish techniques, a spotlight on ladies of the hunting world, tips on pursuing Lake Ontario’s tributaries for steelhead, and chasing Ontario beards and spurs with camera and shotgun. I even share some of my proven fish-cooking techniques and favourite trout recipes. A special thanks to all those who stopped-by ourFish, Hunt and Ride Booth at the Outdoor and Adventure Travel Show in March. Remaining connected and strong among the region’s hunting, fishing and riding community is of utmost importance to FHR. Our fishing and hunting heritage and passion for the great outdoors are the ties that bind – a connection never taken for granted. To meet a fellow outdoor sportsman is to encounter a kindred spirit and shall we forever remain united and strong. Enjoy our spring issue and take advantage of the many outdoor opportunities our region has to offer. To borrow a line from the Nuge himself: Get out there and fish, hunt and ride like you mean it! Yours in the great outdoors. OTTAWA VALLEY • THE PONTIAC • OUTAOUAIS WEST QUÉBEC • EAST & NORTHERN ONTARIO fish,hunt ride MAGAZINE PUBLISHER DAVE BROWN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JEFF MORRISON EDITOR ROGER BIRD WRITERS TED NUGENT, ALLEN MACARTNEY, AMANDA LYNN MAYHEW, GRANT HOPKINS, ANDREW BEAUCAIRE-CAMERON, JEFF MORRISON, BRIAN HOULE, SHEILA ASHCROFT, DON WILCOX, DOUG PHILLIPS, JORDAN DUROCHER, GRANT BAILEY, ED HAND, LAWRENCE GUNTHER, DAVE BAKER PHOTOGRAPHERS & ILLUSTRATORS KEITH MILNE, GORD COULTHART, MELISSADOAR, JMICHL, JASON YODER, MELISSADOAR, JMICHL, DUANE SYCZ, TILER84, BRIAN LASENBY, CHALABALA, JASON WHYTE ADVERTISING INQUIRIES Dave Brown is the publisher of both Fish, Hunt & Ride and Ottawa Outdoors Magazine (15yrs). Both are independent publications published seasonally every four months and distributed FREE at various fish, hunt and outdoor stores plus more than a hundred other locations around the region and into Québec and Ontario. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: [phone] or 888-228-2918 Fax: [phone] HOW TO GET PUBLISHED Fish, Hunt & Ride welcomes story and photo contributions. Publisher may publish any and all communications with Fish, Hunt & Ride, and may edit for clarity and style. Indexed in the Canadian Periodical Index ISSN No. 1204-69556. © Copyright 2016. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any materialspublished in Fish, Hunt & Ride Magazine is expressly forbidden without consent of the publisher. Printed in Canada mail me your comments: [email protected] 02 | FISH, HUNT RIDE www.fishhuntandride.ca