Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Savvy anglers know that spinning rods can handle the biggest fish around and throw the lightest lures while being both exceptionally sensitive and extremely powerful. Of course one rod can’t do it all and there isn’t one best rod, there are rods that are the best for specific purposes. Obviously, there’s a near-endless selection of spinning rods to choose from, and we can’t test them all. Since bass are America’s most popular gamefish, we focused this review on rods that were developed with bass in…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he will respond to Ukraine’s recent strikes. As Ukraine continues to suffer setbacks on the battlefield, it has stepped up drone strikes on civilian targets and infrastructure, to which Putin says retaliation will be “several times” more powerful. Ukraine has recently intensified drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure using Western aid and resources. It has also attacked residential areas in recent months, amid launching several hundred unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a day on average. First-person view, or FPV, drones, including artificial intelligence-assisted models, have increasingly targeted passenger buses and private vehicles. Putin made the…

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Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics If you’ve never had a good fishing nightmare, you’re missing out. Some are easy to conjure, like Jaws tailing his way into the flats while you’re wade fishing, or a swarm of piranhas tearing apart your buddy, who somehow slipped off the boat. Other fishing nightmares aren’t inspired by the violence a fish might commit, but more simply how the fish looks. These ugly fish—the ugliest fish in the world—are freaky enough to generate plenty of bad dreams. Anglers and sailors have been telling stories about…

This article was originally published by George Ford Smith at The Mises Institute.  If you read enough commentary, you’ll find various versions of the idea that our ruination is the result of powerful private interests driving government decisions that benefit them at our expense. Simply put, rich guys can buy votes that favor them, and only them. In some cases, they augment their bribes with blackmail. Does the problem lie with the billionaires or the government? One way a person can become a billionaire is by providing people with a product or service they want. As various economists have pointed…

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The U.S. military can tell commanders how many troops are deployable, how many aircraft are mission-capable and how quickly units can mobilize for combat.As military leaders prepare for wars shaped by drones, artificial intelligence and rapidly shifting battlefield conditions, however, defense experts say the Pentagon still struggles to answer a more difficult question: How do you know whether a force can adapt when the unexpected happens?Future conflicts are widely expected to unfold faster and with greater uncertainty than the wars the United States has fought in recent decades. Communications may be disrupted, battlefield conditions may shift rapidly and long-held assumptions…

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The Pentagon said the suspension of Apache pilots involved in a beach flyover last week has been lifted after videos of the helicopters flying low over a beach packed with onlookers circulated online and local news reported that the soldiers were subject to an investigation. In a statement on social media, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said “carry on Patriots,” after announcing that “the suspension of all involved South Carolina pilots has been lifted.” Late Thursday evening, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted “We’ll fix this. Carry on, Patriots,” in response to a video of the incident posted by a social media…

U.S. Central Command utilized three Corsair unmanned surface vessels to strike a submarine and ship maintenance facility at the Bandar Abbas naval base in Iran, marking the “first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations,” CENTCOM confirmed on X on Monday. The latest round of strikes by the U.S. comes after it revoked a license on July 7 that allowed Iran to sell oil. U.S. President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire between the two nations — which began on April 8 — to be over, but ceded that Iran had agreed to continue to negotiate. The U.S.…

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s 2 a.m. You wake up to the sound of glass breaking downstairs. You reach for your phone and dial 911—and nothing. No dispatcher. No “units en route.” Maybe the grid is down. Maybe home invaders are using a cell jammer. Maybe every line in the county is jammed. Either way, the help you’ve counted on your whole life isn’t coming. That’s the scenario we’re going to plan for today. Not because it’s a likely event to happen, but because there’s a greater-than-zero chance that someday, a full SHTF event (that’s prepper shorthand for…