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    Holy Mackerel

    Jul 21, 2020 5 minutes
    By Barry Gibson
    Illustration by Nick Mayer

    You don’t read much about Atlantic mackerel in fishing magazines these days. The handsome little metallic blue-green critters haven’t changed much since Salt Water Sportsman ran the occasional article about catching them back in the 1950s and ’60s, but they’ve fallen out of favor as a target species, replaced by sexier, open-water speedsters such as bonito, false albacore and snapper blues.

    About a half-century ago, well-meaning outdoor writers tried their darndest to whip up enthusiasm for “Taken on a freshwater fly rod, mackerel will delight the most ardent light-tackle angler with their sizzling runs and stubborn resistance,” gushed a fishing scribe from the day, “and if tied tail-to-tail with a brook trout, will pull the brookie around backward all day long! Furthermore, if prepared properly, they

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