ICAST handed out its New Product Showcase category awards for 2026, recognizing 39 new products across rods, reels, electronics, watercraft, lures, apparel, accessories, and tackle storage. Among the biggest takeaways were Garmin’s new LiveScope 2 HD, three separate wins tied to the urchin bait trend, and multiple category wins from Shimano and St. Croix. But perhaps the biggest surprise came at the end, when a relatively simple, affordable spinning combo beat out all of them to take Best of Show. Here are just some of the products that stood out. Rhino Spinning Combo Takes Best of Show Rhino 30 6’6”…

The Attorney General of New Jersey recently launched a civil lawsuit against former JSD Supply owner Jordan Vinroe. This meritless lawsuit stinks of vindictiveness and oozes with extremely sophomoric immaturity. In 2022 New Jersey enacted a so-called “public nuisance” law pertaining to firearms, firearm-related industry, and even firearm-related marketing. This 1984-esque law has been used to assault members of the industry via fruitless lawsuits. Jordan Vinroe, not a resident of New Jersey, is now being personally sued by Attorney General Jennifer Davenport. This is in the wake of Vinroe filing for bankruptcy with two of…

William Lintag Upham, a former Marine officer and qualified congressional write-in candidate, was arrested and charged on July 16 with threatening to kill President Donald Trump. The charges announced by the Justice Department came after federal agents reviewed social media videos in which Upham allegedly called for the administration’s violent overthrow. Upham, 35, appeared in federal court in Jacksonville, Fla., and a judge ordered him detained. He faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted. He is presumed innocent as prosecutors have filed only a criminal complaint. Florida election records identify Upham as a qualified Republican write-in candidate…

When it comes to midsize trucks in the overlanding community, it seems like the Toyota Tacoma steals all of the attention. Don’t get us wrong — it’s a great truck, especially the current generation, but it’s far from the only game in town. Take the Ford Ranger, for example. It’s super-capable, very nice to live with, and makes a fantastic base for an overland build. That’s especially true now that ARB has debuted its Ascent Truck Cap for the 2024 and newer Ranger with the 5-foot bed. Powder-coated metal bed toppers for trucks are definitely in vogue now, but they…

Growing up in the South, it wasn’t unusual to see shotguns mounted in the back of my friends’ trucks. Not just while tooling around town, either, but in the school parking lot. No one blinked about it at the time, in part because it was a small private school, but also because it was just a way of life down here. People who could would go hunting before school in the morning, come out of the stand or blind to go to class, then go right back after the last bell rang. Assuming, of course, they didn’t have sports…

What kind of job can you get if you held a certain role in the military? When you are beginning your military transition, it seems like this should be a really easy question for your military network to answer. After all, you are not the first person to leave the military from your particular job, so it should not be that hard to figure out what kind of roles you can do in the civilian world, right? Right. Even if your network is completely stumped by this question, LinkedIn is not. You can use LinkedIn to research what kind of…

The Warthog, Hawgs, Thunderbolt II: Whatever you call it, it’s the Air Force’s flying tank. It’s both beloved by ground forces and often resented by the Air Force brass. The Air Force graduated its “last” class of new A-10 pilots in April 2026, but in keeping with tradition, a proposal in Congress, as of this writing, would extend the A-10’s mission once again. Developed during the Cold War to tear through Soviet tanks trying to make their way through the Fulda Gap between East and West Germany, the A-10 was a vital component of the AirLand Battle doctrine. The idea…

Gun control groups are pretty quiet after the Third Circuit handed down a major ruling on Friday holding New Jersey’s ban on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines unconstitutional.  One notable exception is Giffords. Today’s Third Circuit decision striking down New Jersey’s assault weapons ban is deeply dangerous.States have every right to protect their communities from assault weapons with large capacity magazines designed to inflict maximum harm.https://t.co/eqxAOoEG1g— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) July 17, 2026States do not have the right to trample on the enumerated rights of their citizens, which is exactly what bans on commonly owned arms…

Games are such a wonderful medium, allowing you to see the perspectives of heroes, villains, and everything in between—all while having your hands on the steering wheel, guiding the action. There is no shortage of games that allow you to play as the villain from the outset, or games that allow players to make “evil” choices, but sometimes, you get a game that pulls a bit of a trick on its own players: the surprise hero-to-villain reveal. In each of the following games, the character is presented as a force for good or an otherwise neutral party from the outset,…

There’s no place perhaps more associated with rain than the Pacific Northwest, so there’s perhaps no better place to put a rain jacket to the test. I wore the Mountain Hardwear Cloud Cipher Rain Jacket on a week-long, 96-mile backpacking trip along the Oregon coast and the literal rainforests there to put it through its paces. The Cloud Cipher ($310) is the brand’s newest, most high-end shell made of a signature DrySpell fabric that Mountain Hardwear claims is rigorously lab-tested to be fully waterproof, as well as breathable and durable. In addition to my week in Oregon, I wore the…

Manufactured homes are eligible for VA loans but lender rules are stricter than site-built homes, and even modular homes. This is because while manufactured homes meet federal standards for construction and safety, they do not necessarily meet state and local regulations, zoning acceptance, and classification. The homes must also meet other requirements to qualify for a VA loan. If a manufactured home is in your future, read on to find out why most lenders say no to manufactured homes, and how you can find one that says yes. What is a Manufactured Home? A manufactured home is an affordable alternative…

The United States ruling class has launched another series of overnight strikes in Iran, reportedly hitting civilian infrastructure, including several bridges across the Islamic Republic. Tehran had already threatened that further escalation would have consequences for the entire region when the US launched these attacks. “If the enemy, in the course of its war of attrition, seeks to strike Iran’s infrastructure or carry out further assassinations of officials, the entire region will pay the price,” a senior intelligence official in Tehran told RT on Thursday, as the US launched its latest strikes. Does that mean Iran will do anything major?…