Bob McNally
Contributor
Highlights
- Expertise and interests: fly fishing, wingshooting, and bowhunting
- Other publication experience: writing staff on BassMaster, Southern Outdoors, SaltWater Sportsman, Florida Sportsman, Fishing Facts and others
About
Bob McNally has been an outdoor writer since shortly after the earth’s crust cooled. He has written 12 outdoor books, more than 5,000 outdoor magazine stories (including many for Outdoor Life) and more newspaper outdoor columns and features than there are hairs on a grizzly bear.
McNally traces his dedication to the outdoors back to his father, Tom, who for many years was Outdoors Editor of the Chicago Tribune and a field editor for Field & Stream magazine.
- Bob McNally
About
Bob McNally has been an outdoor writer since shortly after the earth’s crust cooled. He has written 12 outdoor books, more than 5,000 outdoor magazine stories (including many for Outdoor Life) and more newspaper outdoor columns and features than there are hairs on a grizzly bear.
Experience
McNally has been around fishing and the outdoors all his adult life. He caught his first sailfish at age 9, and his first tarpon and bonefish at age 10. His first magazine feature on fly fishing was sold to Sports Afield at age 18. In addition to writing thousands of newspaper outdoor stories, Bob has written over 5,000 feature magazine articles for every major outdoor publication in the United States. For many years he averaged nearly 200 magazine stories annually, while also working as a full-time metropolitan newspaper outdoor writer. He is the author of 11 outdoor books, including his definitive, best-selling Fishermen’s Knots, Fishing Rigs, and How To Use Them.
McNally’s writing, broadcast, and photography work have won many state, regional, and national awards. He has appeared in numerous television and radio outdoor shows. For years he hosted a daily syndicated show for In-Fisherman Radio, and was a weekly on-camera host of a fishing TV show for Fox Sports Outdoors. He has done many outdoor seminars. Bob has fished throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Europe, Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. He travels extensively for his outdoor writing/photography/broadcast work. He lives near Jacksonville, Florida with his wife.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in journalism and English from the University of Wisconsin
McNally traces his dedication to the outdoors back to his father, Tom, who for many years was Outdoors Editor of the Chicago Tribune and a field editor for Field & Stream magazine.
- Bob McNally
More from Bob McNally
Huge Smallmouth Bass Caught in Indiana Should Break 32-Year-Old State Record
By Bob McNally
March 7, 2024
West Virginia Teen Lands New State-Record Tiger Trout That Barely Fit in the Net
By Bob McNally
February 28, 2024
Fat Rainbow Trout Caught from Historic Creek Shatters Maryland State Record
By Bob McNally
February 14, 2024
Hunter Tags 15-Point Buck with Unusual Double Rows of Tines
By Bob McNally
February 2, 2024
Mississippi Hunter Grunts in 14-Point Drop-Tine Buck
By Bob McNally
January 25, 2024
Ohio Crossbow Hunter Gets Her Target Buck Along with a ‘Touch of Frostbite’
By Bob McNally
January 24, 2024
Hunter Makes Surprise Shot on Wary Mississippi Buck During the Rut
By Bob McNally
January 23, 2024
Hunter Finally Tags 13-Point Buck That He and His Neighbors Kept Missing
By Bob McNally
January 22, 2024
Kayak Fisherman Breaks Colorado Crappie Record Using Forward-Facing Sonar
By Bob McNally
January 17, 2024
Fisherman Tells Wife He’s Going Out to Catch a Record, Then Catches State-Record Perch
By Bob McNally
January 12, 2024
Hunter’s Chase for ‘Bullwinkle’ Buck Ends with 5 Days Left in the Season
By Bob McNally
January 5, 2024
Hunter Tags ‘Dwarf Buck’ the Size of a Labrador Retriever
By Bob McNally
January 3, 2024
Watch: Net-Wielding Thief Steals Live Tarpon from Indoor Pond at Bass Pro Shops
By Bob McNally
December 22, 2023
Bowhunter Makes Redemption Shot on Palmated Buck After Missing in November
By Bob McNally
December 20, 2023
Missouri Crossbow Hunter Arrows Split-Beam Drop-Tine Buck
By Bob McNally
December 19, 2023
This Could Be the Heaviest Black Bear Ever Tagged in North Carolina
By Bob McNally
December 18, 2023