#7: Prepare for worst. Know first-aid and CPR.

#8: Use of food and water. It’s okay to ration food, but don’t ration water. If you are thirsty, drink. Decision making skills drop drastically when you are dehydrated.

#9: Slow down. If you are hiking only for exercise, you’re missing best part. Nature is all around, slow down and pay attention. You’ll be rewarded many times over.

#10: Take a friend along. Like most things in life, sharing your hiking passion with someone you care about is awesome.

There are literally thousands of great places to hike in North America and dozens of quality websites to learn more about sport. Check out our on-line education center or connect with a local hiking club for hikes in your area – but in any case it is up to you and only you to get most out of your hikes.

Use this information and you’ll Get It Right The First Time. Get Outdoors!

Old fishing poles from yard sales are very cheap and make great curtain rods. I especially like cane poles because they are easy to cut to size.

Another idea is to hot glue bobbers and lures all over an old lamp base. I think more better on this project, totally covering base. Of course lamp size and your taste make a difference. If it's a very large lamp or you just don't have enough lures and bobbers you can hot glue solid bands, about 2 inches wide, of hemp rope or twine to fill in larger areas.

A mobile like you see in babies rooms are fun and add an interesting art form to your fishing decor. I prefer to hang fishing gear at different levels instead of all one length. Again I use twigs or sticks for this project's "cross" to hang lures, bobbers etc. from and fishing line to tie it all together.

Old wooden picture frames with glass removed make inexpensive picture boxes. Line a piece of thin cardboard with brown, tan or dark green felt. You can also use fishing print fabric. Put this covered cardboard in frame like you would a picture and hot glue your treasures on felt. A good trick is to use sets of three. Three lures, one under other in a corner, three bobbers side by side for a top row, three hand reels in a row at bottom for weight and one old metal stringer above reels.

Things I haven't tried yet but are on my list to create include fishing lures with hooks removed as cabinet handles, bobbers or lures for light pulls, fishing net swag around bathroom mirror and drift wood with fishing gear as a conversation piece.

Creating your own fishing decor is fun, inexpensive and most of all you have unique decorating items for your home or cabin. Start collecting old fishing gear and let your imagination go.