Outdoor Rubbish
It seems, at least for me, that society in general is draining both mentally, emotionally, etc. Just about daily, anytime I turn on the news, read a conversation on social media or simply go out in public, I find myself wanting to just run away to the woods and get some peace. The reason I … Continue reading Resurrection
If you’re ever sitting around an evening campfire and enjoying a cold beverage with friends after a long day of fishing or hunting, bring up the topic of performance coolers. Then sit back and watch the opinions fly and possible arguments begin. It seems some folks feel they are a waste of money while others … Continue reading One Cool Cooler (Orion Coolers)
The sound of the truck tires hitting the gravel and leaving the pavement mark my arrival at the aspen cut, and I slow the Chevy down to survey the cover. Golden yellow aspen mixed with edges of dark green conifers, with a brown tannin-stained creek cutting through the middle of a swamp, provide the edges … Continue reading A Dogless Autumn
While packing for a recent Florida fishing trip, I tossed my Kindle into my duffle bag along with more clothes than I had any right to be taking for seven days. I took the e-reader in case the weather kept us holed up in the beach house for any length of time, or for those … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: “The Habits of Trout and Other Unsolved Mysteries” by Tim Schulz
Since I'm just a few days away from making a fourteen-and-a-half-hour drive south to the Florida panhandle and chasing redfish with a fly rod, I thought I would share one of my all-time favorite videos. "DayDream" is a simple video from 2014, but I have long felt it caught the essence of fly fishing for … Continue reading “DayDream” by Michael Harris
As I type, I’m only five days away from loading an overabundance amount of fishing and kayak gear into my truck and driving south for a week of chasing rebellious redfish off the panhandle of Florida. The timing is perfect too as Old Man Winter seems to be walking through at a snail’s pace this … Continue reading The Salt Is Calling
“Do you know where Grandpa’s fly rod is?” I asked my grandmother. Grandpa had passed away four months ago, and I was hoping to look at his fly-fishing rod and reel. Being the only fly angler in my family, I was probably being a bit presumptuous, but I assumed the rod would go home with … Continue reading Shakespeare & Duct Tape
By Kenneth C Olson (posthumously) -The following memoir was written by my late father, who we lost to cancer in March of 2021. He wrote it in the winter of 1997 for a small newsletter I was editor of at the time, and I recently came across old issues of said newsletter. My father and … Continue reading Robin Hood Heroes
It was the mid 1990’s and the sign pointing the way to the archery shoot was too much for me to bare. Temptation and curiosity had made its way into my psyche, and I couldn’t resist. Having just purchased a new longbow, I was anxious to shoot it and trying a 3-D shoot seemed like … Continue reading Friends & Foam…Why You Should Consider Attending 3-D Shoots
Again, here is another fictional bowhunting tale that I wrote many years ago. I wrote it when I was still in my twenties. Needless to say growing old means something totally different to me now in my early fifties, than it did back then. However, I think the younger me had a good grasp on … Continue reading The Bitter Cold
A Cranky Woodsman 