Outdoor Rubbish
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)
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
A Cranky Woodsman 