For a fly-fisherman, matching the hatch is a big deal…in fact, for any fisherman, matching the hatch is important. In the fly fishing world we tend to get carried away…there are those who tie the smallest of flies, all the way down to size 30 and 32. You probably don’t know sizing but picture a [...] Read more »
Sweet Owen Tom
Hunting and fishing are funny in that sometimes things just don’t go the way you planned for them to go…then they do; it seems like the harder you try the less productive it becomes. Such was the case early on Saturday, May 4th as I left my home very early and pulled into my favorite [...] Read more »
Water Clarity
Friday, April 26th was much like other Fridays at school…but it was the end of a pretty long week and through most of the week it had been wet and when combined with busy, well that meant that I had not been fishing since the previous weekend. I drove the old red Suburban to school [...] Read more »
The Passage
Depending on how you look at it…your kids growing up is and can be both a great thing and sort of a bummer. On one hand I’ve completely enjoyed watching my two sons grow, mature and morph into real people that can take care of daily chores without much help or guidance. Through the years [...] Read more »
ROLF – River of Life Farms
Before you think I’ve went crazy or all of sudden can’t spell…ROLF stands for River Of Life Farms. In early April, Frank Terkhorn, Vickie and I journeyed to Dora, Missouri and spent a couple nights at ROLF. The whole things started a few weeks back when I decided I wanted to make a trip to [...] Read more »
When You’re Hot …
Believe it or not I have kind of become ‘techy’…let’s just say that compared to 5 years ago I have a few toys that frankly I wouldn’t have thought myself capable of understanding or using! I recently purchased a fishing app for my Ipad; it cost me $2.99 and thus far I have only paid [...] Read more »
