“Fish on!” Magic words for any angler to hear. “Scott! Got ‘em!” Mark’s voice shakes as he raises his voice […]

Rainy Day Thoughts
My eyes open to the faint morning light. The sound of rain is soothing and settling, whispers hidden in the […]

Be Present More, Say Less
He was near me almost all the time. He was my alarm clock, my exercise partner, my teddy bear, and […]

The Power of Choice
My nerves felt a little jittery, I wasn’t sure if it was the coffee or my baseline anxiety wearing through […]

Meeting a Legend and Losing a Colleague
In March 2020, I attended the Fly Fishing Show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In the two years since then, I haven’t […]

The One That Got Away
I stared downstream into a short s-turn of the stream channel pinned on one side by a steep, rocky valley […]

2021 – A Fishing Year in Review
2021 has been a blur. My fishing year began on January 9th, on the Little Juniata River. A cold day […]

How Fly-Fishing Helps Me Get through Frustration
Friday morning was one of those mornings where I was trying to get a long list of things done in […]

Passing Along Fishing Stories and Keeping The Storytellers Alive
I have had a tendency in my life to focus intently on one or two topics and research them in […]

Learning from Others
Time on the river is perhaps the best teacher for a fly angler. However, when you are beginning your journey […]