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

Track Your Package
“Great news! Your order has shipped!” These six words have become the lead of emails that grab my attention more […]

Casting Our Shadows
Searching for a path to the river from the trail was a challenge. Greenbriar and multiflora rose filled the western […]

Keep Mending
I take a deep breath, steady my feet, pull 15 feet of fly line from the reel, and mark the spot […]

The Uncertainty of Connection and Setting the Hook
I check my footing on the uneven rocks, and then I check my flies. The size 14 elk hair caddis […]

A Step Back
This is going to hurt. That was my slow-motion thought as my foot slid off the rock. I’ve fallen as […]

We Talkin’ ‘Bout Practice
I could not control my fly line, and I tried to pick up my fly to re-cast only to nearly […]

The Peanut Gallery
I had an experience this week while fishing that threw me off my focus a bit. I had it set […]