Last September, after the Fly Fishing Retailer trade show in Denver, I wandered west to Carbondale where Kara Armano from Backbone Media put me up at a local bed and breakfast. She also delivered a stack of gear for me Continue reading
Creative band that heavily influenced Nirvana
I probably became interested in the Meat Puppets when I heard Kurt Cobaine say something about how that band influenced his music and I liked his music, a lot, so why not find out about Continue reading
Major Comfort
With a Northwest upbringing it shouldn’t surprise you to learn that I’m a deep-wading guy who’s elbows are usually settled about one inch above the waterline. So, when the new breed of “half-waders” came out I scoffed a bit and envisioned Continue reading
Moonshine Madness, Salmon, Idaho style
Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but I once built a still under my grandparent’s deck. I got a few dribbles of liquid, not much, but enough to have probably caused my frustrations with Continue reading
Saving the North Umpqua’s bruiser winter steelhead
From the bad-ass Web site, www.busterwantstofish.com
NOTE: Too often we fly fishers demand our managers to stick their necks out for us and when they do all we do is accept the benefit and move on. Same goes for landowners who open their properties for our enjoyment. What do we do? Typically we say, “cool” to ourselves and not a word to the generous ones. So, here’s an idea, straight from the blog, Buster Wants to Fish www.busterwantstofish.com regarding Continue reading
These go down all day long.
You can’t beat a straight Guinness on Saint Patrick’s Day, but I’ve always found the black and tan to only up the enjoyment level.
Most people, it seems, believe that the black and tan is named for color alone, but it was actually named after a group of Churchill’s British Soldiers Continue reading
Big Swings, Moonshine Swigs and Steelhead on Idaho’s Salmon
I couldn’t take it any longer. The two-hander’s been sitting in the closet and the steelhead have steadily swam upstream in Idaho since last fall. Now they’re just two and a half hours away from my home in Montana so I called it good on Friday, Continue reading
Morning, afternoon or evening—an appropriate option
I can’t drink bloody Mary’s very often but when I do I think, Why don’t I swill these more often?
One guy who could drink them Continue reading
Fly Fishing Montana’s Madison River in March
It’s been a while since I’ve thrown a rod. I got in a redfish trip during January, but that was short-lived and only gave a little flavor sample of what that Florida fishery could be. So I bailed out earlier today and said screw-all to everything. I bought Continue reading
It’s as easy as this—you get your winter-weary ass off that couch, tie a few Zebra Midges and Brassies, plus a few Parachute Baetis, and you drive an hour from Boise or as long as it takes from anywhere else you might be hibernating and you set up camp on the South Fork. And the reason you do this in the dead of winter? Because the South Fork Boise Continue reading