A classic and first edition by a stroke of luck
I’m probably not much different than you or the next person in line, meaning I sometimes question my luck in comparison to the rest of humanity. Then, one day, for no apparent reason, something happens that makes me feel like I was really fortunate and one example is when friends dropped off a book and left a note saying Continue reading
Angler’s Coast by Russell Chatham
Drink of The Week: Lebowski’s White Russian
Chick drink? Kindof. But man they taste good. And Lebowski gave them cool-factor.
Who can even speak the words white Russian without visualizing a frustrated Jeff Bridges saying, “Dude!” in the phenomenal cult-classic movie, The Big Lebowski, (1998). I hadn’t even seen the movie when, in Alaska on a torturous fall steelhead trip, a friend of mine started ordering Continue reading
Drink of the Week: Kerouac’s Margarita
Here’s to the weekend
Hello weekend. Later on worries.
The weekend is on us and, if you’re part of sane society, Continue reading
Big Hole River Grazing Leases Could Kill Off Grayling
Conservation Group says BLM sending native grayling to extinction.
One of the coolest aspects to fishing southwest Montana’s Big Hole River is that you stand the chance, especially on the upper and middle portions of the river, to catch a native arctic grayling on any given cast.
And friends and I have caught a few over the years, Continue reading
Fly Fishing Florida’s Mosquito Lagoon Redfish
Mosquito Lagoon Redfish
NOTE: Here are some pics from a trip to Florida last week to visit friends and enjoy family time away from the blizzards of Montana. Of course, I worked in some time for redfish. Hope you enjoy. gt
Every kid fears that a dentist is either going to stick a needle in their gum or crunch a molar out of their jaw with a toothy vice and a serrated blade. I can’t say that I didn’t have that same fear with my early dentists but then a dentist moved in next door to our family home in Seattle and Continue reading
Drink of The Week: Bukowski’s Boilermaker
If it wasn’t bad for you, I’d be all in.
I wouldn’t have been proud to have Charles Bukowski as a son; he tried to smack women, was a raging alcoholic and was as crude as men get. I’ve dropped my fair share of F-bombs, but there’s a sure limit when cursing leans from a directed, shocking and sometimes comedic act to just poor taste and an indication of one’s intelligence Continue reading
Washington’s Sea Run Cutthroat Trout
Sea-Run Cutthroats in south Puget Sound
I’m in Seattle on an extended holiday stay, waiting to catch a flight to Florida on Thursday. Last Saturday Dave McCoy, who runs Emerald Water Anglers in Seattle www.eneraldwateranglers.com, invited me to chase coastal cutthroats with him. Along on the trip were two first-timers who’d taken casting lessons last summer and now were ready to apply that skill on the water. Winter isn’t the easiest time to find sea-run cutthroat, nor is it the best time to catch numbers of them, but Continue reading
Posted in Northwest, Washington
Tagged Dave McCoy, Emerald Water Anglers, Puget Sound, sea-run cutthroat
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Steelhead Dreams: Southeast Alaska Style
NOTE: It’s winter steelhead season and few things get dedicated anglers more pumped than to think of fresh fish—chromers—pushing into Northwest streams. This isn’t a game of big numbers but even a few fish can change your life. Print this. Grab refreshment and a cigar. Enjoy.
Steelhead Dreams
It was one of those times early in life when every direction appeared as a dark ally, every prospect just a future downfall. Life had spiraled outside my control and Continue reading
Ned’s Dead
A North Idaho Near Disaster
Backpack trips into remote trout streams are usually about having too much stuff—too much food, too many pairs of underwear, Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, Idaho, Northern Rockies
Tagged bull trout, North Idaho, westslope cutthroat
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Rub a Dub, Three Men in a Tub
Rope, rickety anchors, lobsters, bowel buckets, getting on the sauce and, oh yea, Bahama bonefish.
By Dave Ames
Note: Dave Ames is an awesome writer and great guy to party with because he likes to tip a cup, as you’ll learn in this story, and he’s a musician. Give him an inch and he’ll be plucking a guitar and howling at the moon. Ames was kind enough to share this read with Angler’s Tonic. Make sure you check out his book-length works, True Love & The Woolly Bugger and Dances With Sharks. Seattle-based artist Fred Thomas provided the artwork for this piece. The color bonefish painting is available for $1,000. Contact the artist and check his other works at www.fwthomas.com
TINY IS CALLED TINY because he’s so big; by himself he took up half the Continue reading