by Tim Schulz - Wednesday, Apr 2nd, 2025
About ten years ago, two deaths in my family sent me searching through old boxes and files for a picture someone had taken during a camping trip in southern Illinois around 1970. My obsession worsened for about a month until the person most affected by those deaths sent me a scan of the photograph.
by Chad Love - Thursday, Mar 27th, 2025
“I do not understand, myself, what the necessity is for the government entering into the show business in the Yellowstone National Park. I should be very glad myself to see it surveyed and sold to private enterprise.”
— Senator John James Engalls (R-Kansas), 1883
“Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever way, same as it ever was.”
— The Talking Heads, 1981
by Chris Hunt - Monday, Mar 17th, 2025
That first ominous little tickle in the back of my throat came on the morning after a fairly raucous evening of hand-rolled cigars, butter-smooth rum and, of all things, the hideous mixture of vodka and Red Bull. It was one of those nights that, at my age, you only endure on a far-flung fishing trip away from the steady influence of someone who has your best interests at heart. I remember looking around the dark balcony of the flashy, noisy and generally chaotic nightclub and thinking to myself, “What the hell am I doing here?”
by Todd Tanner - Thursday, Mar 6th, 2025
As 2025 gathers speed, the media is awash in stories about our favorite sports and activities. And yet in spite of its popularity with celebrities, and its ubiquity in television commercials, fly fishing receives relatively little attention. So why do more than 7 million Americans pick up a fly rod and go fishing every year? What’s so appealing about the sport? Let’s delve a little deeper.
by Chris Hunt - Wednesday, Feb 12th, 2025
As I get ready for an upcoming saltwater trip, I’ve been enduring the challenges most right-brained thinkers deal with when it comes to organization and preparation. For me, it generally starts with unpacking my duffle from my last big trip. That means I have several notable organizational obstacles. First, I need to remove everything “trouty” from my bag. Yes, I’m a procrastinator — I’ve embraced this trait and have come to grips with the fact that I tend to work best in short bursts and on a deadline.
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