Blog Articles
Sam Now Dreams the Hunter – a new piece in Feathers & Whiskey!
The house was quiet again by evening. Gun oil and leather lingered in the air, the fire was working on a split of oak, and Sam had already found his spot where the heat pools on the floor. His nose twitched now and then, paws flexing, as if he was still working scent somewhere out in the grass…
Ripple on the River: Flyfishing Salmon with The Dead on the Pere Marquette
“You mind if I play some music?” A big part of the reason I enjoy fly fishing so much is the lack of noise—just the sounds of nature. However, I was on the Pere Marquette with two serious Deadheads, in a drift boat plastered with Grateful Dead stickers.
Unfinished Business – A Pyramid Lake Redemption Story
A year is a long time to nurse a grudge against a fish. To be perfectly accurate, it was against an entire....
The Novice, Avoiding The Hat, and The Payoff - Published!
Anyone who has been a guide or has even tried to teach a beginner has been there. It is one thing to be...
Standing in The Purple Light
A great start to the new year. This one is a really special essay for me, revisiting one of my father’s favorite terms…
I can’t hear what you are wearing
My niece recently was married in Boise, Idaho. That seemed an opportune time to squeeze a couple...
Tangled up in knots
"I don’t know which knot I should use!" I hear this often when I am guiding one of our Veterans…
The Gospel according to Pyramid Lake
Pyramid lake, home of the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout. I just went with a cast of characters I call friends...
Memories: The River Remembers
Echoes of the past. I have recently returned from Colorado. While I was there, I visited for the first time...
Golden Boy
I recently spent the better part of an entire week on one of my favorite rivers to fish for Brown Trout...