Fly Fishing El Nino
I am sure that no one, or at least most folks, aren’t griping much about the weather this late fall and winter. We are in a weather pattern known as El Nino, the boy in Spanish, and that is a pretty apropos name as this winter feels a lot like a boy, kind of a […]
2016 Another Year
2016: Two Thousand Sixteen or Twenty-Sixteen; no matter how you say it, we have arrived at yet another year. Keep in mind that the kids entering high school this upcoming fall were born after Y2K! They don’t know what it is to actually be physically connected to a phone … in fact I am guessing […]
The Pheasant Farm
The grass was about waist to chest deep and with a low morning sun, was as gold as gold can be. It, the grass, was thick, there was an under layer that was at least 30 inches deep that would shield off most cold northern winds while at the same time providing a base of […]
Merry Christmas 2015
Can you believe it, once again here we are in the Christmas Season. That means the end of 2015 is near. What a year it has been. This always seems like the correct time to think back and reflect on the year we have just had and all the blessings. First on my list continues […]
Fly Fishing the Flood
Just recently, the week of Thanksgiving, I was in central Missouri…Lebanon, the home of Bennet Spring to do a little catch and release fishing. Our week consisted of 4-5 days of pheasant hunting in Nebraska and afterward we headed south and a bit east to Bennet for some catch/release. The hunting was awesome and I […]
November Bass
Just when most folks think it is time to put away the fishing gear…it isn’t. Truth is that over the years I have enjoyed some of my very best days of fly fishing in the month of November, even up and into December if the weather cooperates. Not only is the fishing usually good but […]