Academy Award Time – My 5 Most Favorite Outdoor Movies
Well, I have never heard and let’s be real…won’t ever hear those five famous words, “The Academy Award goes to (ME) …”! But I do love movies. Truth is that I am a real movie buff. Vickie and I love to go to a movie as often as possible; you could call us cheapskates….I wouldn’t […]
A Mid-Winter Treat
Sometimes the simplest things tend to be the most enjoyable. You don’t realize this as a young person…life is too fast, too many things, too many people to see, etc… As one grows older you start to slow the train down a bit and honestly, a nice afternoon listening to Merle Haggard with the sun […]
Switch Rod – A New Trick for an Old Dog
I am not sure how many of you out there have ever tried to spey or switch casts? It has been on my mind for a couple years now. As I get closer to retirement I am giving more and more thought to fly fishing the many places that are on my list. Some of […]
Grandpa and the Kid
“Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child’s growth as vitamins”, a quote by Joyce Allston. I am a lucky person…I’ve had a lot of good people in my life, not the least of which were my grandparents. Seems to me that some of today’s families are missing one main cog, that being a […]
A Guide to Knots for Fishing, Boating and Camping
Take a look at a very neat and organized series of knots that will help you in all different aspects of fishing and boating. For sure, a person can’t get good enough at knots and in the world of fly fishing…a knot may be just as important as a reel or rod. Don’t think so…wait […]
2015 – Here We Go Fly Casting
Kinda hard to believe…but it is indeed 2015. We are closer to the year 2030 than we are to 1999; what? That can’t be…ah, but it is. I can still remember wondering what might just happen when we cruised into the second millennium…and here we are looking forward to the 16th year of the 2000’s. […]