Current River Below Montauk State Park Video
This video was filmed the third week in March while fly fishing the Current River which is fed by Montauk Spring. Montauk is one of Missouri’s four trout parks and the overflow move down into the river and create a nice population of catchable … sort of wild trout. The stream is a Blue Ribbon […]
Good Things Come To Those Who Wade
Maybe you could describe it as a shade of blue, maybe green, maybe a combination of both…if I were a person who saw color better then I probably could go to great depths talking about the subtle hues; truth is a am a fly fisherman…I believe that some people are born to do certain things, […]
The Ides Of March
The ‘Ides’ or middle of March has always been an ominous date in history; most of us trace this particular middle day (Idus Martias in Latin) in March all the way back to 44 BC when Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of conspirators that was ultimately led by his good friend Brutus…Et, […]
My Love Affair With Water
I’ve said it before…but I have a passion, a love affair with water of all kinds and at times it borders on an addiction. Hopefully you read last week’s column about Jared Jeffries and his new fishing show on the Outdoor Channel, Modern Fishing with Jared Jeffries. If you haven’t then click this link to […]
Modern Fishing With Jared Jeffries
For us local basketball fans the name Jared Jeffries will for sure ring a bell; many of you will remember that Jared played at Bloomington North High School and was Mr. Basketball for the state of Indiana in 2000. His basketball career continued at Indiana University where he played but two seasons leading the 2002 […]
Back In The Saddle Again
1939 was a long time ago; you old country music buffs might actually know 1939 as the release date of Gene Autry’s famous theme song? Even if you aren’t an old country connoisseur…you might have recognized it more recently in the 1993 classic movie starring Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan…Sleepless in Seattle. As the lyrics go; “I’m […]