Enjoy The Great Outdoors
Series of articles written by Jeff that have been published in his local newspaper.
Winter Smallmouth
If you read the Winter Smallies On The Meramec River article you know that I was in Missouri and got a chance to catch a few winter smallmouths along with some rainbow trout. This past Sunday, January the 29th I had another relapse of smallmouth fever and the only cure was to go, get out […]
Winter Smallies On The Meramec River
I made a cross stream cast as the current was flowing moderately from my left to right; I watched as my brown wooly bugger crossed in front of a large downed tree…and then disappeared. The abrupt tug on the other end sent my senses into high gear as I made a powerful strip with my […]
Cold Water Bass
My little float tube is not actually an ice breaker; there have been a couple times over these past few years when I actually fished directly beside a sheet of ice. January 10th of this year found Harrison and I out in 53 degree weather, in fact the weather was simply remarkable for this time […]
The Making of a Fly Fisherman
Many of you may know my oldest, Harrison, he was a pretty good golfer here at Edgewood and is currently golfing at Lewis University in Chicago; he also turned 21 this past December 18th, you may have read my column a couple weeks back about fishing with the boys? That weekend was special for both […]
The Octogenarian
Eight decades or if you were Honest Abe it would be four score; anyway you say it eighty years is a long time. My dad, Ivan, will turn 80 this upcoming January 14th…a long ways back to 1932 and oh how the world has changed. Possibly a few of you reading this were actually around […]
Fishin’ With the Boys
Our last day at school was December 16th; it was a long week with 7 finals and our annual Christmas Dinner in my room…the bottom line was simple, I knew that I was leaving for Missouri at 4am on Saturday, the 17th and I could easily deal with a hectic week, especially knowing that I […]