Enjoy The Great Outdoors
Series of articles written by Jeff that have been published in his local newspaper.
Fishing “Minne” One Last Time
As the old adage goes, “All good things must come to an end”. So it is with one of my favorite places here in Indiana; on April 1 of this year, Minnehaha Fish and Wildlife Area will close. If you don’t know anything about the property then this news won’t make any sense to you…nor […]
What’s Good For The Soul
I’m not sure who invented fishing. If you go back far enough I am sure that there is a subsistence relationship whereby one fished to eat. Little did that first knuckle dragging angler realize that his need to eat would somewhere, someday, at a later point create the exact medicine that is so needed in […]
The Revenant, A Great Outdoor Film
Seldom does a film come along that I am astounded by; The Revenant (loosely means to come back from the dead) which was just released this past January 8th goes way past good to great…in fact it has vaulted into my top five all times films and certainly is right up there with Jeremiah Johnson […]
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 that most […]
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 […]