Fly Fishing Adventures Archives

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 […]

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 […]

Back In The Saddle – Small Mouth Bass Video

The following video was shot on February 22nd here in southern Indiana. It is entitled Back in the Saddle because I am just coming off a shoulder surgery and when combined with a very long and hard winter…it has been 53 days since I caught my last fish, about 52 days overdue! It is a […]

Catch And Release – Bennet Spring, Missouri

Missouri has what Indiana doesn’t…fishing in the winter; OK…I know that you might be able to ice fish on occasion or during a warm winter there are still some open waters, but for good trout fishing…set your sails for Missouri. Harrison, my dad and Frank Terkhorn did exactly that this past week as we loaded […]

Wipers On The Fly

Dynamite….now if you grew up in the 70’s you know that only JJ Evans (aka Jimmy Walker) could deliver a DY-NO-MITE unlike anyone else; still think of him each and every time I hear the word or even think of it. If you go to the dictionary you will get many definitions…but one of those […]