Fly Fishing Adventures
Jeff’s summaries of his fly fishing exploits.
My Perfect Day
Everyone has a different version of their perfect day. Mr. Webster defines perfect as being entirely without fault or defect…or satisfying all requirements. I’m good with either and recently while in Missouri I had ‘my’ perfect day…a caveat, might not be yours, but it certainly was mine. Let’s just say that every day has a […]
O! The Joy!
On November 7, 1805, Lewis and Clark were on the finishing few miles of their incredible journey across 2/3 of our own United States; they had reached what Clark thought was the Pacific Ocean and in his journal he wrote, “Ocian in view! O! the Joy”. What Clark didn’t know was that they had actually […]
The Things We See While Fly Fishing
I am always amazed at the variety of wildlife that I experience while in nature and fly-fishing…this past Thursday night I walked about 4 miles of one of my favorite creeks and did very well catching a batch of nice smallies…but as I walked down the stream I ran across a family of geese with […]
ROLF – River Of Life Farms
Before you think I’ve went crazy or all of sudden can’t spell…ROLF stands for River Of Life Farms. In early April, Frank Terkhorn, Vickie and I journeyed to Dora, Missouri and spent a couple nights at ROLF. The whole things started a few weeks back when I decided I wanted to make a trip to […]
Spring Weather
I certainly hope that by the time you read this column, things have truly shaped up around here…but as I sit here on a snowy and cold Monday, March 25, I have to scratch my head and think back a few weeks and columns to our furry little guy, the groundhog, and wonder at how […]
A Great Surprise
As surprises go…sometimes there is a negative associated with a surprise. The past few trips to Missouri has had some surprises, the worst was our transmission going out on the way home, almost catching the Suburban on fire, etc… and oh…the $3,000 bill that one gets with a new transmission. You probably can understand that […]