As human beings we have a difficult time accepting the fact that are some things we are innately shitty at. We are all blessed with different skills and it can be maddening to watch others master a craft with relative ease. Especially if that same craft is something you struggle with. Throughout the years I[…]
We’ve all done it. You spend days and weeks (sometimes longer) waiting for a fishing trip or a weekend on the river with grand ideas of trout as fat as footballs. And then we hit the water…only to realize that we forgot a crucial piece of gear, left our lunch sitting on the kitchen counter,[…]
Over time, we all find that life has a funny way of kicking us when we’re down…when it rains it pours…so to speak. We face things like medical bills, rising childcare costs, credit card debt and the general stress of punching your card for 8 a day (if you’re lucky). Life doesn’t care. And in[…]
My wife and I lived in the Lewis Clark Valley for five years before we moved North. Lewiston, Idaho is known for a few things: It is the farthest inland seaport on the west coast, it is home to the union of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers, and it stinks like hell. The town has[…]
So, you’ve had your eyes on a new stretch of water. Maybe you saw it in a fancy fly fishing film or read someone’s over edited post about it on Instagram…either way, you need to do some researching and planning before you pack up your rods and hit the water because nothing is worse than[…]
If there is one thing I have learned in my time as a fisherman, it is that there is always more to learn…and those lessons tend to present themselves in unexpected ways. Humility is imperative when you partake in an activity that is dependent on the actions of a fish. In my opinion, there are[…]
Without sounding too cliché, I think that life is simply a compilation of experiences and, in turn, the quality of one’s life is determined by their interpretation of those experiences. So much of our daily lives can be affected by our perspective on the things we encounter and the problems we face. How we chose[…]
Anyone that has spent time around hunters or fisherman have heard stories about days so good they’d make Hemingway blush. The story usually starts with something like… “the birds came pouring into the decoys so fast we hardly had time to reload shotguns”. Tall tales that are typically lit by neon or campfire flames and[…]
I try not to spend much time in my life mulling over questions that don’t have real answers, but people often ask me why I fly fish or what it is about fly fishing that draws me to cold rivers at times of the day when most folks are still sleeping. I have a hard[…]
Ingredients: 1 medium butternut squash 4 whole carrots 1 bulb of garlic Olive oil ½ tbs each Salt and pepper ½ tbs Garlic powder ½ tbs Onion powder ½ tbs Dried Thyme ½ tbs Dried Basil ½ tbs Dried Parsley Instructions: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Clean and cut the squash (roughly 1” cubes)[…]
