Dear Cabela’s — Your Wading Boots Suck
In March of 2011, my Cabela's Guidewear Pro Vibram® Wading Boots that cost me about $100, bit the dust after 2 years of use. I thought I was going to…
What the Hell…
If you're going to go fish a river when it's high and moving fast. If you're going to walk a half mile upstream on railroad tracks, which always seems harder…
Just Fishing and Stuff
Some days are like that. Nothing all that inspiring except that it's been beautiful outside. No expectations when walking out the door, just hopes to make a few casts in…
A Simple Afternoon of Fishing
The last I heard, here in the Chicago area this was the mildest winter in 75 years. You would think this would be an ideal setup for the creek fishing…
I was going fishing,
the fish would be there
On March 1st, the start of meteorological spring, winter decided to make an attempt to assert its presence. Something it had pretty much failed to do for the previous three…
The things in my yard, or…
...why my neighbors avoid me. For some reason my wife agreed to this. Some vague plan to use it as a planter, or something like that. With the river muskie…
Fishing on the Extra Day of This Year
The morning wake up from my wife coming home from third shift working hell started with "it's nice out there." This was enough to get me crawling out of bed…
A Fishing Life Plan
The summer of 1996, I was driving out to the Fox River. I no longer recall why. I was 40 years old and had never fished a river before. I…
I didn’t have a Plan B when I started
Hell, I barely even had a Plan A when I headed out. I've taken advantage of the mildest winter in 78 years by doing virtually nothing outdoors for the past…