Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Okay, fine, I will. The conversation was being had in my head and the bet was to myself. Nuts and a bad bet pretty much sums it up, but I…
Dear Mr. Bowman
Dear Mr. Bowman, I have been following your writing on the outdoors for a bit over a decade. The Chicago Sun Times should consider themselves lucky to have an outdoor…
Plan B
Or in my case, I think I'm up to Plan Q. With the job market only just starting to rebound, it’s no surprise that we’ve received a large number of…
The Speckled Brook Trout
While on the way to looking up other things, I found a book published in 1902. It's primarily about fishing for Brook Trout. I've been skimming it for anything that…
Out With the Kids
My good friend, Bob Long, Jr., is "The Fishin' Guy!" with the Chicago Park District. He is the Coordinator of Mayor Daley's Fish`N Kids Program. Each year they get over…
Fox River Kayak Chute
Monday morning I had a few errands to run and one of them included sitting. The parking lot that overlooks the Yorkville dam was empty. Snowplows had yet to make…
Favorite Outdoor Place – Fox River
I have a good half dozen posts, articles, call them what you will, in my head that I should be writing. But they seem to be stuck there. I have…
For my Fellow Iceaphobes – The Plan
Even as adults we have fears, baseless or not. I know many that leave night lights on in their houses even though they have no kids. More lights surround their…
For my Fellow Iceaphobes – The Prelude
Though I'm a bass angler, primarily smallmouth bass from any water of any size that flows, I tend to read more about trout and trout fishing. This is mainly because…