The Time is Close for Creeks
I finally figured out that it's not the absence of daylight during the winter months that gets to me. The short days aren't a problem even though I don't particularly…
Yorkville Whitewater Park Update
The Geneva Kayak Center is opening shop in Yorkville with the announcement of their soon to open Yorkville Outdoor Center. I was initially somewhat skeptical about the success of this…
About the Kane County Illinois
Forest Preserve Referendum
I am on the email list of a number of conservation groups that work in and around the Fox River Valley. They like when I pass info along to those…
Now I don’t Feel so Bad
I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of shit,” Hemingway confided to F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1934. “I try to put the shit in the wastebasket. I think…
FTA – 3/6/04 Montgomery and Oswego
From the Archives – I have 100s of posts that were made on fishing forums starting around 1998. When I have nothing new to say, I thought I would start…
Wasn’t Supposed to be This Cold
I had applied for a part time job at a big box outdoor store. Fishing, hunting, camping, canoeing and kayaking, basically nothing I didn't know anything about. The first interview…
A Citizen’s Guide to Preserving the Fox River
Udate 3/14/11 The April 1, 2011 deadline for advertising in the book has some flexibility. If you're interested, all the contact information is in the post below. If you live,…
FTA – 2/22 and 29/04 Fox River WWD and exploring / Part 2
From the Archives – I have 100s of posts that were made on fishing forums starting around 1998. When I have nothing new to say, I thought I would start…
Fox and DuPage Rivers – Fishing Prospects
Today's fishing prospects start out brought to you by Lightnin' Hopkins and his song Last Night, which is playing in the background . . . you should fall down on…