Today at Work
The part time job I've been working has me helping adults with disabilities. I get to help them with a variety of different programs available to them through a local…
Fishing in High Water and Rain
There's more than one way to get to a favorite fishing spot. It all depends on what options are available. Option 1: Wade across the river. This assumes the river…
I Pity the Poor Trout Angler
I feel sorry for anglers that pursue trout. I hear nothing but laments about the overcrowding of the rivers and streams they like to fish. Being an angler of smallmouth…
Bob Long, Jr. Gallery Show
My friend Bob Long Jr. is being inducted into the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame at the end of March. But that's not what this is about. Bob is also…
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…