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…
Glacier Glove – Alaska Pro Glove Review
Back at the beginning of December I was trying to figure out what to do about winter gloves when Outdoor Blogger Network offered up the Alaska Pro Glove from Glacier…
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…
Fox River Eagles so far for 2011
It seems that the area ponds froze over sooner than usual. December was a pretty cold month that had almost all of the days below normal. This brought a lot…
Fox River Eagles – Winter 2010
I wrote this around the first week of February 2010. The eagle sightings seem to be the highest throughout the month of January. Less open water in the area, but…