Category: Fly Fishing
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Into the Arctic – Brooks Range
When I first started telling people that for our 10-year anniversary, Wes and I were going to take a trip to the North Slope and the Arctic Ocean I got two very different responses. The first response was a very confused look followed by but why? The other response was an excited and intrigued that…
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Yellowstone – The Journey
There’s an uncomfortable buzz under my skin. I can’t tell if it’s nerves, stress, adrenaline, excitement, or everything all at once. Maybe it is. I’m attending a clinic with some of the most legendary women alive today in the sport of fly fishing. I’ve read about these women, watched their videos, and heard of their…
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Yellowstone – the Process
It’s noon and the sun is sinking its warmth through the threads of my shirt. Or maybe that’s just the bead of sweat I feel between my shoulder blades. I have retreated into the cool of the shade, and the temperature difference beneath these pines is staggering. Everything is so still, there isn’t even a breeze…
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Yellowstone
The morning air is crisp and clean despite the wildfire haze on the skyline. This meadow of tall grasses and pines smells like bison dust and crushed spruce tips. The water here is crystal. It fractures the sunlight where the morning sun scatters on the surface. It’s so clear the pebbled bottom looks like it’s…
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Book Review: Rookie No More
Rookie No More: The Fly Fishing Novice Gets Guidance from a Pro By: Cecilia “Pudge” Kleinkauf In complete transparency, I did not enjoy this book the first time I read it. I don’t see this as a bad thing because it forced me to think of where I am coming from as a reader and…
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Saltwater Fly Fishing: Eeyore
Two years ago my partner and I decided to start taking trips out of state in the winter time. Since we moved to Alaska in 2020 we have been brainstorming what to do with the snowy months that span from late October to April. Neither of us ski or snowboard and we don’t have a…
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Firsts: Bonefish on the Fly
The idea to go to Belize came one night after my partner and I had talked about saltwater fly fishing. We watched a bunch of YouTube videos of people fishing for bonefish, permit, trigger fish, parrot fish, and just about any other reef fish you could imagine. The ecosystem, the idea of being somewhere warm,…
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“The Lord has blessed us all today…It’s just that he has been particularly good to me. Rev. Maclean – A River Runs Through It Tributaries My mom turns 60 this year. I turned 31. I won’t be there for her birthday, but we have adventures planned for next year here in Alaska. When I turned…
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Kisaralik River: The Adventure
Papa Bear Adventures & Float Alaska Once we had made it to Bethel, we were picked up by our host lodge: Papa Bear Adventures. It was a relief all of our bags had made it and that Bella was in good order. Our itinerary meant we were staying one night in the lodge before heading…
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Kisaralik River: The Before
I looked down the carpeted stairs to the padded basement floor littered with camping gear, dry bags, and fishing gear. It was an organized mess of things waiting to be put together and weighed. It was the compilation of three years of planning, saving, strategically buying, and logistics. It felt surreal and terrifying and exhilarating. …
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