Category: Fly Fishing
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Surprise Me: Our Story
The Stories We Tell If you grew up fishing like I did, somewhere there is a picture of you as a child next to or holding one of your first fish. There is a gleeful grin on your face, or maybe a slightly disgusted or concerned look about what the heck this creature is that…
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New Friends & New Places
New Friends Truth: Making friends is hard for me. That got deep. I am not going to apologize. Let’s talk about fishing. Like most Thursday/Fridays, Wes and I were talking about what our plans were for the weekend. This particular weekend, he mentioned that we had the opportunity to float the Kenai River. Since deciding…
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PWS: Cutthroat & Salmon
Things You Didn’t Know Were On Your Bucket List I remember hiking into Hells Canyon from Pittsburg landing to Kirkwood Ranch for the first time. I was hiking with two other volunteers and friends who had driven the Outdoor Adventure Program (OAP) vans to the takeout at Pittsburg to pick up the boats from a…
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Welcome to Alaska
We did it. It took us awhile, but we finally made it to our new home in Alaska. It took two months, seven days, one rescheduled flight, over 3,000 miles of driving, three audio books, some tiptoeing through closed borders, and 14 days of quarantine, but we are home. What a wonderful feeling it is.…
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Year in Review: 2019
Our Year Winter 2018/2019 When it gets cold and ice starts to crystalize on the banks of the river, that’s when most people call it quits. But there is a special reward for those who brave the cold and snow. The quiet on the river is unmatched, especially when fat snowflakes start to fall and…
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Humbled
Panama City Beach, FL Recently I had the opportunity to travel to Panama City Beach for my last TDY with the Air Force. Early Spring, 2020 I’ll be transitioning back into civilian life, and we’re excited for the new experiences this will bring – Hopefully more fishing and hunting opportunities in all of the places…
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Welcome Home
2019 ReCap So…It’s been more than a year since our last post! Record! While I don’t think more than a year between posts should be celebrated, what has happened between then and now has been pretty spectacular. Let’s recap: Fall/Winter 2018 – Fly fishing for kokanee and trout in Idaho – Wes goes somewhere in…
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Kokanee on the Fly
Every fisherman has their favorite time of year. For some their favorite time of year is that one week they take off work to go to a special place, one they’ve planned their whole year around. Sometimes it’s a local camping trip or an extended adventure to a far-flung place they’ve never been. For me,…
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On the Fly: Learning to Fish…Again
The Meaning of Lifelong Learning Anyone who has grown up spin fishing and made the transition to fly fishing knows how different and difficult it can be. You literally have to learn a skill that you learned as a child all over again. This has been my biggest struggle. It has also been a struggle…
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Summer Rafting: Tents & Paddles
Fishing & Rafting The past two weeks have been a learning process, but more about that in my next post! For this Throwback Thursday, it is only fitting that I share one of our many “learning experiences” in the wild and on the water. Summer of 2016 was eventful for us. After finishing my masters…
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